HLN Presents at 2018 National Immunization Conference in Atlanta
At the 2018 National Immunization Conference (NIC) held in Atlanta May 15-17, HLN co-presented a talk in collaboration with the Oregon Immunization Program (OIP).
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Epic and Cerner Connect to HLN’s ICE at FHIR Connectathon
BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | FHIR | HL7 | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source
At the 18th FHIR Connectathon in Cologne, Germany on May 12-13, 2018, HLN successfully integrated its open source Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) service with test instances of two Electronic Health Record (EHR) products, Epic and Cerner, using the CDS Hooks standard.
Read more >HITAC USCDI Task Force Delivers its Recommendations
BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability
On April 18, 2018 the HHS Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) US Core Data for Interoperability Task Force delivered its recommendations on the draft US Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) and Proposed Expansion Process which had been published for public comment back in January 2018. HITAC promptly accepted the Task Force’s recommendations.
Read more >HLN Adds Additional Support for Earliest/Overdue Date in Latest Release of Open Source Immunization Forecaster
BY Noam Arzt ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | EHR/PHR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source | Technology
A new release (v 1.12.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) is now available. ICE is a state-of-the-art open-source software system that provides clinical decision support (CDS) for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems.
Read more >HLN Updates White Paper on IIS/EHR Feature Overlap
BY Noam Arzt ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | EHR/PHR | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Matching | Meaningful Use | Technology
IIS and electronic health record (EHR) systems have always had unique features, as well as some overlapping features, and the deployment of EHRs has enhanced the local immunization capabilities of clinician practices. Several critical clinical features that are considered to be core functions of IIS are beginning to be supported by EHRs.
Read more >HLN-authored White Paper published by NYeC: The Case for Payer Participation in Health Information Exchange
BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability
The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) recently published a new white paper authored by Dr. Noam Arzt, President of HLN. Payers who participate in HIEs can experience greater oversight and can be better equipped to manage and coordinate patient care.
Read more >HLN Participates in Stewards of Change Regional Symposium
BY Noam Arzt ON Events | HIE & Interoperability | Planning
On March 27-28, 2018, Dr. Noam Arzt, President of HLN, participated by invitation in the Stewards of Change National Interoperability Collaborative Symposium on Advancing Information Sharing in California and Beyond on behalf of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Read more >New Modalities for Technical Assistance Consulting
Technical assistance (TA) is provided by expert consultants to public health systems projects in order to improve their performance against functional standards or to help solve recurring or one-time problems or issues. Unlike other forms of training or support, TA is usually focused or tailored to a specific circumstance or situation.
Read more >HLN Adds Support for Earliest/Overdue Date in Latest Release of Open Source Immunization Forecaster
BY Noam Arzt ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | EHR/PHR | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Open Source | Technology
A new release (v 1.11.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) is now available). ICE is a state-of-the-art open-source software system that provides clinical decision support (CDS) for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems.
Read more >HLN Participates in HIMSS18 Interoperability Showcase
BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Open Source
During the week of March 5 HLN participated along with other public health colleagues in the HIMSS18 Interoperability Showcase which features real-life demonstrations of health information interoperability.
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