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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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

This course builds on HL7 Basics to dive deeper into how HL7 works. Learners will explore conformance, constraints, and message profiles. We'll also cover how the Implementation Guide constrains the HL7 standard, how local specifications are set up, and how co...

Toolkit | This planning toolkit provides guidance on preparing to work with Medicaid on securing federal matching funds. Those funds can be used to support IIS readiness for Meaningful Use and Health Information Exchange. The toolkit includes tip sheets and wo...