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National Meeting Presentation | The Family Educational Rights Privacy Act and Access to Student Information (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 | For You, by You: Create the Building Blocks of Disease Control with CDC (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the ...

National Meeting Presentation | A Workforce Development & Management Approach During the COVID-19 Pandemic (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 | Changes to the IIS Policy Landscape (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral commentary and dis...

National Meeting Presentation | Engaging Community Leaders in Household Reminder Postcard Campaigns (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the acco...

National Meeting Presentation | Immunization Data Quality Certification Program (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral commen...

National Meeting Presentation | IZ Program Views on IIS-Related Pandemic Challenges, Response, & Priorities (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 | Jump-start Your IIS Staff Onboarding and Training (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral comm...

National Meeting Presentation | Jurisdiction Routine Vaccination and Flu Reporting to CDC (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 | 2022 TennIIS Open: Returning Aggregate Data to the Electronic Submitter (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the ...

National Meeting Presentation | A Glimpse of Policy at the National Level and What It Means for You (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the acco...

National Meeting Presentation | CDC Update (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral commentary and discussion.)

National Meeting Presentation | Forming a Workgroup for Methodological Standardization and Collaboration (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without the...

National Meeting Presentation | Provider-Driven Integrated Processes Make IIS, VFC & Pandemic Work Easier (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2023 National Meeting and are incomplete without th...

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...

This resource includes talking points and a checklist of local considerations for immunization program managers, IIS managers, and public health decision makers.

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...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense hardship and suffering across our nation. It continues to test the capacity and resilience of the US public health system and has put great personal and physical strain on the public health workforce. The development of...

A summary of IIS 3.0 Roundtable Discussions from the 2021 AIRA National Meeting

The Data Quality Assurance in Immunization Information Systems guide, from the Modeling of Immunization Registry Operations Workgroup (MIROW), was released in early September and this webinar provides an overview and highlights of the guide. The IIS Best Pr...

The American Immunization Registry Association has released version 2 of the Vaccine Credentials “Working Guide” that aims to gather and document common terminology and references related to consumer access and vaccine credentials. This guide includes info...

In late January 2022, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), released a discussion draft of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging N...

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 ...

AIRA Discovery Session reviewing the 2021 Immunization Information Systems Annual Report (IISAR). The IISAR is available on the awardee sharepoint site. For more information about the IISAR, please contact Terence Ng or Lauren Shaw

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...

AIRA and its members strongly encourage Immunization Programs and Immunization Information Systems (IIS) to explore and, where allowed by local law and policy, adopt SMART Health Cards for providing consumer access to vaccination records

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 ...

Annals of Family Medicine article regarding the strategies used for maintaining routine vaccination rates.

A Discovery Session webinar co-hosted by AIRA and the American Health Care Association (AHCA) to discuss efforts to support skilled nursing facilities with IIS enrollment and access. This webinar covers an overview of AHCA outreach and technical assistance eff...

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...

National Meeting Presentation | Oklahoma's IIS Transition - Challenges and Experiences (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2021 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral...

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding onboarding long-term care facilities

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 QR codes

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 the Immunization Integration Program (IIP) Acknowledgements Workgroup's experience and ongoing efforts being done to improve data quality. This session highlights an exciting partnership between the IIP, Epic, Vanderbilt ...

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

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

As part of efforts to support increased capture and utilization of adult vaccination data in IIS, AIRA developed a Landscape Analysis Report to document the challenges, current approaches, and opportunities to capture adult vaccination records. This report was...

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

A Discovery Session webinar focused on COVID-19 hot topics. A combination of updates about IIS-specific COVID-19 hot topics (e.g., data quality for race and ethnicity) and time for questions and community discussion.

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

These talking points are provided as background for IIS in discussing data quality with their state/jurisdiction leadership, their data exchange partners, and their CDC partners

This document outlines activities IIS could undertake to support the pandemic response while securing long-term system sustainability

AIRA webinar regarding strategy and support for COVID-19 vaccination supplemental workplan applications

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

Discovery Session to hear from AIRA members and partners about the initial “lessons learned” from the first weeks of the COVID-19 vaccine response

Discovery Session reviewing the 2020 IIS Annual Report (IISAR)

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

The IIS Migration Toolkit guides IIS staff through transitioning to a new technology platform, or any other large-scale IIS project. Included tools touch on topics like staffing, communications, training, testing and more. This toolkit was developed by the Pub...

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

Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations: Learn about on bolstering the IIS end user experience

Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations: Learn about using IIS data to improve immunization rates and public health

Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations: Learn about several data quality initiatives throughout the IIS community

Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations: Learn about how the IZ Gateway project is being used in pandemic response

Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations: CDC leadership shares their vision for advancing IIS together, with Q&A after the panel discussion

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)

A Discovery Session webinar focusing on how data analytics can help IIS prepare for the challenges ahead such as a COVID vaccine, expanded flu season and catchup of routine immunizations

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.

AIRA-AIM joint Education Steering Committee webinar regarding supporting high levels of immunization coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic

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...

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...

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding electronic IIS and VFC enrollment.

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

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Minnesota Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding challenges related to enrolling in or using the IIS for providers that are not currently enrolled

AIRA's Education Steering Committee hosted a webinar to highlight how IIS programs made the leap from collecting and maintaining their data to actively using their data

The latest updates on the 2019 IIS Annual Report

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)

Introduction to the newly released MIROW guide, Business Continuity Planning for Immunization Information Systems Programs

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

The session covered key points to consider when involved in the procurement process including considerations when updating maintenance and support contractors and when acquiring new systems or services

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

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 funding to support IIS operations.

This document provides guidance on how to populate OBX-14 for common observation types

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 | Ask EHR Experts About IIS & Electronic Health Records

National Meeting Presentation | CMS Matching Funding Program: 90/10, 75/25, 50/50