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HLN Consulting will be attending HIMSS23

BY Lux Phatak ON April 14, 2023 CDC | DM | Events | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS)

HLN Consulting will be active at HIMSS23 in Chicago, April 17-21, 2023. HLN’s Mike Berry will be presenting a session and Aasa Dahlberg Schmit will participate in HIMSS Interoperability showcase.

Data Linkage and Identity Management – Privacy Protecting Record Linkage (PPRL)

In October 2022 the CDC Foundation convened a set of stakeholders to discuss Privacy Protecting Record Linkage (PPRL). HLN was asked to prepare a summary of this stakeholder session for reference by public agencies considering using PPRL in their systems.

HLN supports updates to COVID-19 vaccine group in its Award Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster

HLN released a new version (v1.38.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). Version 1.37.1 includes updates to the COVID-19 vaccine group to align ICE with the latest immunization recommendations.

HLN Presents at CDC-ONC Industry Days

BY Mike Berry ON March 7, 2023 Immunization Information System (IIS) | ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | Events | FHIR | HL7

HLN attended and presented at CDC-ONC Industry Days on February 27-28, 2023 in Washington, DC. This was the first event of its kind, convened by the CDC Foundation for CDC and ONC.

HLN Participates in HL7 Connectathon in Las Vegas

HLN participated in the HL7 FHIR Connectathon in Las Vegas on January 14-15, 2023 representing the Rhode Island Child and Adult Immunization Registry (RICAIR) in the Helios Accelerator Bulk Data Track.

Data Modernization Initiative: Some Barriers and Challenges

BY Noam Arzt ON December 28, 2022 CDC | DM | Open Source | Planning | Public Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a data modernization initiative (DMI) focused on improving the data management capacity of public health in the US. Congress has appropriated a significant amount of funding for Federal and state, territorial, local, and tribal (STLT) public health agencies. We present some sizable barriers and challenges to seeing the vision for DMI come to fruition.

HLN updates support for COVID-19 and other vaccine groups in its Award Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster

HLN released a new version (v1.37.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). Version 1.37.1 includes significant updates to the COVID-19 vaccine group to align ICE with the latest immunization recommendations. Version 1.37.1 also includes updates to the Hepatitis B, Orthopoxvirus, and Pneumococcal vaccine groups.

ONC HITAC Public Health Data Systems Task Force Releases Recommendations

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) approved the recommendations of its ad hoc Public Health Data Systems Task Force. Check out the specific comments of the recommendations.

Draft TEFCA Facilitated FHIR Implementation Guide: A Public Health Perspective

The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) project released a Draft TEFCA Facilitated FHIR Implementation Guide. Get a public health perspective here.

2022 HL7 Working Group Meeting Continues to Advance a Public Health Agenda

HLN team attended the 2022 HL7 Working Group Meeting and participated in several workgroups and focused on the Public Health Workgroup, where key presentations were given by members or visitors to the public health working group about USCDI+, North Star Architecture, MedMorph, and Helios.