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Version 1.9.1.0 of HLN’s Award Winning Open Source Immunization Forecaster Released
A new release (v 1.9.1.0) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) is now available. ICE is a state-of-the-art open-source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations (CDSi) for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems.
Read more >HLN Attends Patient Centered CDS Learning Network 2017 Annual Conference
HLN attended the Patient Centered Clinical Decision Support Learning Network (PCCDS-LN) 2017 Annual Conference, which brought together clinicians, informaticists, and health policy advocates to discuss current trends in clinical decision support leveraging information from Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) findings and patient-specific information.
Read more >New GAO Report Chides HHS About Situation Awareness System
GAO pointed out lapses in completing Congressionally-mandated requirements for this area including the definition of minimal data elements required and collaboration with state, local, and tribal public health officials on the development of standards and procedures to ensure proper data collection.
Read more >HLN Releases Roadmap for Open Source ICE Immunization Forecaster
HLN has released a product Roadmap for its award winning Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). The Roadmap describes modifications that have already been scheduled for inclusion in new releases of ICE in the near future, in addition to ongoing changes that may be required to maintain compliance with Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations, as well as addition of new vaccine schedules, changes to core business logic, and additional functionality
Read more >Two New Reports on Interoperability
Two new reports have been released on interoperability in September 2017 with potential impact on public health. The reports focus on the perceived successes and barriers to health information exchange and interoperability. We draw out the relevance of these reports to public health as well as some of our own observations on these issues from a past working paper.
Read more >HLN Attends August ONC 2017 Technical Interoperability Forum
Several hundred attended a series of panel presentations and discussions over one and a half days covering a variety of topics related to interoperability, including discussion of the business case for interoperability, semantics, national networks, and application programming interfaces (APIs).
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