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IIS Measurement and Improvement Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions about the IIS Measurement and Improvement process developed by the Measurement for Assessment and Certification Workgroup (MACAW)

IIS Measurement and Improvement Summary

IIS Measurement and Improvement Summary

Issued on December 31, 2019 by AIRA

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

IIS Measurement and Improvement: Testing and Discovery, Assessment and Validation Overview

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

SnapShots: December 2019

SnapShots: December 2019

Issued on December 19, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA's newsletter about the progress, best practices, and accomplishments of IIS across the country

Business Continuity Planning for Immunization Information System Programs

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

November 2019 Monthly Update

November 2019 Monthly Update

Issued on December 6, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

IIS Interjurisdictional Exchange Administration & Coordination

This document serves to draw all current interjurisdictional exchange activities together to define a process and goals for administration and coordination among AIRA’s membership

Updating and Managing Addresses

Updating and Managing Addresses

Issued on November 13, 2019 by AIRA

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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 updating and managing addresses.

Risk Assessment Surveys

Risk Assessment Surveys

Issued on November 12, 2019 by AIRA

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AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Connecticut Immunization Program to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding risk assessment surveys.

October 2019 Monthly Update

October 2019 Monthly Update

Issued on November 5, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

NIS-IIS Data Use Agreement

NIS-IIS Data Use Agreement

Issued on October 31, 2019 by AIRA

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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 the NIS-IIS Data Use Agreement (DUA).

WIC Program Relations

WIC Program Relations

Issued on October 31, 2019 by AIRA

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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.

Out-of-State Schools and IIS Access

Out-of-State Schools and IIS Access

Issued on October 21, 2019 by AIRA

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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.

Using IIS for Text Reminder/Recall

Using IIS for Text Reminder/Recall

Issued on October 21, 2019 by AIRA

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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 using IIS for conducting text reminder/recall.

Digital Opt Out Forms

Digital Opt Out Forms

Issued on October 11, 2019 by AIRA

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AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Chicago Department of Public Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding digital opt out forms.

September 2019 Monthly Update

September 2019 Monthly Update

Issued on October 4, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

Health Plans Using QBP to Query Members for HEDIS Measures

Health Plans Using QBP to Query Members for HEDIS Measures

Issued on October 2, 2019 by AIRA

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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

Letters Confirming Active Engagement for Stage 3 MIPS/Promoting Interoperability

Letters Confirming Active Engagement for Stage 3 MIPS/Promoting Interoperability

Issued on October 2, 2019 by AIRA

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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

Patient Status in Immunization Information Systems

The main purpose of the guide is to bridge the gap between currently published guidance on patient status and its actual implementation by IIS. This guide offers practical guidelines for providers, public health entities, and IIS to use in implementing and man...

Promoting IIS

Promoting IIS

Issued on September 26, 2019 by AIRA

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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

Funding to Support IIS Operations

Funding to Support IIS Operations

Issued on September 19, 2019 by AIRA

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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.

SnapShots: September 2019

SnapShots: September 2019

Issued on September 19, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA's newsletter about the progress, best practices, and accomplishments of IIS across the country

AIRA IIS One-Sheets

AIRA IIS One-Sheets

Issued on September 18, 2019 by AIRA

Series of one-sheet resources to communicate the role and value of immunization information systems (IIS) for use by the IIS community. If you would like to add your logo to the one-sheets, please click here for more information about how to add your logo and ...

Measures and Tests for Assessment - Message Submission and Acknowledgement

Final IIS assessment measures and tests related to message submission (VXU) and acknowledgement (ACK). Developed by the Measurement for Assessment and Certification Workgroup (MACAW) as part of the IIS measurement and improvement process.

Guidance on Indicating Preferable and Contraindicated Vaccines

This document outlines an approach to specify preferred or contraindicated vaccine types in a response message

Guidance on Populating OBX-14

Guidance on Populating OBX-14

Issued on September 6, 2019 by AIRA

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

August 2019 Monthly Update

August 2019 Monthly Update

Issued on September 4, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

July 2019 Monthly Update

July 2019 Monthly Update

Issued on August 9, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

Conducting Centralized Reminder/Recall Using an IIS

Conducting Centralized Reminder/Recall Using an IIS

Issued on August 1, 2019 by University of Colorado

This guide will help you implement centralized IIS-based reminder/recall, and is primarily designed for people working in public health departments (state and local) or IIS.

