HLN Team Attends the CSTE 2022 Annual Conference
The HLN team attended the 2022 CSTE Annual Conference with over 2,500 attendees at the hybrid conference. Here are some highlights from the conference.
Read more >Blog
HLN to Attend the CSTE 2022 Annual Conference
BY Lux Phatak ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | CSTE | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Events | Public Health | RCKMS | Syndromic Surveillance
HLN Consulting is pleased to be a Silver Sponsor of this year’s #CSTE Annual Conference in Louisville, KY from June 19–23!
Join us! Check out our booth, attend our roundtable, or set up time to chat with us.
Read more >A Commentary on Process Improvements to Reduce Manual Tasks and Paper at Covid‑19 Mass Vaccination Points of Dispensing in California
This article describes the use of My Turn at two points of dispensing in California and comments on process improvements to reduce manual tasks of six identified processes of vaccination.
Read more >Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a Data Modernization Workshop
BY Mike Berry ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | CDC | DM | Events | FHIR | Public Health
HLN presented at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Data Modernization Workshop. The presentation was on integrated child health information system architecture models, using Rhode Island’s KIDSNET as an example. The talk included discussion about how such models can inform DMI, as well as considerations for such models in a DMI and FHIR-enabled world.
Read more >HLN Attends the ASTHO Public Health TechXpo
BY Lux Phatak ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | Events | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | TEFCA
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.
Read more >Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense Call For a National Public Health Data System
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | DM | 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 ASTP/ONC | CDC | EHR/PHR | 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.
Read more >HLN Attends the AIRA 2022 National Meeting
BY Lux Phatak ON AIRA | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | COVID-19 | Events | 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 | Disease Surveillance Systems (DSS) | 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 >