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In March 2022, AIRA submitted community comments on the updated HEDIS Adult Immunization measures

Attached are comments compiled from AIRA members on CMS’s latest proposed rules on the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals

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...

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) drafted the Vaccines Federal Implementation Plan 2021–2025 as a companion document to the Vaccines National Strategic Plan 2021–2025. The OIDP invited st...

This document assists IIS as they develop policies and procedures to meet legal requirements for protecting the privacy of individuals and the confidentiality of information in IIS. This describes the impact of major federal laws on IIS including HIPPA and FER...

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 | AIRA DAR Visualization for Data Quality Improvement Across VFC Providers (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2025 National Meeting and are incomplete without the...

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 AIRA Discovery Session/ Town Hall discusses the proposal to move Data at Rest (DAR) into the next stage of the Measurement & Improvement (M&I) Initiative. AIRA staff, Assi Diallo and Eric Larson, will review data and proposed measures with the IIS communi...

Webinar | This session offered a demonstration of the SMART AFIX tool being created by STC

This Discovery Session includes highlights from the AIRA 2023 National Meeting, including two highly rated breakout sessions. During this session, you’ll hear about: • Oregon's Experience Modernizing Production of Population-Based Rates from Vivian Lars...

This Discovery Session reviewed the 2015 IIS Annual Report (IISAR)

This two-part Discovery Session reviewed the 2016 IIS Annual Report (IISAR)

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

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

The latest updates on the 2018 IIS Annual Report

The latest updates on the 2019 IIS Annual Report

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

Highlights from the AIRA 2018 National Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah

During this session, you'll hear about AIRA's recently released resources and guides. Presentation includes: • Education & Training Workforce Needs Assessment from Courtnay Londo, American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) • Provider Onboarding Te...

Webinar | This session focused on AART, or the Aggregate Analysis Reporting Tool. AART will be the tool used for IIS Managers/Leads to indicate their participation in IIS assessment and share results of IIS assessment measures

Release of the Address Cleansing Reintegration Guide that provides practical guidance on bringing standardized and validated addresses and geocodes back into your IIS

During the session, presenters discussed the Digitization and Standardization project and shared how digitized local IGs in IGAMT (NIST’s Implementation Guide Authoring and Management Tool) can be used to create a cost-free, jurisdiction-specific test tool. ...

Webinar | This session featured a presentation from Envision on their upcoming AFIX-IIS Integration Project.

Webinar | This session focused on the development methods of agile and waterfall, and the strengths, challenges, and considerations of each

This AIRA Discovery Session includes highlights of the 2022 AIRA National Meeting including two highly rated breakout sessions. The session also includes time for questions and discussion.

During this session, you'll hear about AIRA 2024 National Meeting Highlights. Presentation includes: • AIRA 2024 National Meeting Highlights from Courtnay Londo, AIRA • Assessment of Parental Vaccination Acceptance as a Predictor of Childhood Vaccination...

This session showcased key highlights from the AIRA 2025 National Meeting including recaps of the following highly rated breakout sessions: • Closing the Gap: A Data-Driven Approach to Address Health Gaps in NC from Jenny Myers, MPH, North Carolina Departme...

Webinar | This session included a star-studded line-up of IIS talent, who shared the ways that all AIRA members can plug into activities across the community

This AIRA Discovery Session discusses important changes to the Aggregate Analysis Reporting Tool (AART). These improvements will bring more clarity to how your IIS supports community standards and help IIS leadership better understand the Measurement and Impro...

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

During this engaging Discovery Session, presenters explored the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on immunization information systems (IIS). Attendees learned about the fundamentals of AI, its applications in public health, and the opportunities and chall...

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

During the session, Josh Quint discussed how California is leveraging immunization data to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has been using mandatory reporting for influenza testing and vaccinations to ...

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...

Information on CDC’s planning for Provider Onboarding Shared Services and opportunity for CDC to hear from attendees about onboarding topics

This session focused on CDS Assessment in AART and getting the most out of your report

Webinar | This session included an overview of the new Confidentiality Guidance that was sent out to the community for review. Comments were due on back to AIRA in August 2016

Considerations for developing Policy for the IIS community, including discussing documentation that is being used in the community and examples to consider when drafting documents

This session focused on Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) and provided considerations for documentation of service performance measures across IIS and all services that support IIS.

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.

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

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

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...

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 ...

This Discovery Session is an opportunity to learn more about electronic health records (EHRs) from the experts. On this Discovery Session, AIRA is partnering with the HIMSS EHR Association to hear more about the EHR perspective and how IIS can best collaborate...

During this session, presenters navigate emerging standards as they support public health data modernization initiatives and provide structured data specifications to meet the needs of public health programs and their partners

Eric Larson and Nathan Bunker from AIRA discussed new technologies, including FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), and what they mean for the IIS Community.

This AIRA Discovery Session discusses a new initiative - Epidemiology Shared Services (ESS)! IIS data analysts have unique needs which are dynamic and evolving. AIRA has heard the pain points from the data analyst community and has been working on ways to addr...

The first volume of the new IIS Functional Guide on Query and Response was introduced by Eric Larson, AIRA Senior Technical Project Manager and Kevin Snow, Technical Developer at Envision Technology Partners. The longer-term vision will be additional functiona...

Overview of the recently released Functional Guide Volume 2: CDC Endorsed Data Elements

Webinar focused on lessons learned from H1N1 and how they are informing the response to COVID-19

Webinar | This AIRA Discovery Session featured presentations on HEDIS (the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set) and discussed the development process for HEDIS measures, as well as the contribution of IIS data to the measurement process

During this session, you'll hear about HIEs and How They Can Help IIS. Presentations include: • The Value of HIEs in Working with IIS from Kate Ricker, Civitas Networks for Health • Lessons Learned from IIS Jurisdictions Participating in the IDEAS Projec...

Webinar | This session featured a presentation by Nathan Bunker who presented on HL7 basics

Jane Lammers, HL7 Interface Manager with the Nevada IIS shared HL7 Basics focused on how to read an HL7 message. Nathan Bunker from AIRA also previewed more HL7 concepts for an upcoming session.

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the public health workforce, leading to compassion fatigue and exhaustion. During this Discovery Session, Anne Schuchat, MD an internist and epidemiologist whose career at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention span...