Importing Legacy Data to Improve IIS Saturation

AIRA leveraged a community-informed approach to examine current methodologies for the collection of legacy data, as well as data gap monitoring and resolution processes to inform the development of best practice guidance for standardizing and improving data ba...

Management of Patient Status in Immunization Information Systems

Patient status is a concept used in immunization information systems to identify the party that is responsibility for vaccination of a patient at a provider organization or geographic jurisdiction level. Active status of a patient with a provider organization ...

MIROW and the Best Practice Development Process

In 2017, the MIROW Steering Committee conducted a review of the MIROW process and products and determined that there were certain materials that remained largely consistent between all guides (e.g., MIROW background information and common vocabulary). The comm...

June 2019 Monthly Update

June 2019 Monthly Update

Issued on July 5, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

SnapShots: June 2019

SnapShots: June 2019

Issued on June 25, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA's newsletter about the progress, best practices, and accomplishments of IIS across the country

Vaccine Administration Errors

Vaccine Administration Errors

Issued on June 20, 2019 by AIRA

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AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding vaccine administration errors

Communication Through Listservs

Communication Through Listservs

Issued on June 12, 2019 by AIRA

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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 ONC's TEFCA Draft 2

May 2019 Monthly Update

May 2019 Monthly Update

Issued on June 7, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

Measures and Tests for Assessment - Query and Response

Final IIS assessment 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.

Importing School Data

Importing School Data

Issued on June 4, 2019 by AIRA

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AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Kentucky Immunization Program to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding importing school data

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

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

AIRA Letter and Comments on the ONC Interoperability, Information Blocking and Health IT Certification Program 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

IIS Validation Measures and Tests for Query and Response

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

IIS Validation Measures and Tests for Transport

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

Measures and Tests for Assessment - Transport

Final IIS assessment 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

Measles Outbreak Response

Measles Outbreak Response

Issued on May 28, 2019 by AIRA

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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

April 2019 Monthly Update

April 2019 Monthly Update

Issued on May 3, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

Patient Access

Patient Access

Issued on April 19, 2019 by AIRA

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AIRA sent out an Information Request from HLN Consulting, LLC. to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding IIS who provide access to patients (or their guardians) without provider intermediation

March 2019 Monthly Update

March 2019 Monthly Update

Issued on April 5, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

On Hold Procedure

On Hold Procedure

Issued on April 3, 2019 by AIRA

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AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding on hold procedures

Redefining vaccination coverage and timeliness measures using electronic immunization registry data in low- and middle-income countries

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...

School Partnerships

School Partnerships

Issued on March 26, 2019 by AIRA

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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

SnapShots: March 2019

SnapShots: March 2019

Issued on March 21, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA's newsletter about the progress, best practices, and accomplishments of IIS across the country

February 2019 Monthly Update

February 2019 Monthly Update

Issued on March 8, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

Assessing electronic immunization registries: the Pan American Health Organization experience

A team from the Immunization Unit at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reviewed existing methodologies to evaluate health information systems. Methodology was developed to assess electronic immunization registries (EIRs) in low- and middle-income cou...

Preparing for Meaningful Use Stage 3: Overview

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...

January 2019 Monthly Update

January 2019 Monthly Update

Issued on February 5, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA

Promoting Interoperability Incentive Program Readiness Checklist

The readiness checklist for IIS to use to ensure they meet Meaningful Use Stage 3 technical and operational requirements was updated in 2019 to meet “Promoting Interoperability” Incentive Program requirements.

Increasing Provider Participation

Increasing Provider Participation

Issued on January 29, 2019 by AIRA

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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

AIRA IIS Functional Guide Series

AIRA IIS Functional Guide Series

Issued on January 25, 2019 by AIRA

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 ...

Birth and Death Files from Vital Statistics

Birth and Death Files from Vital Statistics

Issued on January 23, 2019 by AIRA

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AIRA sent out an Information Request from Texas Department of State Health Services to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding receiving birth and death files from Vital Statistics

Strategies for Integrating Immunizations into Routine Obstetric-Gynecologic Care

Strategies for Integrating Immunizations into Routine Obstetric-Gynecologic Care

Issued on January 22, 2019 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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 Strategy on Reducing Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs

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

AIRA Letter and Comments on Objectives for Healthy People 2030

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

December 2018 Monthly Update

December 2018 Monthly Update

Issued on January 4, 2019 by AIRA

AIRA’s monthly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest happenings and activities within AIRA