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This session provided a high-level overview of immunization information systems (IIS), including their history, core functionality, and the policies and standards that shape how they operate today. Presenters highlighted the critical role IIS play in identifyi...

During this Discovery Session, Alaska and New York City shared how they used IIS-supported outreach to evaluate vaccination outcomes and strengthen reminder/recall strategies. The session provided practical, data-informed insights for public health programs lo...

During this Discovery Session, Connecticut and New York City shared how they are using real-time VTrckS API automation to improve IIS inventory operations. The session highlighted approaches to automating shipment and master data updates, reducing manual proce...

During this Discovery Session, Wisconsin and Louisiana explored how data and research can help improve vaccine coverage from childhood through adulthood. The presenters shared insights on identifying barriers, leveraging data systems, and advancing access to v...

During this Discovery Session, Arizona and Texas shared how they’ve leveraged the Data at Rest (DAR) Measurement & Improvement content area to enhance IIS data quality. Arizona showcased reporting and visualization tools that improve completeness, validity, ...

This session highlighted the role of accurate patient matching in IIS data quality and shared key takeaways from AIRA’s second pilot, including enhancements to the tool, lessons learned, and how the findings can inform IIS programs moving forward. Whether...

This Discovery Session took a deeper look at AIRA’s Emerging Standards initiative and how we’re approaching modernization, including our framework for adopting FHIR for specific projects shaping the future of immunization interoperability. The session s...

In this session, we explored practical ways to engage with AIRA and deepen your involvement in the IIS community—whether you're new or looking to reconnect. The discussion highlighted a range of opportunities, including open initiatives available to all stak...

This session showcased key highlights from the AIRA 2025 National Meeting including recaps of the following highly rated breakout sessions: • Closing the Gap: A Data-Driven Approach to Address Health Gaps in NC from Jenny Myers, MPH, North Carolina Departme...

During this session, the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) shared insights into their use of digital trust technology for issuing digital birth credentials. The presentation covered the benefits of digitally verifiable vital records, inclu...

During the session, Josh Quint discussed how California is leveraging immunization data to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has been using mandatory reporting for influenza testing and vaccinations to ...

During this engaging Discovery Session, presenters explored the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on immunization information systems (IIS). Attendees learned about the fundamentals of AI, its applications in public health, and the opportunities and chall...

During this Discovery Session, presenters discussed the the 2024 Immunization Information Systems Annual Report (IISAR). This annual assessment captures key insights from all 64 immunization program awardees, covering the 50 states, five major cities, D.C., an...

During this Discovery Session, presenters discussed the next steps for Patient Matching – HL7 as part of AIRA’s Measurement and Improvement (M&I) Initiative. The draft Measures and Tests for Patient Matching – HL7 document was reviewed with the IIS commu...

During the session, presenters discussed immunization data exchange after 20 million immunization messages were exchanged. The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been exchanging, tracking, and analyzing immunization messages to understand the reasons b...

During the session, presenters discussed the Digitization and Standardization project and shared how digitized local IGs in IGAMT (NIST’s Implementation Guide Authoring and Management Tool) can be used to create a cost-free, jurisdiction-specific test tool. ...

During this session, presenters from the Society for Post-Acute and Long-term Care Medicine Inc. (AMDA) and AIRA discuss Moving Needles, a CDC-funded initiative to increase the connectivity between Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) EHRs and IIS

During this session, presenters navigate emerging standards as they support public health data modernization initiatives and provide structured data specifications to meet the needs of public health programs and their partners

During this session, you'll hear about AIRA 2024 National Meeting Highlights. Presentation includes: • AIRA 2024 National Meeting Highlights from Courtnay Londo, AIRA • Assessment of Parental Vaccination Acceptance as a Predictor of Childhood Vaccination...

During this session, you'll hear about HIEs and How They Can Help IIS. Presentations include: • The Value of HIEs in Working with IIS from Kate Ricker, Civitas Networks for Health • Lessons Learned from IIS Jurisdictions Participating in the IDEAS Projec...

During this session, you'll hear about Immunization Information Systems Annual Report (IISAR). Presentations include: • Immunization Information Systems Annual Report (IISAR) from Terence Ng and Lauren Shaw, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

During this session, you'll hear about who PHII is, what they do, the support they provide to the IIS community, and how you can take your team to the next level using PHII’s resources. Presentation includes: • Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) O...

During this session, you'll hear about how jurisdictions are improving IIS data quality. Presentations include: • Patient Matching and Data at Rest (DAR) Refresher from Eric Larson and Assiatou Diallo, American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) • ...

During this Discovery Session, CDC will provide an overview of the immunization surveillance landscape and its support of CDC’s data modernization efforts. Attendees will learn about the IZ Gateway’s IIS-to-CDC use case, and the progress made by participat...

In this AIRA Discovery Session you will: Learn about the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) postcard reminder/recall program. Hear from the Nevada State Immunization Program about their efforts to increase vaccination rates among racial/ethnic minori...

