Reflecting on the 2025 AMIA Annual Symposium
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.
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HLN Consulting’s Aasa D Schmit Named a 2026 FAMIA Fellow
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 >The Data Modernization View from St. Louis: PHIG ARC 2025
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 >AIRA 2025 National Meeting Did Not Disappoint!
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 >The Key to Data Modernization? Getting Your Agency on the Same Page
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 >HLN Offers U.S. Public Health Data Ecosystem Training as a new TRAIN Course Provider
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 >CMS IPPS NPRM April 2025: Public Health Implications
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 >Data Governance, building trust in Public Health Data
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.
Read more >HLN and the IIS Community: Coming Together @AIRA 2025 National Meeting
BY Marcey Propp ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DM | Events | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Public Health | Technology
Join HLN Consulting at the AIRA 2025 National Meeting from April 28 to May 1 in Spokane, WA. We’ll share insights on key IIS topics, including handling duplicate immunizations, vaccine coverage dashboards, vaccine reporting via API, and data modernization. Stop by our booth to connect and learn how we can support your IIS needs!
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.
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