BY Marcey Propp ON AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DMI | Events | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | 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 >BY Marcey Propp ON EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Public Health | RCKMS
Exploring ways to improve interjurisdictional electronic immunization data exchange, the Digital Bridge Immunization Workgroup engaged HLN Consulting to conduct a series of interviews with clinicians and public health stakeholders to document successes, challenges, and opportunities for improvement in sharing electronic vaccine records across state lines.
Read more >BY Marcey Propp and Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON DMI | Events | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HIMSS | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | 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 DMI | 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 >BY Noam Arzt ON AI | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | DMI | Federal Rulemaking | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Planning | Procurement | Project Management | Public Health | Technology
With the end of the pandemic and the change in administration, public health informatics is at a crucial crossroad. HLN identifies five key issues facing public health agency informatics programs as they consider their data needs moving forward.
Read more >BY Daryl Chertcoff and Erin Roche ON AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | EHR/PHR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Open Source
On February 17, 2024, HLN released a new version (v2.45.2) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of updates to the COVID-19 vaccine. ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR), and Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems.
Read more >BY Marcey Propp and Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON ASTHO | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | DMI | 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 >BY Noam Arzt ON HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Planning | Project Management | Public Health
Civitas Networks for Health has a new draft Health Data Utility (HDU) resource, which is now open for public comment. See our comments from a public health perspective.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON AI | CDC | Cloud Computing | DMI | 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 >BY Marcey Propp ON COVID-19 | DMI | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Planning | Procurement | Public Health
With the momentum of IIS PHIG funding and platform assessments, the next question is where does IIS go from here?
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