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This report includes aggregate results for Data Quality Incoming/Ongoing Assessment for IIS participating in the Measurement and Improvement (M&I) Initiative. Assessment is completed quarterly using measures and tests developed by the Measurement for Assessmen...

This resource includes the takeaway notes and recording from the November 2025 IIS Data Analyst Collaborative (IDAC). The topic discussed was FluMist experiences and areas for improvement.

This document outlines the community-driven measures and tests for Data at Rest (DAR) measurement in Assessment, the second stage of the M&I Initiative.

During the IIS Data Analyst Collaborative (IDAC) held on May 15, 2025, 58 participants engaged in lively conversation structured around questions related to IIS Data Cleansing. Takeaways Attached & Link to Recording Key takeaways from the discussion are incl...

These are the takeaways and recording from the November 2024 IIS Data Analyst Collaborative (IDAC). The topic discussed was real versus artificial coverage rates.

These are the takeaways and presentations from the June 2024 IIS Data Analyst Collaborative. The topic discussed was denominator inflation

National Meeting Presentation | Advancing Patient Matching in IIS: Leveraging the DAR-Like Method for Enhanced Data Quality (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are inc...

National Meeting Presentation | Applied Analytics – Improving Data Exchange and Data Quality (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompany...

National Meeting Presentation | Assessing Address Validity in the NDIIS Using Smarty (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral c...

National Meeting Presentation | Comparative Analysis Between Manual and Automated Onboarding Processes in Texas (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete with...

National Meeting Presentation | Creating Robust Data Sets by Securely Matching Data Across Organizations (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the...

National Meeting Presentation | Deduplication of Temporary Name Records Using Probabilistic Matching (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the acc...

National Meeting Presentation | Denominator Inflation: An Opportunity to Discuss, Share, and Build Collaboration (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete wit...

National Meeting Presentation | Effectively Onboarding Providers Through Data Quality Analysis, Ensuring Interoperability Readiness (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and...

National Meeting Presentation | Evaluating IIS Data Quality in MO: An Ongoing Collaborative Effort (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accom...

National Meeting Presentation | Health Dashboards for Oklahoma: Tools to Strategize Vaccination Mobility and Improvements (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incom...

National Meeting Presentation | IIS Deduplication: A Refined and Effective Approach (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral co...

National Meeting Presentation | Immunization Dashboards: Catalysts for Informed Decision-Making (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompan...

National Meeting Presentation | Measurement & Improvement (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral commentary and discussion.)

National Meeting Presentation | Moving Our Data to the 21st Century: Improving Data Quality for IIS System Transition (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplet...

National Meeting Presentation | Nevada IIS Data Quality Feedback Report and Provider Engagement (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompan...

National Meeting Presentation | Packaging HL7 Data Quality Improvement into Actionable Steps (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanyin...

National Meeting Presentation | Reporting Beyfortus (nirsevimab-alip) to Texas Immunization Registry: Data Quality Challenges (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are i...

National Meeting Presentation | School Enrollment and IIS Denominators: Confirmation or Contradiction? (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the a...

National Meeting Presentation | Sharing Immunization Data with Bulk FHIR Query: Approaches and Challenges (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without th...

National Meeting Presentation | Unveiling California’s Health Data Revolution: The Master Patient Index Solution (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete w...

National Meeting Presentation | Using Vaccination Data to Promote Immunization Compliance Among Providers (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without th...

Takeaways from the IIS Data Analyst Collaborative (IDAC) in April 2024

Takeaways from the IIS Data Analyst Collaborative (IDAC) in February 2024

This template is intended for use by immunization information systems (IIS) to develop a short list of errors, and ways to avoid them, that may occur when users enter data into their organization’s electronic health record/health information technology (EHR/...

This user-friendly infographic highlights five key strategies and related resources to support improving your immunization data quality and reducing rejections

This guide lists training resources that promote best practices for data validation in the EHR prior to submission to the IIS

This Standards & Interoperability Steering Committee (SISC) document contains recommendations for eligibility and funding codes for COVID-19 Bridge Access Program Vaccine, as approved by SISC on August 2, 2023.

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) • ...

