HLN Consulting – Public Health Informatics and Open Source Experts

“We thrive on new challenges. At HLN Consulting, we are driven to excellence through collaborative partnerships—large and small—to help our public health informatics clients successfully deploy innovative, open source solutions. Through our commitment to strategic planning and data modernization, we continue to strengthen and enhance public health systems to meet both current and future challenges.”
– Dr. Noam Arzt, President

Welcome

HLN Consulting is a leading health information technology consulting company. Our mission is to enhance and support the capabilities of public health organizations and healthcare providers by providing high-quality consulting services, strategic planning, and software development including open source.

Who We Are

What We Do

Develop and maintain new or existing systems for our clients

Manage a process to ensure successful roll out of new systems

Devise innovative strategies to solve organizational challenges

Featured Solutions

IIS on FHIR®!

Leveraging a proven methodology and tools to operationalize a new immunization information system (IIS)

Open Source immunization evaluation and forecasting

Replacing a decommissioned product with a well-supported system while adding a useful enhancement

Timeline graphic outlining HLN’s IIS migration phases, from planning and stakeholder engagement to system go-live.

Ensuring successful system migration

Leveraging a proven methodology and tools to operationalize a new immunization information system (IIS)

Recent Blog Posts

Leveraging the ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster during COVID

Like many things in the age of COVID, the vaccine development landscape is
unlike anything we have seen in our lifetimes. There are over 100 SARS vaccines currently in development, many of which are utilizing new technologies not used in any currently licensed vaccine. The potential impact on immunization schedules (clinical guidelines for clinicians) and immunization clinical decision support is significant.

Supporting Evidence-Based 2026–2027 Respiratory Season Recommendations in the Immunization Calculation Engine

ICE support for the 2026–2027 respiratory season will align with recommendations issued by leading medical societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Following the release of Consolidated Respiratory Virus Season Immunization Recommendations, HLN reaffirms its commitment to evidence-based guidelines in the open-source immunization clinical decision support service.

HLN Updates the Immunization Calculation Engine with Clinical Refinements and Expanded User Options

HLN has released ICE v2.58.1, bringing key clinical logic updates to DTP, Meningococcal B, Pneumococcal, and Zoster, alongside new system configuration options in Hepatitis B and Polio. Additionally, schedule authority attribution information (e.g., ‘AAP’) can now be included as an optional output in ICE forecasts. See the new logic in action using the free CDS Insight demonstration and testing tool.

The Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) Achieves Complete Validation in AIRA’s Measurement and Improvement Initiative

Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) just earned Complete Validation in the AIRA Measurement and Improvement Initiative — the first open-source immunization forecaster to reach this milestone. This confirms ICE meets national standards across all clinical decision support measures tested. Try ICE using CDS Insight, a free testing tool.