Resource Repository

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)

National Meeting Presentation | Programmatic View in Planning and Executing an IIS Infrastructure Upgrade (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 | 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...