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National Meeting Presentation | Evaluation of Interstate Immunization Data Exchange between Minnesota and Wisconsin

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

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...

National Meeting Presentation | Everybody In? Let's Update the IIS Functional Standards Together

National Meeting Presentation | Everyday Uses for IIS Data

National Meeting Presentation | Evolution of Collaborative Vaccine Administration Tool (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2022 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral...

National Meeting Presentation | Evolving Approaches for Vaccination Coverage Assessment of Young Children

National Meeting Presentation | Evolving the IIP EHR Testing Program to Improve EHR IIS Interoperability (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the...

National Meeting Presentation | Examining 10-Series Vaccination Rates Among Children Age 6: 2019–2024 (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2025 National Meeting and are incomplete without the ...

National Meeting Presentation | Exchange between IIS and Vaccine Preventable Disease Unit, a Public Health Use Case

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding handling exemptions.

National Meeting Presentation | Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in Bogotá: Ensuring Data Quality

National Meeting Presentation | Expanded Use of VTrckS Data for IIS Data Quality and Improvement

National Meeting Presentation | Expanding IIS Assessment Capabilities: A New Adolescent and Re-Designed Child Reports

National Meeting Presentation | Expanding Modular EHR Testing to Advance Interoperability (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2025 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying o...

National Meeting Presentation | Expanding Roles of Pharmacies: IIS Impacts and Opportunities

National Meeting Presentation | Expansion of an HIE Partnership in Colorado: 90/10 Funding, Lessons Learned, & Best Practices

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding Michigan's request for Monetization Strategies for HEDIS Processes

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding Minnesota's request for solutions for efficient administrator contact

National Meeting Presentation | Exploring Strategies and Considerations for Implementing Innovative Technology Within Your IIS

National Meeting Presentation | Extend Your Immunization Efforts with Mobile Technology

National Meeting Presentation | Factors Associated with Medical Provider Reporting of Pediatric Vaccination History to IIS: Results from the National Immunization Survey, 2006-2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

These are the takeaways and recording from the February 2025 IIS Data Analyst Collaborative (IDAC). The topic discussed was determining the non-VFC provider population.

This resource includes the takeaway notes and link to the recording from the February 2026 IIS Data Analyst Collaborative (IDAC).  The topics discussed were calculating flu coverage rates, determining non-reporting providers, and establishing baseline rates f...

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

National Meeting Presentation | FHIRing Up the Future of IIS (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 | FHIRing Up the Future of IIS: Strategy Session (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2021 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral comment...

National Meeting Presentation | Finding Common Ground — Overcoming Consensus Challenges in Public Health (Please note: These presentation slides are intended as supporting materials for presentations delivered at the AIRA 2026 National Meeting and may be ...

National Meeting Presentation | Finding Solutions to Data Quality Issues for Persistent Bad Data (Please note: These presentation slides are intended as supporting materials for presentations delivered at the AIRA 2026 National Meeting and may be incomplete...

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding flat file uploads and the enhancement of reporting systems

National Meeting Presentation | Flu Vaccination Trends in Washington State 2019–2024 (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2025 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral...

AIM and AIRA co-hosted the FluMist Home Presentation for AIM and AIRA Members on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. The recording has been posted to the member-only area of the AIM website. The recording is not to be shared outside of immunization program and IIS staff...

National Meeting Presentation | FluSafe: Tool for Tracking Healthcare Worker Immunizations in IIS

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 | Forming a Data User Group to Prioritize Training and Epidemiology Needs in Kansas (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete wi...

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...

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 ...

These links and documents have been compiled to assist the immunization community in their COVID-19 planning and preparation. This list may not be complete and will likely be updated frequently as new information is released. We also encourage you to check CDC...

National Meeting Presentation | Frequency of Vaccinations Outside Recommended Ages — 2014; Six IIS Sentinel Sites

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?"

National Meeting Presentation | From 0 to 100 in 1 Year: Ramping up Inventory Management and Reporting in the IIS

National Meeting Presentation | From 3 to 753: Oklahoma's HL7 Journey (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2021 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying oral commentary and dis...

National Meeting Presentation | From Artificial to Actual: Deploying AI That Works for Public Health (Please note: These presentation slides are intended as supporting materials for presentations delivered at the AIRA 2026 National Meeting and may be incomp...

National Meeting Presentation | From Cacophony to Clarity: Integrating Communications into IIS Operations

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...

