AIRA 2026 National Meeting: Community, Collaboration and Commitment
Again, AIRA’s 2026 National Meeting did not disappoint. Read HLN’s perspective on what makes this forum so special.
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The AIRA 2026 National Meeting is Coming Soon…to Pittsburgh, PA
BY Marcey Propp ON Public Health | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | Cloud Computing | Events | FHIR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS)
Come hear about everything that is happening within the IIS Community, including AI, at the AIRA 2026 National Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. Stop by our booth #8 or come hear our presentations, because together, we give public health a very loud voice!
Read more >Modernizing Public Health Data: Best Practices for Cloud Strategies and Management
BY Michael J. Suralik ON Public Health | Cloud Computing | DM | Events | Planning | Project Management | Technology
As public health systems modernize, many agencies are transitioning from on-premise servers to cloud platforms that offer scalability, automation, and cost efficiency. In this blog, Mike Suralik outlines key strategies for cloud migration—covering FinOps, automation, and real-world lessons that help agencies improve agility, manage costs, and build resilient data systems for the future.
Read more >Exploring the Future of Public Health Informatics: A Conversation with Noam Arzt at HIMSS25
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | Cloud Computing | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Events | HIMSS | Public Health
Noam Arzt, president at HLN Consulting, discusses public health agencies’ most pressing issues, including the end of pandemic funding, the change of administration and the need to modernize IT systems.
Read more >Planning for the Future of IIS in 2025 and Beyond
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.
Read more >Operating Your Agency’s Systems in the Cloud: Using a Validation Environment to Uncover the Mystery of Cloud Fees
BY Michael J. Suralik ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | Cloud Computing | DM | Planning | Procurement | Project Management | Public Health | Technology
Agencies should use data to drive decisions to move systems to the cloud. Read our perspective on cloud test environments.
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