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ONC PMAL Project: Creeping Forward on Patient Matching
Last week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released the final report from its Patient Matching, Aggregation, and Linking (PMAL) Project, as well as an additional report describing a pilot project to test the Patient Demographic Data Quality Framework (PDDQ) to Support Patient Matching that was released several years ago. This project was funded from June 2015 through September 2018 by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Trust Fund.
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HLN Releases Update to its Award Winning Open Source Immunization Forecaster
On August 28, 2019, HLN released a new version (v1.20.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). ICE is a state-of-the-art open-source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems.
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ONC’s 3rd Interoperability Forum: Not Much to Report
On August 21 and 22, 2019 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) held its third Interoperability Forum in Washington, DC. More than 600 individuals participated in person with many others viewing the general sessions via webinar. The conference began and ended with half-day plenary sessions while providing five tracks with smaller sessions in between.
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HLN Attends AIRA 2019 Annual Meeting and Anniversary Celebration!
HLN attended the American Immunization Registry Association National Meeting on August 13-15, 2019 in Indianapolis, IN. Over 400 individuals from a wide variety of organizations attended, visited our booth (as a Gold Sponsor), and attend one of the many presentations delivered. This year AIRA celebrating its twentieth anniversary and HLN is proud to be among its founding members.
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HLN Attends CSTE 2019 Annual Conference
HLN attended the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) 2019 Annual Conference in Raleigh, NC on June 2-5. Bringing together over 1,600 epidemiologists, public health professionals, and associated non-profits and vendors, the conference provided sessions, roundtables, and engagement in a number of areas important to its members.
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HLN Releases Update to its Award Winning Open Source Immunization Forecaster
On May 31, 2019, HLN released a new version (v1.17.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). ICE is a state-of-the-art open-source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems.
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