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IDAC Takeaways

IDAC Takeaways

Issued on March 1, 2024 by AIRA

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

DAR Technical Resources

DAR Technical Resources

Issued on January 3, 2024 by AIRA

These resources support and inform IIS participation in Data at Rest (DAR). For more information about DAR or assistance to get started, please submit a request via AIRA’s online form. Note: AIRA recommends disabling any pop-up blockers on your brows...

Data Entry Error Guide Template

Data Entry Error Guide Template

Issued on September 7, 2023 by Immunization Integration Program

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/...

Training Resources for Vaccine Data Entry Users

Training Resources for Vaccine Data Entry Users

Issued on September 7, 2023 by Immunization Integration Program

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

COVID-19 Bridge Access Program Preferred Select Codes, Recommended by SISC

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.

IIS Orientation to Provider Onboarding: Resources Checklist

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

IIS Assessment - Final Measures and Tests for DAR

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.

Technical Assistance Service Offerings

Technical Assistance Service Offerings

Issued on November 30, 2022 by AIRA

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...

Address Cleansing Partner Agreement

Address Cleansing Partner Agreement

Issued on July 14, 2022 by AIRA

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 ...

SmartyStreets Frequently Asked Questions

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

Foundational Guidance for Minimum Functionality to Improve Visibility and Access to Information from Acknowledgment Messages

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 Letter and Comments on ONC's USCDI V2

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

2020 IISAR

2020 IISAR

Issued on November 30, 2020 by CDC

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...

Preliminary Guidance on Serologic Testing

Preliminary Guidance on Serologic Testing

Issued on October 29, 2020 by AIRA

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...

Phone Numbers in an IIS

Phone Numbers in an IIS

Issued on April 29, 2020 by AIRA

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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

Provider Organization Level Report Cards/Data Quality Reports

Provider Organization Level Report Cards/Data Quality Reports

Issued on March 6, 2020 by AIRA

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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

Updating and Managing Addresses

Updating and Managing Addresses

Issued on November 13, 2019 by AIRA

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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.

Patient Status in Immunization Information Systems

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...

Management of Patient Status in Immunization Information Systems

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 ...

Vaccine Administration Errors

Vaccine Administration Errors

Issued on June 20, 2019 by AIRA

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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

IIS Data Quality Practices - To Monitor and Evaluate Data at Rest

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...

IIS Reintegration of Cleansed Addresses and Geocodes

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

MQE Project Tools and Documents

MQE Project Tools and Documents

Issued on September 30, 2018 by AIRA

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

Sentinel Site Denominator Inflation Project

Six IIS sites, all funding recipients from the CDC Sentinel Site Project, participated in collaborative analyses to identify and measure the effect of Denominator Inflation in their IIS.

Incentivizing Use of Geocodes

Incentivizing Use of Geocodes

Issued on May 29, 2018 by AIRA

Information about AIRA's geocoding contest, which was created to incentivize participation in SmartyStreets, the no-cost address cleansing and geocoding service available to all IIS programs.

IIS Joint Development and Implementation Message Quality Evaluation Tool Business Case

Draft business case for the IIS Joint Development and Implementation (JDI) Message Quality Evaluation (MQE) tool

IIS Joint Development and Implementation Message Quality Evaluation Tool Overview and Functional Requirements

Draft overview and functional requirements for the IIS Joint Development and Implementation (JDI) Message Quality Evaluation (MQE) tool

IIS Data Quality Practices - Monitoring and Evaluating Data Submissions

This resource for the IIS community focuses on the ongoing data monitoring and evaluation process for incoming data submissions

IIS Implementation Guidance for a Shared Address Cleansing & Geocoding Service

How an IIS can use and integrate the SmartyStreets address cleansing and geocoding service into its organization. Interested IIS can find more information about the service and how to enroll in it on the Address Cleansing Service webpage.

A description of the pilot program conducted as proof-of-concept for the shared address cleansing and geocoding service recommended by the Joint Development and Implementation Workgroup. More context about the pilot can be found on the Address Cleansing Servi...

Data Validation Guide for the IIS Onboarding Process

This guide provides recommendations on the data validation process within onboarding. This is the first resource of a multi-year project that will look at different aspects of IIS data quality

Effects of Health Level 7 Messaging on Data Quality in New York City’s Immunization Information System, 2014

Article | A comparison of the quality of data reported through a real-time HL7 Web Service with data submitted through other methods

An examination of what types of address cleansing and geocoding services would be most useful for the IIS community. More context about the project can be found on the Address Cleansing webpage

This article found that health care organizations that submit electronic data to IIS should be aware that the technical decision to use the HL7 format, particularly if real-time data exchange is employed, can result in more timely and accurate data. This will ...

Meeting slides, environmental scan, initial findings and final report

Immunization Information Systems Patient-Level Deduplication Best Practices

Document | This resource is designed to be read by programmatic, technical, and operational experts who are involved in creating or maintaining an IIS. The document intends to bridge the gap between technical and program staff so they can have a mutual underst...

Data Quality Assurance in Immunization Information Systems: Selected Aspects

This guide has been retired and replaced by the 2022 MIROW Data Quality Assurance in Immunization Information Systems guide. Please email info@immregistries.org to request the archived document

Data Quality Assurance in Immunization Information Systems: Incoming Data

This guide has been retired and replaced by the 2022 MIROW Data Quality Assurance in Immunization Information Systems guide. Please email info@immregistries.org to request the archived document

Vaccination Level Deduplication in Immunization Information Systems

MIROW | Full Guide and Mini-Guides in English, Spanish and French This guide addresses the three phases of vaccination level de-duplication: selection, evaluation and resolution. The content related to the resolution phase was replaced by Consolidating Demo...