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One-page overview of the launch of 2024 digital recognition badges to acknowledge IIS achievement of at least Basic Validation in one content area of the Measurement and Improvement (M&I) initiative.

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)

With significant community input, AIRA submitted comments on the public health section of the Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) proposed rule and the IPPS Public Health Request for Information (RFI). These comments are a compilation of the input of ...

Takeaways from the IIS Data Analyst Collaborative (IDAC) in April 2024

Takeaways from the IIS Data Analyst Collaborative (IDAC) in February 2024

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 guide lists training resources that promote best practices for data validation in the EHR prior to submission to the IIS

This Standards & Interoperability Steering Committee (SISC) document contains recommendations for eligibility and funding codes for COVID-19 Bridge Access Program Vaccine, as approved by SISC on August 2, 2023.

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)

Outlines the terms between AIRA and an IIS that participates in the community address cleansing service. This agreement must be reviewed, signed and returned to AIRA for an IIS to enroll in the program. (Please note: the attached agreement is the version that ...

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 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

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 Letter and Comments on CMS Proposed Rules

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding IIS to Medicaid data exchange

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

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 WIC program relations.

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the North Dakota Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding out-of-state schools and IIS access.

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Oregon Immunization Program to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding health plans using QBP to query members for HEDIS measures

AIRA Letter and Comments on ONC's TEFCA Draft 2

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 increasing provider participation

Preparing your IIS for Meaningful Use Stage 3 and the use of 2015 certified EHR products is a long and complex process, but the judicious use of available tools and resources will help ease the transition. This document aims to outline some of the steps requir...

Tip sheet and report from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) offering suggestions for ob-gyns, other health care providers, and practice staff on ways to optimize immunization programs in ob-gyn practices and integrate immunizations...

AIRA Letter and Comments on ONC report: Strategy on Reducing Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs

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

AIRA Letter and Comments on the ONC 2019 Standards Advisory

This document builds upon the previous implementation guide and provides a more in-depth exploration of address cleansing for IIS programs. The document also provides guidance for reintegrating validated and standardized addresses and geocodes back into IIS

Information about AIRA's geocoding contest, which was created to incentivize participation in SmartyStreets, the no-cost address cleansing and geocoding service available to all IIS programs.

AIRA Letter and Comments on ONC’s DRAFT Trusted Exchange Framework

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Wyoming Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding the relationship between schools and child care facilities and IIS

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Wyoming Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding the relationship between schools and child care facilities and IIS

Article | This study evaluates the impact of using IIS data to identify unmet vaccination needs in adults seeking the influenza vaccine. The study found a 41.4% increase in the number of vaccines administered, and significant improvements in routinely recomme...

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.

Technical Report | Immunisation information systems in the EU and EEA: Results of a survey on implementation and system characteristics

Report | The General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization is available. These guidelines for immunization go beyond vaccination recommendations to give providers guidelines on vaccination practice

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been charged with developing tools to be used by the EHR certification program. This document provides an overview of the NIST immunization testing tool suite, which is of considerable use to IIS lo...

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

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

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

Pharmacy Quality Alliance Bimonthly Briefing

This evaluation presentation describe how MIROW best practices are being implemented across the country and the impact 3 of the MIROW guidelines have had on IIS operations

This report reviews the IIS Interoperability Status Check project, designed to connect with IIS across the US, submit sample MU Stage 2 messages, and verify that the messages can be accepted

The results of a facilitated session to capture the perceived benefits, barriers and mitigating strategies to capturing dose level eligibility