HLN Attends the ASTHO Public Health TechXpo
The HLN Consulting team attended the ASTHO Public Health TechXpo 2022 and presented at the SolutionX breakout session. Over 1400 participants were registered for the TechXpo.
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Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense Call For a National Public Health Data System
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | Emergency Preparedness and Biodefense | Planning | Public Health
In April 2022 the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense released a new report titled The Athena Agenda: Advancing the Apollo Program for Biodefense. The “Athena Agenda” primary IT recommendation is the development of a National Public Health Data System.
Read more >CMS Releases Proposed Updates to Medicare MIPS Promoting Interoperability Program
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | ONC | Public Health | TEFCA
On May 10, 2022 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to changes in the Medicare Program Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System.
Read more >HLN Attends the AIRA 2022 National Meeting
BY Lux Phatak ON AIRA | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS)
The HLN Consulting team attended the AIRA 2022 National Virtual Meeting held on April 26-27, 2022. Over 650 individuals attended the virtual meeting – AIRA’s largest meeting to date. The HLN team presented two breakout sessions.
Read more >Leveraging clinical decision support by IIS during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
BY Mike Berry ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | EHR/PHR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS)
Immunization Information Systems (IIS), electronic health records (EHR), and consumer health apps all need to determine if vaccinations received are clinically valid and if people are up-to-date with their vaccinations. But very often, external systems that receive IIS data do not make use of this information.
Read more >Sequoia Releases a Useful Workgroup Report on Information and Pandemic Response
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | COVID-19 | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Emergency Preparedness and Biodefense | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Planning | Public Health | TEFCA
The Sequoia Project released its Emergency Preparedness Information Workgroup’s Pandemic Response Insights and Recommendations. The report has a strong public health focus and it provides succinct recommendations for pandemic preparedness.
Read more >Cures Act EHR Reporting Program Draft Measures: What this Means for Public Health
BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Meaningful Use | ONC | Public Health
As part of the ONC Health IT Certification Program, Congress mandated the establishment of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) Reporting Program to help determine the effectiveness of the program.
Read more >ONC Releases Several New Specifications in 2022
BY Noam Arzt ON COVID-19 | EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability | Matching | ONC | Public Health | Technology | TEFCA
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) started off the new year by releasing several new specifications supporting health information interoperability.
Read more >HLN updates COVID-19 vaccine rules support in its Award Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster
BY Noam Arzt ON AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | EHR/PHR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Open Source
On February 1, 2022, HLN released a new version (v1.34.1) 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 >ONC Finally Releases TEFCA: What it Might Mean to Public Health
BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | ONC | Planning | TEFCA
On January 18, 2022 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) finally released version 1 of the Trusted Exchange Framework, Common Agreement and the QHIN (Qualified Health Information Network) Technical Framework (QTF). These documents represent the latest attempt at initiating a national health information exchange in the United States.
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