HLN Consulting will be attending HIMSS23
HLN Consulting will be active at HIMSS23 in Chicago, April 17-21, 2023. HLN’s Mike Berry will be presenting a session and Aasa Dahlberg Schmit will participate in HIMSS Interoperability showcase.
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Data Linkage and Identity Management – Privacy Protecting Record Linkage (PPRL)
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | COVID-19 | DM | Matching | Public Health | Technology
In October 2022 the CDC Foundation convened a set of stakeholders to discuss Privacy Protecting Record Linkage (PPRL). HLN was asked to prepare a summary of this stakeholder session for reference by public agencies considering using PPRL in their systems.
Read more >HLN Presents at CDC-ONC Industry Days
BY Mike Berry ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | Events | FHIR | HL7
HLN attended and presented at CDC-ONC Industry Days on February 27-28, 2023 in Washington, DC. This was the first event of its kind, convened by the CDC Foundation for CDC and ONC.
Read more >HLN Participates in HL7 Connectathon in Las Vegas
BY Mike Berry ON AIRA | DM | Events | FHIR | HL7 | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Open Source
HLN participated in the HL7 FHIR Connectathon in Las Vegas on January 14-15, 2023 representing the Rhode Island Child and Adult Immunization Registry (RICAIR) in the Helios Accelerator Bulk Data Track.
Read more >Data Modernization Initiative: Some Barriers and Challenges
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | DM | Open Source | Planning | Public Health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a data modernization initiative (DMI) focused on improving the data management capacity of public health in the US. Congress has appropriated a significant amount of funding for Federal and state, territorial, local, and tribal (STLT) public health agencies. We present some sizable barriers and challenges to seeing the vision for DMI come to fruition.
Read more >ONC HITAC Public Health Data Systems Task Force Releases Recommendations
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | EHR/PHR | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | Public Health | RCKMS
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) approved the recommendations of its ad hoc Public Health Data Systems Task Force. Check out the specific comments of the recommendations.
Read more >2022 HL7 Working Group Meeting Continues to Advance a Public Health Agenda
BY Kristi Eckerson and Daryl Chertcoff ON EHR/PHR | ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HIE & Interoperability | Open Source | Public Health | TEFCA
HLN team attended the 2022 HL7 Working Group Meeting and participated in several workgroups and focused on the Public Health Workgroup, where key presentations were given by members or visitors to the public health working group about USCDI+, North Star Architecture, MedMorph, and Helios.
Read more >ONC Launches Public Health Data Systems Task Force
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | EHR/PHR | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | Public Health
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) launched the 2022 Public Health Data Systems Task Force as a subcommittee of the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC).
Read more >SDLC: It’s Not Just About Technology
BY Marcey Propp ON CDC | DM | Open Source | Planning | Procurement | Project Management | Public Health | Technology
The delivery of public health information systems relies on the concerted convergence of people, process, and technology in a disciplined manner to ensure a quality product.
Read more >The Changing Face of Public Health System Procurement
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | DM | Open Source | Planning | Procurement | Project Management | Public Health | Technology
The development and acquisition of public health systems is poised to change. For agencies, this will necessitate a change in procurement practices.
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