TEFCA Update: Public Health Takes a Step Forward
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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ASTHO and CDC Announce PHIG Implementation Centers and PHA Funding
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | DMI | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Information System (IIS) | ONC | Planning | Public Health | Technology | TEFCA
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced the launch of their long-awaited Data Modernization Implementation Centers (IC). Check out the details here.
Read more >CMS IPPS Public Health Reporting and Data Exchange RFI
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Meaningful Use | ONC | Public Health | RCKMS | TEFCA
CMS recently released their Hospital IPPS Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2025 Rates; Quality Programs Requirements; and Other Policy Changes. It also included the Request for Information (RFI) regarding Public Health Reporting and Data Exchange. Here we address the major RFI questions from a public health perspective.
Read more >ONC Releases Two New Reports: How Does Public Health Fair?
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | DMI | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | ONC | Planning | Public Health | TEFCA
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released two reports. The first was the 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan which was released for public comment. The second report released is the 2023 Report to Congress: Update on the Access, Exchange, and Use of Electronic Health Information through Trusted Networks. Get our public health perspective.
Read more >HLN Participates in HIMSS24 Conference in Orlando
BY Marcey Propp ON AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | CSTE | DMI | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Events | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | ONC | Public Health | TEFCA
HLN was a proud co-sponsor of the HIMSS24 Public Health Data Modernization Pre-conference Workshop. Held in Orlando in March, this conference was attended by more than 35,000 from around the world and centered around a trade show exhibit hall, interoperability showcases, and educational sessions. Members of the HLN Consulting team, Aasa Dahlberg Schmit and Marcey Propp attended. HIMSS-TV interviewed Aasa during HIMSS24. Get the details of the pre-conference workshop and our participation.
Read more >TEFCA Updates: A Public Health Perspective
BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | ONC | Planning | Public Health | TEFCA
The Sequoia Project released draft versions of the Common Agreement and related technical and educational documents related to TEFCA, The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) project Get a public health perspective here.
Read more >Sequoia Releases 2.0 Version of FHIR Roadmap
BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | ONC | Planning | TEFCA
Sequoia released version 2 of its FHIR Roadmap for TEFCA Exchange. The plan calls for increasing levels of QHIN-provided services aimed at facilitating the exchange of data using the FHIR standard.
Read more >HLN Attends 2023 Sequoia National Meeting
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DMI | EHR/PHR | Events | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | ONC | Open Source | Public Health | Technology | TEFCA
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.
Read more >HLN team attends ASTHO TechXpo
BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DMI | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Events | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Public Health | Syndromic Surveillance | TEFCA
HLN attended the ASTHO TechXpo in Chicago as a silver sponsor. A variety of presentations got us thinking about how public health can change using technology. Get our perspective here.
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.