National Meeting Presentation | From EHR Immunization Requirements to a Validation and Recognition Program

National Meeting Presentation | From Manager to Team: Diversifying Your IIS Leadership to Meet Demands (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2025 National Meeting and are incomplete without the a...

National Meeting Presentation | From Matrix to Mastery: Transforming IIS with the 2025 RTM Updates (Please note: These presentation slides are intended as supporting materials for presentations delivered at the AIRA 2026 National Meeting and may be incomple...

National Meeting Presentation | From Muddled to Methodized: Onboarding in Minnesota

National Meeting Presentation | From Presentation to Publication: Advice from the AIRA Publication Workgroup (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 | From Rejection to Resolution: Optimizing Virginia’s HL7 VXU Message Workflow (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2025 National Meeting and are incomplete witho...

National Meeting Presentation | From Requirements to Go-Live: The Epic Journey of an IIS Platform Transition

National Meeting Presentation | From the Simple to the Complex: IIS Provider Training in MN and LA (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accom...

National Meeting Presentation | Functional Standards Update

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...

Part of the Fundamentals of IIS series, the goal of this course is to introduce learners to key concepts related to interoperability and the responsibilities of the IIS. This course includes information about electronic health records, health information excha...

AIRA sent out an Information Request from the Washington State Department of Health to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding funding options to fulfill requests for data

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.

National Meeting Presentation | Future of IIS: Sustainability Strategies

National Meeting Presentation | Gamification Strategies Applied to IIS Training Within a Learning Management System (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete ...

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

National Meeting Presentation | Geographic Coverage Analysis and Location Optimization for Vaccine Providers (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without...

National Meeting Presentation | Geographic distribution of HPV Vaccination Coverage among Adolescents in North Dakota

National Meeting Presentation | Get Connected: Bringing the IIS Community Together (Please note: These presentation slides are intended as supporting materials for presentations delivered at the AIRA 2026 National Meeting and may be incomplete without the a...

National Meeting Presentation | Get SMaRT (AFIX)!

Webinar | AIRA's Education Steering Committee hosted a community-wide presentation on preparing for Meaningful Use Stage 3

Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations: Learn about how electronic immunization registries are used all over the globe to track and improve immunization rates worldwide

National Meeting Presentation | Going Small in Utah: Identifying Immunization Pockets Of Need: Small Area Analysis of IIS Data To Detect Undervaccinated Populations

National Meeting Presentation | Going Small: Strategies for Identifying Local Pockets of Need

National Meeting Presentation | Growth from COVID-19; Lessons and Strategies to Inform our IIS Future (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2022 National Meeting and are incomplete without the ac...

National Meeting Presentation | Guardians of Immunization Adherence: Cosmic Reminder/Recall (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying...

Clarification on implementation methods in an effort to point all IIS towards common, standardized ACK messaging

This guidance document seeks to clarify how to populate the Acknowledgment Code (MSA-1), the Query Response Status (QAK-2) and the Error Severity (ERR-4) to ensure that all values are in agreement and are appropriate for the outcomes of the processing of the i...

This document contains best practice recommendations from AIRA’s SISC and the CDC on how to structure and populate VXU and RSP messages using specific LOINC codes to include observations such as patient immunity, refusals, indications/contraindications and a...

Vaccination events that occur as part of clinical trial can be reported to IIS under pre-defined circumstances. This guidance document provides an HL7 method to indicate the vaccination event was part of a clinical trial. It also provides additional considerat...

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

Gender-marginalized individuals face significant barriers to adequate and culturally responsive health care, leading to numerous health disparities. The preferred name is the name that should be used when addressing or referencing the patient. For the purposes...

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

This guidance clarifies the process and sets expectations for management of varied vaccine lot numbers, and shares the results of a survey of vaccine manufacturers regarding their practices in assigning Unit of Sale and Unit of Use lot numbers using a pattern,...

AIRA sent out an Information Request to the membership to gather the collective expertise of the IIS community regarding handling IIS Opt-Outs

National Meeting Presentation | Hands-On with IIS Training Solutions & Workforce Development

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association article exploring the use of health plan quality measures specified for electronic clinical data to monitor immunizations

National Meeting Presentation | Having the Right Staff to Support and Maintain Quality Data (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2022 National Meeting and are incomplete without the accompanying...

National Meeting Presentation | Health Dashboards for Oklahoma: Tools to Strategize Vaccination Mobility and Improvements (Please note: The presentation slides shared provided an outline of presentations given at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting and are incom...

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)

National Meeting Presentation | Health Information Systems' Impact on Data Quality and Use in a Global Context