BY Daryl Chertcoff and Kristi Eckerson ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | AI | FHIR | HL7 | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source | Public Health | Technology
HLN participated in HL7’s 40th FHIR Connectathon and 39th Annual Plenary in Pittsburgh, engaging in public health, clinical decision support, and interoperability discussions. From FHIR Query & Response use cases to thought-provoking AI plenary sessions, HLN shared insights and shared its work in immunization forecasting and electronic case reporting.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON Federal Rulemaking | ASTP/ONC | CDC | COVID-19 | EHR/PHR | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | Planning | Public Health
CMS recently released its HTI-4 final rule covering hospital payment systems and health technology standards. While not focused on public health, several things in the 2,000+ page rule stand out – including the absence of any public health system certification and a new bonus Promoting Interoperability measure using TEFCA.
Read more >BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | CSTE | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Events | FHIR | Public Health | RCKMS | Syndromic Surveillance
Discover key highlights from HLN’s attendance at CSTE 2025 — public health collaboration, data modernization, and electronic case reporting advancements.
Read more >BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | CSTE | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Events | FHIR | Public Health | RCKMS | Syndromic Surveillance
HLN team attended and actively participated at the CSTE24 in Pittsburgh. Learn about our team’s perspective and highlights of the event here.
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 Marcey Propp and Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | DM | Events | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HIMSS | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source | Public Health
HLN demonstrated two of its solutions for IIS interoperability and immunization decision support at the HIMSS25 Conference in Las Vegas. Our efforts related to FHIR for IIS and our award-winning open source Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) were presented as part of the Interop+SMART Experience Pavilion. Thankfully, what happens in Vegas can be shared with you!
Read more >BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit and Marcey Propp ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | DM | Events | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HIMSS | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source | Public Health | TEFCA
HLN shares its experience in attending the HIMSS25 conference in Las Vegas, from being an elite sponsor of the Public Health Data Modernization Pre-conference Forum to providing reflections on the conference from a public health perspective.
Read more >BY Marcey Propp and Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | ASTHO | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | Planning | Procurement | Public Health | Technology
Both IIS and DSS are looking for potential solutions offered by a small cadre of vendors and products that will enable them to modernize, innovate and sustain their public health platforms over the next several years. Read about how HLN team helps agencies think through their options.
Read more >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 >BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | ASTHO | ASTP/ONC | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Federal Rulemaking | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Meaningful Use | Planning | Public Health | TEFCA
In September 2024 ASTP/ONC released the 2024 status report to Congress on the Cures Act. Read our summary of this report with a particular eye on its impact on public health and implications for the future.
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