AIRA Discovery Session reviewing the 2022 Immunization Information Systems Annual Report (IISAR). The IISAR is available on the awardee SharePoint site. For more information about the IISAR, please contact Terence Ng or Lauren Shaw

The Data Quality Assurance in Immunization Information Systems guide, from the Modeling of Immunization Registry Operations Workgroup (MIROW), was released in early September and this webinar provides an overview and highlights of the guide. The IIS Best Pr...

This session is an introduction to AIRA’s Interoperability Course. This course was designed in response to community needs to support staff working on IIS interoperability topics. In this Discovery Session you will learn about the course format, hear from pa...

Vaccine credentials are a hot topic across the IIS community right now. On this AIRA Discovery Session, several experts will share some of the latest efforts being implemented and under development within the US, and key aspects to consider as IIS contemplate ...

A Discovery Session webinar co-hosted by AIRA and the American Health Care Association (AHCA) to discuss efforts to support skilled nursing facilities with IIS enrollment and access. This webinar covers an overview of AHCA outreach and technical assistance eff...

This Discovery Session is an opportunity to learn more about electronic health records (EHRs) from the experts. On this Discovery Session, AIRA is partnering with the HIMSS EHR Association to hear more about the EHR perspective and how IIS can best collaborate...

A Discovery Session webinar focused on the Immunization Integration Program (IIP) Acknowledgements Workgroup's experience and ongoing efforts being done to improve data quality. This session highlights an exciting partnership between the IIP, Epic, Vanderbilt ...

A Discovery Session webinar focused on the technical aspects of vaccine credentialing solutions

A Discovery Session webinar focused on the programmatic aspects of vaccine credentialing solutions

A Discovery Session webinar focused on COVID-19 hot topics. A combination of updates about IIS-specific COVID-19 hot topics (e.g., data quality for race and ethnicity) and time for questions and community discussion.

Discovery Session to hear from AIRA members and partners about the initial “lessons learned” from the first weeks of the COVID-19 vaccine response

Discovery Session reviewing the 2020 IIS Annual Report (IISAR)

Webinar focused on COVID-19 Vaccine Readiness - An Overview of CDC’s COVID-19 Preparedness Report and AIRA’s Measurement and Improvement COVID-19 Standards Alignment Report

A Discovery Session webinar focusing on how data analytics can help IIS prepare for the challenges ahead such as a COVID vaccine, expanded flu season and catchup of routine immunizations

A Discovery Session webinar focusing on the Data at Rest (DAR) pilot project and the data quality tools available to IIS to monitor data quality by provider

Webinar focused on lessons learned from H1N1 and how they are informing the response to COVID-19

Webinar focused on the IIS/NIS (National Immunization Survey) Match Project

Provider organization participation and tools for provider management

The latest updates on the 2019 IIS Annual Report

This Discovery Session focused on soon-to-be released guidance on Patient Status in IIS

This session introduced the IIS Data Saturation Guide, a recent AIRA publication focused on current methodologies for the collection of legacy data, as well as data gap monitoring and resolution processes.

This session focused on CDS Assessment in AART and getting the most out of your report

Overview of the recently released Functional Guide Volume 2: CDC Endorsed Data Elements

New and emerging issues from AIRA's vital records partners and a glimpse into vital record exchanges in two states

The latest updates on the 2018 IIS Annual Report

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

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

Official launch of the Message Quality Evaluation (MQE) Tool

This session focused on IIS data use, and included presentations from Oregon and North Dakota, two states participating in CDC’s Sentinel Site project

The first volume of the new IIS Functional Guide on Query and Response was introduced by Eric Larson, AIRA Senior Technical Project Manager and Kevin Snow, Technical Developer at Envision Technology Partners. The longer-term vision will be additional functiona...

Webinar | This Discovery Session provided an overview of the new Security Guidance that summarizes common IIS security issues (e.g., risk analysis and risk management) to help IIS administrators engage in security discussions with IT staff and vendors

Webinar | This Discovery Session featured an epidemiologist from Colorado who shared how they use an open source forecasting tool called the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) within the Colorado IIS

Webinar | This AIRA Discovery Session featured presentations on HEDIS (the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set) and discussed the development process for HEDIS measures, as well as the contribution of IIS data to the measurement process

Webinar | This session included an overview of the new Confidentiality Guidance that was sent out to the community for review. Comments were due on back to AIRA in August 2016

Webinar | At this session, representatives from the MIROW Steering Committee talked about the process for MIROW chapter development, and the release of the latest chapter: “Decrementing Inventory via Electronic Data Exchange.”

Webinar | Speakers from Wisconsin and Oregon highlighted different ways IIS data can be used by immunization programs and others. Topics included using IIS data to estimate Tdap effectiveness for preventing pertussis and to assess teen vaccination rates