BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON DM | AI | ASTHO | ASTP/ONC | Events | HIMSS | Public Health
At a conference the scale of HIMSS, public health can feel like a single drop in a vast ocean. But as HLN’s Aasa Dahlberg Schmit reflects on HIMSS26, that presence is growing. Her takeaways capture a community in transition — one where incremental steps and collaborative strategies are slowly turning the tide toward modernized, resilient public health information systems.
Read more >BY Mike Berry ON AI | CDC | Public Health
The federal government released a wave of AI strategy documents and proposed rules affecting public health IT. We reviewed them all and assessed the implications for state and local public health. Read our analysis to understand these implications and the significant gap: there are no specific funding commitments to support AI adoption at the state and local level.
Read more >BY Mike Berry ON Public Health | AI | ASTP/ONC | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | TEFCA
The 2026 ASTP (Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy) Annual Meeting highlighted strong federal momentum around interoperability, patient access, and AI—alongside infrastructure gaps and limited public health representation.
Read more >BY Daryl Chertcoff and Kristi Eckerson ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | AI | FHIR | HL7 | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source | Public Health | Technology
HLN participated in HL7’s 40th FHIR Connectathon and 39th Annual Plenary in Pittsburgh, engaging in public health, clinical decision support, and interoperability discussions. From FHIR Query & Response use cases to thought-provoking AI plenary sessions, HLN shared insights and shared its work in immunization forecasting and electronic case reporting.
Read more >BY Lux Phatak ON Public Health | AI | Planning | Technology
A simple SEO task exposed AI’s limits—and its unexpected strengths. With a clear framework and iterative prompts, I turned unpredictable results into consistent outcomes.
Read more >BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON Public Health | AI | Events | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Information System (IIS) | NACCHO | Technology
The 2025 NACCHO360 Conference in Anaheim brought together over 2,200 passionate public health professionals — and a touch of Disney magic. HLN was excited to connect with peers in the exhibit hall and PHI*Con Informatics, Surveillance, and IT sessions. We also co-presented a poster with the MN DOH and U of M.
Read more >BY Marcey Propp ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AI | AIRA | ASTHO | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DM | Events | HIE & Interoperability | Public Health | Technology
The AIRA 2025 National Meeting did not disappoint as we came together as an IIS community in Spokane, WA (April 28 – May 1) to learn and discuss key topics of IIS modernization, sustainability, interoperability, AI and the timely concept of managing change. The opportunity to share ideas, best practices and lessons learned across the public health ecosystem was inspiring to all who attended. Read more about HLN’s experience and thoughts on the AIRA 2025 National Meeting.
Read more >BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit and Marcey Propp ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AI | ASTHO | DM | Public Health | Technology
Contracted by ASTHO, HLN conducted data modernization site visits in Virginia, Minnesota, and Rhode Island in August and September 2024. Through presentations, exercises, and discussions, state health department participants assessed their data modernization strategy and plan to achieve the CDC’s goals and objectives. The site visits identified each agency’s approach to data modernization, challenges, and best practices. They culminated in a report of key findings and recommendations for other public health agencies to use in their data modernization journey.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AI | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | DM | Federal Rulemaking | Planning | Procurement | Project Management | Public Health | Technology
With the end of the pandemic and the change in administration, public health informatics is at a crucial crossroad. HLN identifies five key issues facing public health agency informatics programs as they consider their data needs moving forward.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AI | CDC | Cloud Computing | DM | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | Open Source | Planning | Procurement | Project Management | Public Health | Technology
We are at an interesting crossroads for Immunization Information Systems (IIS). Several jurisdictions have recently started to replace their IIS with different products and pursue a variety of strategies, with several others waiting in the wings to see how these projects fare. Several differing strategies have emerged. Here are some key attributes that are important for any IIS moving forward to ensure sustainability.
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