The IIS Orientation to Provider Onboarding: Resources Checklist serves as a starting point for staff who are new to an IIS onboarding role and/or are new to interoperability as it relates to immunization messaging

National Meeting Presentation | Strategies to Validate Data Entry and Improve Successful Submission to IIS (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without t...

National Meeting Presentation | Tracking and Outreach for Improving Data Quality of Mpox Doses in Texas (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the ...

National Meeting Presentation | Closing the Gap for Under- or Misreporting of Race and Ethnicity in Illinois (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without...

National Meeting Presentation | IIS Data Quality Visualization Using Power BI (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral commenta...

National Meeting Presentation | Immunization Data Quality Certification Program (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral commen...

National Meeting Presentation | It’s All About Flow: Improving Data Quality (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral commenta...

National Meeting Presentation | Data at Rest Content Area Introduction and Jurisdictional Perspectives (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the a...

National Meeting Presentation | Improving Validity of County Field and Data Quality with Smarty Integration (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without ...

National Meeting Presentation | NIP Monitoring and Evaluation Using Data from a Novel EIR in the Americas (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without th...

National Meeting Presentation | Technical Overview of NIST-Developed Tool to Assess IIS Data Quality (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the acc...

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

This Technical Assistance (TA) Service catalog documents the available services and resource offerings available to the IIS community by AIRA. These resources can be used to plan and implement internal improvements and to help prioritize enhancements. This ca...

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...

Outlines the terms between AIRA and an IIS that participates in the community address cleansing service. This agreement must be reviewed, signed and returned to AIRA for an IIS to enroll in the program. (Please note: the attached agreement is the version that ...

The Smarty FAQ provides guidance on some of the basics of Smarty and available resources to help implement Smarty.

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 ...

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 ...

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association article exploring the use of health plan quality measures specified for electronic clinical data to monitor immunizations

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 ...

AIRA Letter and Comments on ONC's United States Core Data for Interoperability, Version 2

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

The IISAR is an annual survey that assesses immunization program performance in developing, maintaining, and enhancing Immunization Information Systems for a given calendar year. It is a reporting requirement for the 64 immunization programs that receive fundi...

The purpose of this preliminary guidance developed by an SISC small workgroup is to assist IIS, EHR vendors, and other stakeholders in preparing for the technical requirements of creating HL7 messages containing serologic results as proof of immunity during th...

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

Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations: Learn about IIS community success, data at rest pilots, and Measurement and Improvement (M&I) 2020 Validation recognition If you are interested in listening to a recording of this webinar, please email info@imm...

Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations: Learn about using IIS data to improve immunization rates and public health

Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations: Learn about several data quality initiatives throughout the IIS community

An orientation session designed to help IIS get started with Smarty

Webinar | The Measurement for Assessment and Certification Advisory Workgroup (MACAW) held a community wide town hall meeting to discuss Acknowledgment (ACK) Processing Rules and Proposed 2021 Submission & Acknowledgment Validation including NDC Measures 15 an...

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

A national strategy for a novel COVID-19 vaccine rollout is currently being developed. In the interim, there are things that all immunization programs and immunization information systems (IIS) can do to better prepare for pandemic vaccination. This one-sheet ...

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 the validation and population of missing phone numbers in an IIS

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

AIRA's Education Steering Committee hosted a webinar to highlight how IIS programs made the leap from collecting and maintaining their data to actively using their data

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding provider organization level report cards/data quality reports

Provider organization participation and tools for provider management

Webinar | The Measurement for Assessment and Certification Advisory Workgroup (MACAW) held a community wide town hall meeting to introduce the proposed measures for Incoming/Ongoing Data, CDS Assessment Thresholds, and CDS Validation

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 updating and managing addresses.

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.

The main purpose of the guide is to bridge the gap between currently published guidance on patient status and its actual implementation by IIS. This guide offers practical guidelines for providers, public health entities, and IIS to use in implementing and man...

Patient status is a concept used in immunization information systems to identify the party that is responsibility for vaccination of a patient at a provider organization or geographic jurisdiction level. Active status of a patient with a provider organization ...

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding vaccine administration errors

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...

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 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

National Meeting Presentation | Better Immunization Data Initiative

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

Official launch of the Message Quality Evaluation (MQE) Tool

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 | The Interjurisdictional Hub Project

National Meeting Presentation | The Legal Landscape of Interjurisdictional Exchange

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

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

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