HLN to attend CSTE 2025 Annual Conference
HLN team attended and actively participated at the CSTE24 in Pittsburgh. Learn about our team’s perspective and highlights of the event here.
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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 >HLN Presents FHIR & ICE: Solutions for Immunization Interoperability and Clinical Decision Support
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 >HIMSS25: A Public Health Perspective
BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit and Marcey Propp ON DM | Events | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HIMSS | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | 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 >IIS and DSS: A Common Path to Modernization
BY Marcey Propp and Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON ASTHO | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Information System (IIS) | 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 >Planning for the Future of IIS in 2025 and Beyond
BY Noam Arzt ON AI | CDC | Cloud Computing | DM | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Information System (IIS) | 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 >Reflections on 2024: Public Health and Cures Act Initiatives
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTHO | ASTP/ONC | DM | EHR/PHR | 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.
Read more >ASTP/ONC Releases Draft Federal FHIR Action Plan
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | DM | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Federal Rulemaking | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Meaningful Use | Planning | Public Health
In September 2024, ASTP/ONC released a Draft Federal FHIR Action Plan for public comment – the Federal government has declared FHIR “ready for prime time.” Read a short public health perspective on this plan.
Read more >A Public Health Perspective on the HTI-2 Proposed Rule
BY Noam Arzt ON AIRA | ASTP/ONC | CDC | CSTE | DM | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Federal Rulemaking | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Meaningful Use | Planning | Public Health | Syndromic Surveillance
As the comment period for ASTP/ONC’s HTI-2 proposed rule passes, HLN summarizes some key thoughts from a public health perspective on the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) Proposed Rule.
Read more >TEFCA Update: Public Health Takes a Step Forward
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | DM | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Planning | Public Health | RCKMS | TEFCA
TEFCA and public health took a big step forward with the first SOP document. Read our perspective on how TEFCA and public health are developing.
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