HLN Learnings Newsletter
HLN's Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) project has been chosen to be on an exclusive list of innovative open technologies by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA). The DPGA believes that sharing digital innovation is crucial to building a more equitable world.
HLN updates COVID-19 vaccine support in its Award-Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster
HLN release 2 new versions of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of updates to the COVID-19 vaccine.
  • ICE v1.30.1 added additional support and logic to handle COVID-19 additional dose, WHO Vaccines, and clinical trials.
  • ICE v1.31.1 added support for COVID-19 booster dose for Pfizer vaccine.
Dr.Noam Arzt participated in an AIRA webinar to discuss vaccine credentialing. AIRA's internal Vaccine Credentialing group liked the content of his presentation, so they pulled it out as an overview of the topic, and posted it separately on the AIRA website.
HLN's Dr. Noam Arzt participated in the ONC Tech Forum 2021 to discuss the immunization perspective of leveraging modern APIs. He presented the operationalization of the Immunization Information System (IIS) and the transition to FHIR.
How should public health agencies understand and manage the flurry of controversy surrounding digital vaccine credentials? This post is a part of a series on vaccine credentials encouraging public health to redirect the conversation.
Managing and documenting vaccination events for US residents who received COVID-19 vaccinations outside the US is challenging and may not get easier anytime soon.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed revision to the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals.