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This document suggests a prioritized path for IIS to better align with the M&I Initiative that is supported by both CDC and AIRA. The links within the document for each step will bring up Validation Reports that display IIS results. None of these steps should ...

The purpose of this guidance document is to share considerations and data sharing methods that may be helpful in facilitating the exchange of data between clinical trial sites and their respective jurisdictional IIS

The AIRA Members and Partners quarterly meeting provides important updates from AIRA and partner organizations. It is a great way to get a high-level overview of the activities going on within the IIS and immunization community

In March 2022, AIRA submitted community comments on the updated HEDIS Adult Immunization measures

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) drafted the Vaccines Federal Implementation Plan 2021–2025 as a companion document to the Vaccines National Strategic Plan 2021–2025. The OIDP invited st...

AIRA's monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

AIRA's newsletter about the progress, best practices, and accomplishments of IIS across the country

This AIRA Discovery Session discusses a new initiative - Epidemiology Shared Services (ESS)! IIS data analysts have unique needs which are dynamic and evolving. AIRA has heard the pain points from the data analyst community and has been working on ways to addr...

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding implementing text message reminders

AIRA's monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

This AIRA Discovery Session discusses important changes to the Aggregate Analysis Reporting Tool (AART). These improvements will bring more clarity to how your IIS supports community standards and help IIS leadership better understand the Measurement and Impro...

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding IIS read-only access

In late January 2022, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), released a discussion draft of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging N...

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding missing patient-reported doses

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding the electronic signature of parents/patients as consent

AIRA's monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

The AIRA Members and Partners quarterly meeting provides important updates from AIRA and partner organizations. It is a great way to get a high-level overview of the activities going on within the IIS and immunization community

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding student vaccine exemption requests

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding data governance/data exchange usage policies

This session is a review of important resources and initiatives from 2021 and a look forward at what is coming in 2022. The webinar is an opportunity to hear about activities at AIRA and initiatives at the national level that may affect your IIS program.

Future of Personal Health article regarding the access and sharing of vaccination records

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding records correction requests

AIRA's monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

Describes the process of summarizing acknowledgement messages (ACKs) in aggregate reports produced by IIS, EHRs and third-parties. ACKs are most helpful when they are summarized, reviewed and acted upon. The information contained within acknowledgment reports ...

AIRA's newsletter about the progress, best practices, and accomplishments of IIS across the country

Collection of IIS history spotlights

Information on CDC’s planning for Provider Onboarding Shared Services and opportunity for CDC to hear from attendees about onboarding topics

This technical guidance from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control collates guiding principles and good practices from all aspects of IIS development and implementation

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Massachusetts State Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding contraindication for all vaccines

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Vermont Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding importing immunization data from a veterans hospital

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

Common areas of variability for IIS-EHR interoperability based on jurisdictional law and policy

The purpose of the guide is to provide practical guidance on techniques, methodologies, and processes for IIS to use in assessing the quality of data at rest. This data includes demographic and immunization record information that is currently in the live, pro...

The purpose of this AIRA guide is to improve and standardize onboarding. This document is intended for both technical and programmatic staff that make up IIS onboarding teams and program administrators responsible for the allocation of onboarding resources. EH...

Collection of IIS history artifacts

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Tennessee Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding contraindication for all vaccines

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Mississippi State Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding removing imprecise records

Release of the Address Cleansing Reintegration Guide that provides practical guidance on bringing standardized and validated addresses and geocodes back into your IIS

This document combines the original HL7 2.5.1 Release 1.5 Implementation Guide and Release 1.5 Addendum, as well as additional guidance published by AIRA. The purpose of this document is to provide a single document containing essential HL7 information, so tha...

In honor of National Health IT Week, some the innovative ways Immunization Information Systems (IIS) support Public Health and Clinical Medicine were presented

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

AIRA Letter and Comments on the ONC 2019 Standards Advisory

This document builds upon the previous implementation guide and provides a more in-depth exploration of address cleansing for IIS programs. The document also provides guidance for reintegrating validated and standardized addresses and geocodes back into IIS

Tools and documents to support the Message Quality Evaluation (MQE) Tool

This document explores how to use small area analysis to find pockets of need and provides strategies for responding to pockets of need

AIRA's newsletter about the progress, best practices, and accomplishments of IIS across the country

National Meeting Presentation | Updates from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

National Meeting Presentation | #AIRA2018 Recap & Highlights from Roundtable Discussions

National Meeting Presentation | A Global Health Perspective: IIS and the Global Opportunity

