Reflecting on the 2025 AMIA Annual Symposium
Reflecting on the 2025 AMIA Annual Symposium! Great content and networking in Atlanta. The “small but mighty” public health presence affirmed informatics’ crucial role in Public Health.
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HLN Consulting’s Aasa D Schmit Named a 2026 FAMIA Fellow
BY Lux Phatak ON Public Health | Awards and Honors | DM | Technology
HLN Consulting is proud to announce that Aasa has been named a 2026 Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association. This recognition highlights her longstanding leadership in applied informatics and her impact on strengthening public health systems. As HLN President Noam Arzt notes, “Aasa is one of the leading public health informatics experts in the country today…” Aasa will be formally inducted at the 2026 Amplify Informatics Conference in Denver.
Read more >Public health, decision support, and AI took center stage at HL7’s latest workgroup meeting
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 >The Data Modernization View from St. Louis: PHIG ARC 2025
BY Marcey Propp and Ken Hughes ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | ASTP/ONC | CDC | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Events | HIE & Interoperability | Planning | Public Health | Technology | TEFCA
At the PHIG ARC held in St. Louis, HLN Consulting presented data modernization work in Sedgwick County, KS, along with findings from site visits in VA, MN, and RI. With 500+ attendees, the meeting showcased how states, locals, territories, and tribes advanced modernization and workforce initiatives—reinforcing the urgent need to strengthen systems like IIS to meet public health challenges.
Read more >Learning by Doing: Building My First AI Framework
BY Lux Phatak ON Public Health | AI | Planning | Technology
A simple SEO task exposed AI’s limits—and its unexpected strengths. With a clear framework and iterative prompts, I turned unpredictable results into consistent outcomes.
Read more >CMS Releases HTI-4 Final Rule
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 >HLN Consulting Exhibited and Presented at 2025 NACCHO360 in Anaheim, California
BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON Public Health | AI | Events | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Information System (IIS) | NACCHO | Technology
The 2025 NACCHO360 Conference in Anaheim brought together over 2,200 passionate public health professionals — and a touch of Disney magic. HLN was excited to connect with peers in the exhibit hall and PHI*Con Informatics, Surveillance, and IT sessions. We also co-presented a poster with the MN DOH and U of M.
Read more >HLN Consulting to Exhibit and Present at NACCHO360 2025 in Anaheim, California
BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON Public Health | Events | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Information System (IIS) | NACCHO | Technology
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 >Key Takeaways from CSTE 2025: Celebrating Public Health Data Modernization Success
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 >HLN to attend CSTE 2025 Annual Conference
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.
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