BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON ASTHO | ASTP/ONC | DM | HIE & Interoperability | Public Health | TEFCA
Health Data Utility (HDU) is emerging as a critical component of the public health data ecosystem. This blog explains what HDUs are, how they differ from HIEs and QHINs, and why their expanded data integration and analytics capabilities are increasingly important for public health, policy, and cross-sector decision-making.
Read more >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 >BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON Public Health | DM | Events
Reflecting on the 2025 AMIA Annual Symposium! Great content and networking in Atlanta. The “small but mighty” public health presence affirmed informatics’ crucial role in Public Health.
Read more >BY Lux Phatak ON Public Health | Awards and Honors | DM | Technology
HLN Consulting is proud to announce that Aasa has been named a 2026 Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association. This recognition highlights her longstanding leadership in applied informatics and her impact on strengthening public health systems. As HLN President Noam Arzt notes, “Aasa is one of the leading public health informatics experts in the country today…” Aasa will be formally inducted at the 2026 Amplify Informatics Conference in Denver.
Read more >BY Marcey Propp and Ken Hughes ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | ASTP/ONC | CDC | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Events | HIE & Interoperability | Planning | Public Health | Technology | TEFCA
At the PHIG ARC held in St. Louis, HLN Consulting presented data modernization work in Sedgwick County, KS, along with findings from site visits in VA, MN, and RI. With 500+ attendees, the meeting showcased how states, locals, territories, and tribes advanced modernization and workforce initiatives—reinforcing the urgent need to strengthen systems like IIS to meet public health challenges.
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 Liz Abbott ON Public Health | DM | Planning | Technology
The HLN-developed, U.S. Public Health Data Ecosystem training is now available on TRAIN.org as part of a collaboration with the Public Health Foundation to become a TRAIN course provider.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON HIE & Interoperability | ASTP/ONC | DM | FHIR | HL7 | Meaningful Use | Public Health | TEFCA
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking based on requirements in the 21st Century Cures Act. Get a public health perspective here.
Read more >BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit and Carolyn Mckinney ON Public Health | Data Governance | DM | Planning | Project Management
Public Health Data Modernization aims to replace siloed systems to improve data quality, interoperability and decision-making. Strong data governance ensures accuracy, security, and trust across the data lifecycle.
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