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This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the basic level of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the complete level of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the basic level of Data Quality Incoming/Ongoing Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the complete level of Data Quality Incoming/Ongoing Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the basic level of Query and Response Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the complete level of Query and Response Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the basic level of Submission and Acknowledgment Validation

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 report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the basic level of Transport Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the complete level of Transport Validation

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 webinar focused on broad modernization efforts Envision has planned for their immunization platform, WebIZ™, as well as how Envision is approaching public health technology modernization as a whole including disease and syndromic surveillance, AI, host...

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 ...

Final IIS Validation measures and tests related to query and response developed by the Measurement for Assessment and Certification Workgroup (MACAW) as part of the IIS measurement and improvement process

Final IIS Validation measures and tests related to submission and acknowledgment developed by the Measurement for Assessment and Certification Workgroup (MACAW) as part of the IIS measurement and improvement process

Final IIS Validation measures and tests related to transport developed by the Measurement for Assessment and Certification Workgroup (MACAW) as part of the IIS measurement and improvement process

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 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...

On October 4, 2024, AIRA submitted IIS community comments on ONC's latest NPRM. These comments were collected and consolidated from across the community and reviewed by AIRA's Standards and Interoperability Steering Committee (SISC)

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

Objective This on-demand eLearning is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of the IIS community in using VXU messages to support the interoperability of immunization information between systems in alignment with the National IG. Learning Object...

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

National Meeting Presentation | Characterizing Clinical Decision Support for HPV Vaccination in Immunization Information Systems (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and ar...

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 | Evolving the IIP EHR Testing Program to Improve EHR IIS Interoperability (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 | IIS Interoperability Roundup (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 | Making ICE Hot! Generating Vaccination Recommendations for Large-Scale Analytics (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 | Sneak Peek at the Next National Implementation Guide Release (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 | Standardizing and Digitizing Local Implementation Guides for Seamless Data Sharing (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete w...

During this session, you'll hear about Updates to the IIS Functional Standards. Presentation includes: • IIS Functional Standards Update Project from Candace Garcia, PHII; Marcey Propp, PHII; Brittany Ersery-Kemp, HLN

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

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

Immunizations in the United States are given in many different settings including pharmacies, doctors’ offices, and health departments. After a vaccine is administered, the information is uploaded to an Immunization Information System (IIS), usually run by t...

On June 20, 2023, AIRA submitted IIS community comments on ONC's latest NPRM. These comments were collected and consolidated from across the community and reviewed by AIRA's Standards and Interoperability Steering Committee (SISC)

Part of the Fundamentals of IIS series, the goal of this course is to explain the key concepts of HL7 specific to IIS. Learners will explore what HL7 is, why it is used for immunization messaging, how it works, what the impacts of HL7 messaging are on IIS, and...

This document addresses select codes for monkeypox that are not clearly articulated in interoperability documents. These codes were approved by AIRA’s Standards and Interoperability Steering Committee (SISC, a diverse committee with broad representation from...

Future of Personal Health article regarding the access and sharing of vaccination records

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 ...

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...

Part of the Fundamentals of IIS series, the goal of this course is to introduce learners to key concepts related to interoperability and the responsibilities of the IIS. This course includes information about electronic health records, health information excha...

Webinar | The Measurement for Assessment and Certification Advisory Workgroup (MACAW) held a community wide town hall meeting to introduce the proposed Basic and Complete Validation for Data Quality Incoming/Ongoing (DQI)

AIRA Letter and Comments on CMS Proposed Rules

A Discovery Session webinar focused on topic areas relevant for all IIS Managers but specifically target new(er) IIS Managers, staff, and those new to the IIS community

AIRA webinar designed to help increase your knowledge about immunization information systems (IIS), also known as immunization registries. This session will cover IIS functionality and standards, policies, the impact of COVID-19 on IIS, and how data in IIS ma...

