HLN Attends 2023 Sequoia National Meeting
HLN attended the Sequoia Project Annual Meeting held this year in San Diego. A public health viewpoint on the meeting and the advancements achieved in the TEFCA project is presented here.
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HLN takes part in the CDC Health Data Innovation Summit
BY Lux Phatak ON CDC | DMI | Events | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Public Health | Technology
The CDC Foundation held a follow-up event to the CDC-ONC Industry Day: The CDC Health Data Innovation Summit. HLN Consulting presented on shared services for IIS data exchange.
Read more >HLN takes part in the ONC Tech Forum 2023
BY Mike Berry ON CDC | DMI | Events | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | ONC | Public Health | Technology
ONC held a two-day virtual workshop that highlighted the current state of public health data exchange across the US. HLN Consulting was a part of a panel that discussed modernizing public health data exchange.
Read more >IIS-IIS Interoperability… What We’ve Learned Along the Way
BY Marcey Propp ON CDC | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Public Health | Technology
HLN supports IIS implementations in New York City (CIR) and Rhode Island (KIDSNET/RICAIR). As we began testing connections to other IIS, we wondered whether IIS-IIS HL7 data exchange might yield similar issues as noted with existing EHR to IIS reporting. Testing of IIS-IIS pairings has highlighted several variances in platform configuration, business rules and policies – some that existed and some that did not.
Read more >HLN participates in the 3rd Data Modernization Workshop
BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DMI | Events | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Public Health
The Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) teamed up to host the third virtual Data Modernization Workshop from September 12-14, 2023 with over 400 attendees. HLN took part in a panel discussion led by Helios and facilitated a group discussion by presenting a framework for data governance.
Read more >HLN on FHIR
BY Mike Berry ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DMI | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Open Source | Public Health
HLN is on FHIR! We have successfully implemented FHIR interfaces to enable healthcare data interoperability, using our experience in FHIR. Let’s look into some details of the projects HLN has been working on in public health.
Read more >HITAC Task Force Comments on ONC HTI-1 NPRM
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | DMI | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Meaningful Use | ONC | Public Health | RCKMS
On June 15, 2023 the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Proposed Rule Task Force 2023 released its recommendations on proposed provisions to the ONC Health IT Certification Program. Get a public health perspective here.
Read more >ONC HTI-1 NPRM Through Public Health Eyes
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DMI | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Meaningful Use | ONC | Public Health | RCKMS
On April 18, 2023 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published for comment the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Proposed Rule which proposes new provisions from the 21st Century Cures Act and makes updates to the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program). Here is a public health perspective.
Read more >HLN Participates in HIMSS23
BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | DMI | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Events | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Public Health | RCKMS
HIMSS23, held in Chicago April 17-21, 2023, was attended by more than 35,000 from around the world. Similar to past years, it centered around a trade show exhibit hall, interoperability showcases and educational sessions. Two members of the HLN Consulting team, Aasa Dahlberg Schmit and Mike Berry, attended. Read a summary of our presentation and participation in the interoperability showcase.
Read more >Two New Federal Reports Released
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | DMI | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | ONC | Planning | Public Health | RCKMS | TEFCA
Two new Federal reports were recently released that have a public health impact.
1. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released its 2022 Report to Congress: Update on Access, Exchange, and Use of Electronic Health Information.
2. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released this month its Public Health Data Strategy: Public Health Data Goals and 2-Year Milestones.
Read our comments.