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 >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 >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.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | HIE & Interoperability | Planning | TEFCA
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has selected Dr. Noam H. Arzt, President of HLN Consulting (HLN), as a member of the Trusted Exchange Framework Task Force. This group of healthcare and health information technology specialists will advise ONC on various aspects of the Draft Trusted Exchange Framework.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | ASTP/ONC | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Meaningful Use | Planning | TEFCA
In January 2018 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued a draft Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), and related supporting documents, in response to a requirement imposed by Congress in the 21st Century Cures Act.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) | Meaningful Use | Open Source
Dr. Noam Arzt, President of HLN, spoke about the business case for clinical decision support for immunizations, and about HLN’s Open Source ICE vaccine evaluation and forecasting product in a national webinar on January 18, 2018.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON AIRA | EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Meaningful Use | Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
IIS and HIE projects need to work together to determine which option for collaboration is best. In large part, choices will depend on how stakeholders wish for the HIE to be involved in IIS data exchange – both short‐term and long‐term. Projects should consider HIE intermediation within the context of overall long‐term HIE/public health data exchange strategy.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON Immunization Information System (IIS) | EHR/PHR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Meaningful Use | Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) | TEFCA
In the past several years we have seen a real shift in leadership over Health Information Exchange (HIE) in the US. The phase out of the ONC State HIE Cooperative Agreement Program in 2014 marked a real turning point in HIE planning and implementation as ONCs leadership has waned and other more market-driven forces have ascended.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON ASTP/ONC | HIE & Interoperability | Matching
On December 11, 2017 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) sponsored a half-day “Interoperability in Action” webinar focused on Patient Matching Milestones at ONC (see agenda and slides). The webinar focused on four ONC projects from the past year.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | CDC | EHDI | Events | HIE & Interoperability
The meeting featured EHDI programs from
states and territories across the U.S., along with national experts in areas of hearing screening and diagnostic audiology as well as epidemiology, public health informatics, health outcomes and program evaluation.