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

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

Annals of Internal Medicine article regarding a call to action for clinicians on IIS in preparation for COVID-19 vaccination

Webinar covering current response planning information and presentations from jurisdictions

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...

The IIS Operations Tools page empowers IIS staff to navigate the various processes involved in managing and maintaining the day-to-day operations of a well functioning IIS. This set of tools was developed by the Public Health Informatics Institute with input f...

Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations: Learn about IIS operations and security

Mini-series to promote and support the use of AART as a means for IIS to more quickly and efficiently align with national standards and priorities.

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...

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

Summary of the IIS Measurement and Improvement process developed by the Measurement for Assessment and Certification Workgroup (MACAW)

Overview of the three stages of the IIS Measurement and Improvement process developed by the Measurement for Assessment and Certification Workgroup (MACAW)

The purpose of this guide is to help IIS programs develop and implement business continuity plans and management systems.

Webinar hosted by AIRA's Education Steering Committee providing information about the one-sheet resources, a quick explanation of how to add your logo, and ideas for promoting your IIS

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Oregon Immunization Program to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding letters confirming active engagement for Stage 3 MIPS/Promoting Interoperability

AIRA sent out an Information Request from AIRA's Education Steering Committee to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding promoting IIS

Series of one-sheet resources to communicate the role and value of immunization information systems (IIS) for use by the IIS community. Add your logo to this version of the one-sheet resources

A seven-minute video on how to view CDS results in the Aggregate Analysis Reporting Tool (AART) and how view more detailed results through the integrated CDS feature within AART

A five-minute video with step-by-step instructions on how to improve your Query results in the Aggregate Analysis Reporting Tool (AART) by using the NIST Immunization Test Suite

Webinar | The Measurement for Assessment and Certification Advisory Workgroup (MACAW) held a community wide town hall meeting to introduce the proposed additional Submission measures for Assessment

National Meeting Presentation | Measurement & Improvement: From Transport to Decision Support, All Your Questions Answered

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

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 communication through listservs

AIRA Letter and Comments on ONC's TEFCA Draft 2

AIRA Letter and Comments on the CMS Patient Access and Interoperability Proposed Rules

AIRA Letter and Comments on the ONC proposed rules: 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program

This session focused on Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) and provided considerations for documentation of service performance measures across IIS and all services that support 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 responding to the measles outbreak

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

Webinar | An overview of the CDC Provider IIS Participation Community of Practice and sharing ideas for addressing important provider IIS participation issues including onboarding, EHR assistance, data quality, and provider training and outreach

Webinar | AIRA held a community wide town hall meeting to discuss the draft comments on proposed rules from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medica...

This commentary discusses how measures for assessing vaccination status and program performance can be redefined and recalculated using data when generated at the health facility level and the implications of the use and availability of electronic individual-l...

Webinar | ESC-hosted webinar to introduce the new AIRA guide, Onboarding Consensus-Based Recommendations

Demonstration of the new IIS Dashboard

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 increasing provider participation

The IIS Functional Guide series is a new resource within the IIS community that defines the capabilities and requirements an IIS will need in order to enable business functions needed by their end users. The first volume of the IIS Functional Guide focuses on ...

AIRA's letter and comments on the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health and Disease Prevention proposed Immunization and Infectious Disease (IID) objectives for Healthy People (HP) 2030

Information on CDC’s planning for Provider Onboarding Shared Services and opportunity for CDC to hear from attendees about onboarding topics

This technical guidance from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control collates guiding principles and good practices from all aspects of IIS development and implementation

Common areas of variability for IIS-EHR interoperability based on jurisdictional law and policy

The purpose of this AIRA guide is to improve and standardize onboarding. This document is intended for both technical and programmatic staff that make up IIS onboarding teams and program administrators responsible for the allocation of onboarding resources. EH...

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

AIRA Letter and Comments on the ONC 2019 Standards Advisory

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

National Meeting Presentation | Updates from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control