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Signed MOUs for data exchange to support visibility into potential and existing interjurisdictional exchanges

The Aggregate Analysis Reporting Tool (AART) is updated on a regular basis to enhance and improve the end user experience while using AART. Often times these enhancements impact Measurement & Improvement (M&I) Initiative reports, features, and user navigation....

AIM and AIRA co-hosted the FluMist Home Presentation for AIM and AIRA Members on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. The recording has been posted to the member-only area of the AIM website. The recording is not to be shared outside of immunization program and IIS staff...

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...

IIS Product Testing and Validation is an annual process that provides IIS technology partners with objective, independent testing of their platform as they make improvements to achieve alignment with community-selected measures and tests. Product testing will ...

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 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...

National Meeting Presentation | Closing Immunization Data Exchange Gaps with Federal Agencies (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanyi...

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 | Guardians of Immunization Adherence: Cosmic Reminder/Recall (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying...

National Meeting Presentation | IIS Supplement Health Insurance Claims for Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without ...

National Meeting Presentation | Impact of Immunization Information Systems Integration for COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Surveillance (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are...

National Meeting Presentation | Last Mile Data – Street Outreach and the Vaccine Ambassadors Program (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 | Modernizing Automated Submission of Vaccine Data to CDC Using the North Star Architecture (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incom...

National Meeting Presentation | Storytelling with Data Visualization: From Numbers to Impact (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 | Texas Children’s Hospital: An Evolution of Vaccine Data Exchange, Consent, VFC, and Error Management (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting ...

National Meeting Presentation | Using REDCap for HEDIS Request Management (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 a...

Despite the adoption of health information technology among healthcare providers and public health support for standards-based immunization data exchange, there is a lack of interoperability between Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) EHRs and IIS. These res...

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.

National Meeting Presentation | COVID-19 Vaccination Status Among MA Residents After Data Exchange with RI (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 | Impact of Immunization Gateway Data Exchange on Record Completeness in NYC (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 | Public Health Impact of Interjurisdictional Immunization Data Exchange (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 | Consumer Access to IIS Records: Lessons Learned for IIS Operations (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accom...

National Meeting Presentation | Data Ownership Revolution: Web3 Will Power Individual Health Data Ownership (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 | Joint Development of an IIS Shared Service Layer for Immunization Gateway (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 | User-Centered Redesign of a COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard in Washington State (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 | Multi-language Accessibility of Verifiable Clinical Information (VCI) (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the ac...

National Meeting Presentation | Optimizing Consumer Access – Evolutions in Product Design (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying...

National Meeting Presentation | The Effect of IIS-to-IIS Data Exchange on Sub-populations (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying o...

National Meeting Presentation | What Will It Take to Give Everyone Digital Access to Their Complete Immunization History (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomp...

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...

SMART Health Cards are a simple and secure way for people to maintain, own, and share their health information as they see fit. AIRA developed a one-page resource on SMART Health Cards that defines what they are (and are not), how they can empower individuals ...

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 ...

AIRA Letter and Comments on CMS Proposed Rules

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

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding IIS to Medicaid data exchange

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

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding consumer access and vaccine credential strategies.

An Environmental Scan on Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities: Expanding Immunization Information Systems for Adults in the United States

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 population group and tier allocation during the ...

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 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 covering current response planning information and presentations from jurisdictions

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 how the IZ Gateway project is being used in pandemic response

Data Use Agreement with APHL (Association of Public Health Laboratories) for participation in both IZ Gateway Connect and IZ Gateway Share (updated August 3, 2020)

This document provides a fillable form for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for secure, electronic exchange of immunization information among governmental entities that operate a population-based immunization information system (IIS)

As immunization programs and immunization information systems (IIS) prepare to support pandemic response vaccination efforts, there is a need for decision-makers to ensure IIS policies do not inhibit data exchange and reporting. This one-sheet resource highlig...

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 ...

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

AIRA's Education Steering Committee hosted a webinar to highlight using IIS to support an outbreak response

This document serves to draw all current interjurisdictional exchange activities together to define a process and goals for administration and coordination among AIRA’s membership

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the North Dakota Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding out-of-state schools and IIS access.

National Meeting Presentation | Consumer Access to Immunization Records: A Spectrum of Approaches

AIRA Letter and Comments on ONC's TEFCA Draft 2

Mary Beth Kurilo, Policy and Planning Director at AIRA, led a discussion on ONC's Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Draft 2 and AIRA's draft comments.

AIRA sent out an Information Request from HLN Consulting, LLC. to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding IIS who provide access to patients (or their guardians) without provider intermediation

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding increasing provider participation

AIRA sent out an Information Request from Texas Department of State Health Services to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding receiving birth and death files from Vital Statistics

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

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

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

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

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 | 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 | Assessment of the Washington State IIS School Module Rollout

National Meeting Presentation | Collaborations to Support Consumer Access to IIS

National Meeting Presentation | Diverse Perspectives to Improve Oregon School Immunization Reporting

National Meeting Presentation | Immunization Software Evaluation – Coordinating EHRs and IIS’

National Meeting Presentation | Assessing Provider Use of IIS Information in Their EHR Systems

National Meeting Presentation | Availability of IIS Data for Health Plans Reporting an Adult Immunization Quality Measure

National Meeting Presentation | IIS & Immunization Best Practice Quality Improvement Project in Southeast Michigan

National Meeting Presentation | Data Quality Enhancement

National Meeting Presentation: ImmuNet User Interface and Navigation Redesign

National Meeting Presentation | Partnering for Data Quality

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 HEDIS requests

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding reporting requirements, enforcement, and penalties

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Massachusetts Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding patient organization verification for IIS access

AIRA Letter and Comments on ONC’s DRAFT Trusted Exchange Framework

Mary Beth Kurilo, Policy and Planning Director at AIRA, led a discussion on ONC's draft Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), and draft AIRA comments.

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Wyoming Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding the relationship between schools and child care facilities and IIS

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Immunization Program to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding IIS user account management

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Wyoming Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding the relationship between schools and child care facilities and IIS

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Scientific Technologies Corporation to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding health plans querying IIS

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 displaying a patient's mother's name and/or contact information in patient records

National Meeting Presentation | IIS-IIS Data Exchange: A Nice Idea or New Standard of Practice?

National Meeting Presentation | Consumer Connections to IIS Records: A Spectrum of Approaches and Results

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding written policies for IIS data requests

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