Civitas Releases 2025 Impact Report
Overview of Civitas Networks for HealthⓇ 2025 Impact Report, reflecting on over two decades of progress since its inception in 2001.
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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 >Federal Immunization Policy Changes and Their Impact on the ICE Forecaster
BY Erin Roche and Daryl Chertcoff ON Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | EHR/PHR | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Open Source
Federal policy shifts put clinical decision support and the open-source Immunization Calculation Engine at the center of a vital question: How can we help users navigate a fractured landscape?
Read more >Modernizing Public Health Data: Best Practices for Cloud Strategies and Management
BY Michael J. Suralik ON Public Health | Cloud Computing | DM | Events | Planning | Project Management | Technology
As public health systems modernize, many agencies are transitioning from on-premise servers to cloud platforms that offer scalability, automation, and cost efficiency. In this blog, Mike Suralik outlines key strategies for cloud migration—covering FinOps, automation, and real-world lessons that help agencies improve agility, manage costs, and build resilient data systems for the future.
Read more >HLN Releases ICE with Support for Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations and Core Technical Enhancements
BY Erin Roche and Daryl Chertcoff ON Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | EHR/PHR | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Open Source
HLN has released an updated version of the open-source Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) with support for revised COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and core technical enhancements. The release includes updated seasonal COVID-19 logic for pediatric patients and infrastructure improvements to simplify deployment for IIS and EHR implementers.
Read more >Reflecting on the AIM 2025 Leadership in Action Conference
BY Marcey Propp ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | Events | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Public Health
Reflections from the AIM 2025 Leadership in Action Conference provide an opportunity to celebrate the milestones and successes immunization program managers, staff and partners achieved together this year and look ahead to 2026!
Read more >Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) to Continue Support for the Hepatitis B Birth Dose and Series Completion
BY Erin Roche and Daryl Chertcoff ON Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | EHR/PHR | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Open Source
The open-source Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) evaluation and forecasting software will continue to support the hepatitis B birth dose and hepatitis B series completion, in line with the evidence base supporting these recommendations.
Read more >Reflecting on the 2025 AMIA Annual Symposium
BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit ON Public Health | DM | Events
Reflecting on the 2025 AMIA Annual Symposium! Great content and networking in Atlanta. The “small but mighty” public health presence affirmed informatics’ crucial role in Public Health.
Read more >ICE Adds Support for Evidence-Based COVID-19 Recommendations
BY Erin Roche and Daryl Chertcoff ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | AIRA | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | EHR/PHR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source
HLN has released a new version of the open-source Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) software, with key updates for COVID-19, mpox, and technical upgrades. This release adds support for evidence-based COVID-19 recommendations for the 2025-2026 season, in line with recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Additionally, this release updates support for mpox vaccines and updates the ICE service to Java 21.
Read more >HLN Consulting’s Aasa D Schmit Named a 2026 FAMIA Fellow
BY Lux Phatak ON Public Health | Awards and Honors | DM | Technology
HLN Consulting is proud to announce that Aasa has been named a 2026 Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association. This recognition highlights her longstanding leadership in applied informatics and her impact on strengthening public health systems. As HLN President Noam Arzt notes, “Aasa is one of the leading public health informatics experts in the country today…” Aasa will be formally inducted at the 2026 Amplify Informatics Conference in Denver.
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