The Challenge of Documenting COVID Vaccinations from Overseas
Managing and documenting vaccination events for US residents who received COVID-19 vaccinations outside of the US is challenging and may not get easier anytime soon.
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CMS IPPS Proposed Rule Could Benefit Public Health
BY Noam Arzt ON Public Health | AIRA | CSTE | FHIR | HL7
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed revision to the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals.
Read more >HLN To Present at AIRA 2021 and HIMSS21 Digital Symposium
BY Lux Phatak ON AIRA | COVID-19 | Events | Immunization Information System (IIS) | VPAS
HLN will be presenting at the following conferences in August 2021:
1. American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) 2021 National Meeting – August 3-5
2. HIMSS21 Public Health Informatics Digital Symposium – August 9-13
Towards a National COVID-19 Vaccine Credential Strategy in the US
BY Noam Arzt ON AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | Emergency Preparedness and Biodefense | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Open Source | Vaccine Credentials
Over the past several months, we have described how the vaccine credential effort in the US differs from the situation in other countries. In this blog we review the “facts on the ground” as we see them and offer a way forward for the US.
Read more >Vaccine Credentialing Activities: A Complicated Path Forward in the US (Part 3) Recommendations
BY Noam Arzt ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AIRA | CDC | COVID-19 | HIE & Interoperability | Open Source | Public Health | Vaccine Credentials
A key factor of reopening in the United States and some other countries may be a requirement for individuals to prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. “Proof” may be embodied in a paper – or electronic – certificate whose source and contents can be independently verified to ensure validity. Part 3 discusses our recommendations for the US.
Read more >Vaccine Credentialing Activities: A Complicated Path Forward in the US (Part 2) Major Initiatives Underway
BY Noam Arzt ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AIRA | CDC | COVID-19 | HIE & Interoperability | Open Source | Public Health | Vaccine Credentials
A key factor of reopening in the United States and some other countries may be a requirement for individuals to prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. “Proof” may be embodied in a paper – or electronic – certificate whose source and contents can be independently verified to ensure validity. Here in Part 2, we discuss major initiatives underway.
Read more >Vaccine Credentialing Activities: A Complicated Path Forward in the US (Part 1) Potential Sources of Data
BY Noam Arzt ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AIRA | CDC | COVID-19 | HIE & Interoperability | Open Source | Public Health | Vaccine Credentials
A key factor of reopening in the United States and some other countries may be a requirement for individuals to prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. “Proof” may be embodied in a paper – or electronic – certificate whose source and contents can be independently verified to ensure validity. Here in Part 1, we discuss several potential sources of data for the certificate in the US, each with different data reliability.
Read more >HLN Introduces Support for Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine in its Award Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster
BY Noam Arzt and Daryl Chertcoff ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | EHR/PHR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source
On March 3, 2021, HLN released a new version (v1.28.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.
Read more >ICE an Open Source Immunization Forecaster Supports both Pfizer and Moderna COVID Vaccine
BY Noam Arzt and Daryl Chertcoff ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | EHR/PHR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source
On December 23, 2020, HLN released a new version (v1.27.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines, as well as the COVD-19 unspecified vaccine code.
Read more >HLN Introduces Support for Pfizer COVID Vaccine in its Award Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster
BY Noam Arzt and Daryl Chertcoff ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | EHR/PHR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source
HLN released a new version (v1.26.2) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of the Pfizer COVID vaccine.
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