National Meeting Presentation | AIRA Update

National Meeting Presentation | Better Immunization Data Initiative

National Meeting Presentation | Future of IIS: Sustainability Strategies

National Meeting Presentation | Updates on Branch Strategies for Success in an Interconnected Era

National Meeting Presentation | Communicating Vaccinations to Public Health Using Mobile Apps 

National Meeting Presentation | Use of an IIS to Improve the Efficiency of Immunization Certificate Check

Official launch of the Message Quality Evaluation (MQE) Tool

National Meeting Presentation | The Citizen-Centered Smart Vaccination Record of MesVaccins.net

National Meeting Presentation | MIROW Speed Dating: Interactive Session to Get Community Input on the Promotion of Operational Best Practices

National Meeting Presentation | Case Study in the Management of Common IIS Rules, Vocabulary, and Operational Decisions

National Meeting Presentation | Documentation Diaries: Minnesota’s Approach to IIS Documentation

National Meeting Presentation | From Cacophony to Clarity: Integrating Communications into IIS Operations

National Meeting Presentation | Nebraska’s Parkinson’s Disease Registry and NESIIS

National Meeting Presentation | IIS Data Use in Low-Resource Settings: Assessment, Outbreak Response, and Evaluation

National Meeting Presentation | Leveraging Immunization Information Data to Improve Lead Screening Rates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

National Meeting Presentation | Leveraging Pharmacy Partnerships to Improve Oregon's Immunization Rates

National Meeting Presentation | Mission Not Impossible: Idaho’s Journey to Acquiring HITECH 90/10 Funding

National Meeting Presentation | Project IMPACT Immunizations: IMProving America’s Communities Together

National Meeting Presentation | The Interjurisdictional Hub Project

National Meeting Presentation | The Landscape of Interjurisdictional Exchange

National Meeting Presentation | The Legal Landscape of Interjurisdictional Exchange

National Meeting Presentation | Using Michigan’s Immunization Information System to Assess When Children Fall Behind in the Recommended Vaccination Schedule

National Meeting Presentation | Value of IIS Data for Monitoring Vaccination at the National Level

National Meeting Presentation | Web Based Immunization Reports for Public Health Programs

National Meeting Presentation | Are We There Yet? Assessing IIS Readiness for Research & Surveillance

National Meeting Presentation | Comparing IIS to NIS Coverage Assessments: A Cautionary Tale

National Meeting Presentation | Cost Savings of Using an IIS to Assess Immunity Status During an Outbreak

National Meeting Presentation | Electronic Health Record Query-Response: Building on Our Success

National Meeting Presentation | Recent Developments with the National Immunization Survey-Child

National Meeting Presentation | Use of Immunization Information System in Vaccinating Inmates During Hepatitis A Outbreak in San Diego

National Meeting Presentation | Utilizing Adult Data in Michigan’s Immunization Registry to Monitor a Hepatitis A Outbreak

National Meeting Presentation | A Dashboard for Tracking Progress Toward Achieving the IIS Functional Standards

National Meeting Presentation | Developing Immunisation Information System Functional Standards for Zambia

National Meeting Presentation | Development of a Vaccines For Children Data Quality Report Card

National Meeting Presentation | Lessons Learned from Developing Functional Standards for Electronic Immunization Information Systems in Kenya

National Meeting Presentation | VFC-IIS Integration Assessment

National Meeting Presentation | Assessing Electronic Immunization Registries: The PAHO experience

National Meeting Presentation | Centralized HPV Vaccination Recall Among Michigan Adolescents

National Meeting Presentation | Geographic distribution of HPV Vaccination Coverage among Adolescents in North Dakota

National Meeting Presentation | Immunization Information System Assessment, Ghana 2016

National Meeting Presentation | Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccine: A First Look at Uptake and Coverage

National Meeting Presentation | The MQE Tool: Everything You Need to Know

National Meeting Presentation | Use of IIS for Program Interventions – Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia

National Meeting Presentation | Advances in EHR/IIS Interoperability by Select Immunization Programs

National Meeting Presentation | Application Lifecycle Management

National Meeting Presentation | Assessment of the Washington State IIS School Module Rollout

National Meeting Presentation | Climbing Mountains: IIS Integration with Diverse Immunization Programs and Projects

National Meeting Presentation | Cloud-Based Solutions: A Good Option for Hosting CDS for Immunizations

National Meeting Presentation | Collaborations to Support Consumer Access to IIS

National Meeting Presentation | Comparative Analysis of AFIX-IIS Tools