AIRA 2026 National Meeting: Community, Collaboration and Commitment
Again, AIRA’s 2026 National Meeting did not disappoint. Read HLN’s perspective on what makes this forum so special.
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CDC releases 2026 Public Health Data Strategy (PHDS)
BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON Public Health | CDC | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | FHIR | Planning | Project Management | Syndromic Surveillance | TEFCA
The CDC has just released its 2026 Public Health Data Strategy (PHDS) annual update, providing guidelines for data modernization across the U.S. For public health organizations navigating DMI projects, these updates offer important guidance on upcoming technical requirements and federal priorities for data modernization. Read our summary of what’s changing.
Read more >HLN Attends the 2026 ASTP Annual Meeting
BY Mike Berry ON Public Health | AI | ASTP/ONC | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | TEFCA
The 2026 ASTP (Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy) Annual Meeting highlighted strong federal momentum around interoperability, patient access, and AI—alongside infrastructure gaps and limited public health representation.
Read more >The Sequoia Project’s Public Health Interoperability Roadmap
BY Mike Berry ON HIE & Interoperability | ASTP/ONC | CDC | Data Governance | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | FHIR | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Public Health | TEFCA
This post summarizes HLN Consulting’s comments on the Sequoia Project’s draft Public Health Interoperability Policy Roadmap, highlighting governance, standards, and implementation considerations.
Read more >HDUs: What Are They All About?
BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON ASTHO | ASTP/ONC | DM | HIE & Interoperability | Public Health | TEFCA
Health Data Utility (HDU) is emerging as a critical component of the public health data ecosystem. This blog explains what HDUs are, how they differ from HIEs and QHINs, and why their expanded data integration and analytics capabilities are increasingly important for public health, policy, and cross-sector decision-making.
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 >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 Attends the Sequoia Project Annual Meeting
BY Kate McMahon ON EHR/PHR | ASTP/ONC | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Events | HIE & Interoperability | Planning | TEFCA
HLN attended the Sequoia Project Annual Meeting in Nashville on December 11th, 2024, where healthcare systems and IT professionals discussed advancements in data interoperability, national models like TECFA, and strategies for broad adoption and usability of these frameworks.
Read more >HIMSS25: A Public Health Perspective
BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit and Marcey Propp ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | DM | Events | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HIMSS | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | 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 >HLN Consulting is Back at HIMSS25!
BY Marcey Propp and Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON CDC | AIRA | ASTHO | ASTP/ONC | DM | Events | HIMSS | Public Health | TEFCA
Join us at HIMSS25! HLN Consulting co-sponsors the pre-conference forum, focusing on data and system modernization. Also, don’t miss HLN at the Interoperability & Smart Pavilion (#3318-30)!
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