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HLN Convenes Advisory Board for its Open Source ICE Immunization Forecasting Software
On November 13, 2017 HLN held its first meeting of a newly-formed advisory board for its award-winning Open Source Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) software. The ICE Review Board, as it will be known, is made up of a diverse set of public health, academic, and private-sector stakeholders.
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HLN Presents at AMIA 2017 on RCKMS
On November 8, 2017 Dr. Noam Arzt, President of HLN, participated in a panel discussion titled, “Advancing Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) to Enable Public Health Disease Control and Emergency Response: Getting Into the Technical Weeds” at the annual AMIA conference.
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New Article on Cloud Computing and CDS in OpenHealthNews
Noam Arzt, president of HLN, has published a new article, “Why Cloud-Based Public Health Solutions are a Good Option for Clinical Decision Support” in OpenHealthNews. In this article Dr. Arzt examines some of the key reasons to host public health clinical decision support (CDS) solutions in the cloud.
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Version 1.9.1.0 of HLN’s Award Winning Open Source Immunization Forecaster Released
A new release (v 1.9.1.0) 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 for immunizations (CDSi) for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems.
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HLN Attends Patient Centered CDS Learning Network 2017 Annual Conference
HLN attended the Patient Centered Clinical Decision Support Learning Network (PCCDS-LN) 2017 Annual Conference, which brought together clinicians, informaticists, and health policy advocates to discuss current trends in clinical decision support leveraging information from Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) findings and patient-specific information.
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New GAO Report Chides HHS About Situation Awareness System
GAO pointed out lapses in completing Congressionally-mandated requirements for this area including the definition of minimal data elements required and collaboration with state, local, and tribal public health officials on the development of standards and procedures to ensure proper data collection.
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