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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 Tennessee Immunization Program to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding patient active/inactive status

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

This document explores the various issues that impact IIS security and provides guidance on industry standards and best practices for addressing common security concerns. This guidance is intended to assist IIS administrators in engaging their IT staff and ven...

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

Webinar | An introduction of SmartyStreets to the IIS community More context about the Address Cleansing project and how to enroll in it can be found on the Address Cleansing Service webpage.

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

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.

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

This Addendum to the Analytic Guide for Assessing Vaccination Coverage Using an IIS describes real-life examples of coverage assessments using IIS data. These examples (from IIS in New York City, Colorado, Oregon, Minnesota and Washington state) provide explan...

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 webinar introduced the contents of the Data Validation Guide for the IIS Onboarding Process which provides recommendations on data validation within the 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

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Washington State Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding funding options to fulfill requests for data

This document assists IIS as they develop policies and procedures to meet legal requirements for protecting the privacy of individuals and the confidentiality of information in IIS. This describes the impact of major federal laws on IIS including HIPPA and FER...

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

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

Webinar | AIRA's Education Steering Committee hosted this webinar featuring presenters from Michigan, North Dakota and AIM who shared ideas for improving coverage rates using IIS data from an immunization program manager's perspective

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.”

MIROW | Full Guide, Mini-Guide and AIRA 2016 National Meeting Presentation

Webinar | An in-depth introduction to the Analytic Guide for Assessing Vaccination Coverage Using an IIS, including the process of developing the Analytic Guide and the elements of coverage assessment

This guide describes practical considerations and key decision points in designing a population-based assessment using an IIS

Webinar | The Education Steering Committee hosted a webinar to describe CDSi, what it is and what it isn’t, how CDSi is used and CDSi compliance. This webinar was presented by Eric Larson (AIRA and Northup Grumman) and Stuart Myerburg (CDC)

Evaluation of the effect of reminder/recall and Primary Health Care Immunization Providers’ Training (PHCIPT) intervention on routine immunization completion among infants in Ibadan, Nigeria

This article summarizes a systematic literature review of potential barriers to public health data sharing

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

Survey on data sharing and usage for research. Staff size and time were 2 most cited barriers to conducting research with IIS data

Webinar | This session discussed why data quality is important, ways data enters systems, ensuring data quality and developing an ongoing data quality plan for the IIS

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...

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

MIROW | Full Guide, Mini-Guide

Sample inter-jurisdictional data sharing agreement

MIROW | Full Guide, Mini-Guides in English, Spanish and French

MIROW | Full Guide and Mini-Guides in English, Spanish and French

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

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...