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AIRA's weekly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest IIS News and Highlights

AIRA's weekly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest IIS News and Highlights

The AIRA Members and Partners quarterly meeting provides important updates from AIRA and partner organizations. It is a great way to get a high-level overview of the activities going on within the IIS and immunization community

Graphics portfolio of validation badges as part of AIRA's new digital recognition program to promote credibility and recognition for IIS that achieve at least Basic Validation in one or more areas of the Measurement and Improvement (M&I) initiative. Three....

AIRA's weekly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest IIS News and Highlights

During this Discovery Session, Connecticut and New York City shared how they are using real-time VTrckS API automation to improve IIS inventory operations. The session highlighted approaches to automating shipment and master data updates, reducing manual proce...

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the basic level of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the complete level of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the basic level of Data Quality Incoming/Ongoing Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the complete level of Data Quality Incoming/Ongoing Validation

This report includes aggregate results for Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Assessment for IIS participating in the Measurement and Improvement (M&I) Initiative. Assessment is completed quarterly using measures and tests developed by the Measurement for Assessm...

The measurement process for Data at Rest (DAR) uses the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Immunization Test Suite Validation Tool. This tool provides consistent conformance-based results for all measured IIS. In addition, the technical requ...

This report includes aggregate results for Data Quality Incoming/Ongoing Assessment for IIS participating in the Measurement and Improvement (M&I) Initiative. Assessment is completed quarterly using measures and tests developed by the Measurement for Assessmen...

The measurement process for Patient Matching – HL7 (MPAT) uses the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Immunization Test Suite Validation Tool. This tool provides consistent conformance-based results for all measured IIS. In addition, the t...

This report includes aggregate results of Query and Response Assessment for IIS participating in the IIS Measurement and Improvement (M&I) Initiative. Assessment is completed quarterly using measures and tests developed by the Measurement for Assessment and Ce...

This report includes aggregate results of message Submission (VXU) and Acknowledgment (ACK) Assessment for IIS participating in the IIS Measurement and Improvement (M&I) Initiative. Assessment is completed quarterly using measures and tests developed by the Me...

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the basic level of Query and Response Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the complete level of Query and Response Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the basic level of Submission and Acknowledgment Validation

This report shares results of IIS who participated in Validation as the third stage of the voluntary, phased Measurement and Improvement process. This report provides results for the complete level of Submission and Acknowledgment Validation

AIRA's weekly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest IIS News and Highlights

AIRA's weekly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest IIS News and Highlights

These reports include aggregate results of Transport Assessment for IIS participating in the IIS Measurement and Improvement (M&I) Initiative. Assessment is completed twice per year using measures and tests developed by the Measurement for Assessment and Certi...

This one-sheet provides a high-level overview of the role of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) in immunizations. It highlights key functions, benefits, and emerging considerations for maintaining clear and consistent vaccine guidance as schedules and policies ev...

AIRA's weekly recap to inform the IIS community about the latest IIS News and Highlights

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

This Discovery Session reviews the 2017 IIS Annual Report (IISAR)

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

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

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Immunization Program to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding IIS user account management

Webinar | The Measurement for Assessment and Certification Advisory Workgroup (MACAW) held a community wide town hall meeting to introduce Validation and measures for Transport

This document highlights the progress and successes of IIS found through an independent, third party method of IIS evaluation, where AIRA partnered with the National Institute of Standards in Technology (NIST) and the Measurement for Assessment and Certificati...

Jan Hicks-Thomson from the IIS Support Branch at CDC provided an overview to the 2018-2022 CDC-Endorsed Data Elements. Amy Metroka from New York City presented on considerations for incorporating new data elements into the NYC CIR and Eric Larson from AIRA sha...

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

Mandy Harris, Manager for the Nevada WebIZ and incoming AIRA President Elect, along with Elaine Lowery, Public Health Consultant with AIRA and PHII shared about the recently released MIROW Guidance Document on Consolidating Demographic and Vaccination Event Re...

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to survey the IIS community about the CDC WSDL

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

To expedite access to immunization records on individuals displaced by recent hurricanes, AIRA compiled information on out-of-jurisdiction record access from Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas and the Virgin Islands

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding accepting insurance data

Webinar | AIRA's Assessment Steering Committee introduced the IIS Data Quality Practices – Monitoring and Evaluating Data Submissions guide. Webinar speakers included Erin Roche, lead consultant/writer for the guide and former manager of the Minnesota IIS, a...

This resource for the IIS community focuses on the ongoing data monitoring and evaluation process for incoming data submissions

Webinar | Therese Hoyle, Teresa Dussault and Erin Roche from the Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII), along with Jenne McKibben from the Oregon ALERT IIS, presented on the Software Development Lifecycle.

In early 2017, the AIRA Education Steering Committee assessed the educational needs of the IIS community. This report includes an analysis of the results, which will be used to guide the development of new resources and educational opportunities

Webinar | The Measurement for Assessment and Certification Advisory Workgroup (MACAW) held a community wide town hall meeting about the Proposed Voluntary Certification process

This document sets forth the IIS Functional Standards and Operational Guidance Statement (OGS) to guide the direction and progress of IISs over the next five years.

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

Webinar | AIRA's Education Steering Committee hosted this webinar to highlight unique IIS school and childcare functionality in the community. An overview of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) was provided, and speakers from Oregon, Washingt...

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

This guide provides practical tips that can be used to help explain vaccination coverage assessment results to decision makers, such as senior public health leadership, legislators, and the media

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Minnesota Department of Health Immunization Program to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding consumer access

MIROW | Full Guide and Mini-Guide

Webinar | AIRA's Assessment Steering Committee hosted this webinar to introduce the new resource, Practical Examples of IIS Population-based Coverage Assessments. This resource is an addendum to the Analytic Guide for Assessing Vaccination Coverage Using an II...

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

Webinar | This AIRA Discovery Session included a presentation from Tina Scott with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Immunization Program on partnering with Medicaid and CMS to leverage 90/10 HITECH funding in your jurisdiction.

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...

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Scientific Technologies Corporation to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding health plans querying IIS

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Tennessee Immunization Program to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding patient active/inactive status

This database contains IIS guidance documents, references for IIS-related articles published in peer-reviewed journals, and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWRs) from 1999 to the present. Links are provided for documents produced by the CDC. This data...

AIRA and CDC staff answer the question: What is the right way to structure a bi-directional response message (RSP^K11) when the query matches to a patient who has requested that their data be protected?"