HLN Presents at CDC-ONC Industry Days
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.
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HLN Participates in HL7 Connectathon in Las Vegas
BY Mike Berry ON AIRA | DM | Events | FHIR | HL7 | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Open Source
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.
Read more >Data Modernization Initiative: Some Barriers and Challenges
BY Noam Arzt ON 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.
Read more >HLN updates support for COVID-19 and other vaccine groups in its Award Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster
BY Noam Arzt and Daryl Chertcoff ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | EHR/PHR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source
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.
Read more >ONC HITAC Public Health Data Systems Task Force Releases Recommendations
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | EHR/PHR | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | Public Health | RCKMS
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.
Read more >Draft TEFCA Facilitated FHIR Implementation Guide: A Public Health Perspective
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | EHR/PHR | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Planning | TEFCA
The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) project released a Draft TEFCA Facilitated FHIR Implementation Guide. Get a public health perspective here.
Read more >2022 HL7 Working Group Meeting Continues to Advance a Public Health Agenda
BY Kristi Eckerson and Daryl Chertcoff ON EHR/PHR | ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HIE & Interoperability | Open Source | Public Health | TEFCA
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.
Read more >ONC Launches Public Health Data Systems Task Force
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | DM | EHR/PHR | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | Public Health
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) launched the 2022 Public Health Data Systems Task Force as a subcommittee of the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC).
Read more >HLN updates support for Monkeypox vaccine in its Award Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster
BY Noam Arzt and Daryl Chertcoff ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | EHR/PHR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source
HLN released a new version (v1.36.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). 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 >CMS Releases Proposed Updates to Medicare MIPS Promoting Interoperability Program for Physicians
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | CDC | EHR/PHR | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | 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.
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