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This session explored the draft Patient Matching – Multiple Organization Measures and Tests as part of AIRA's Measurement and Improvement (M&I) initiative. AIRA staff reviewed the measurable concept of patient matching across organizations, shared findings f...

During the Discovery Session, Mary Woinarowicz from North Dakota presented “Providing Real-time, Actionable Data to North Dakota Immunization Providers”, and Sarah Finley from Missouri presented “People, Process, and Progress: Adapting Agile for Public H...

This session provided a high-level overview of immunization information systems (IIS), including their history, core functionality, and the policies and standards that shape how they operate today. Presenters highlighted the critical role IIS play in identifyi...

During this Discovery Session, Wisconsin shared how IIS and linked data were used to examine vaccination coverage during pregnancy and associated infant outcomes, highlighting patterns across access, demographics, and care utilization. Michigan complemented th...

During this Discovery Session, Alaska and New York City shared how they used IIS-supported outreach to evaluate vaccination outcomes and strengthen reminder/recall strategies. The session provided practical, data-informed insights for public health programs lo...

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...

During this Discovery Session, Wisconsin and Louisiana explored how data and research can help improve vaccine coverage from childhood through adulthood. The presenters shared insights on identifying barriers, leveraging data systems, and advancing access to v...

During this Discovery Session, Arizona and Texas shared how they’ve leveraged the Data at Rest (DAR) Measurement & Improvement content area to enhance IIS data quality. Arizona showcased reporting and visualization tools that improve completeness, validity, ...

This session highlighted the role of accurate patient matching in IIS data quality and shared key takeaways from AIRA’s second pilot, including enhancements to the tool, lessons learned, and how the findings can inform IIS programs moving forward. Whether...

This Discovery Session took a deeper look at AIRA’s Emerging Standards initiative and how we’re approaching modernization, including our framework for adopting FHIR for specific projects shaping the future of immunization interoperability. The session s...

In this session, we explored practical ways to engage with AIRA and deepen your involvement in the IIS community—whether you're new or looking to reconnect. The discussion highlighted a range of opportunities, including open initiatives available to all stak...

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...

During this session, the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) shared insights into their use of digital trust technology for issuing digital birth credentials. The presentation covered the benefits of digitally verifiable vital records, inclu...

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 ...

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...

During this Discovery Session, presenters discussed the the 2024 Immunization Information Systems Annual Report (IISAR). This annual assessment captures key insights from all 64 immunization program awardees, covering the 50 states, five major cities, D.C., an...

During this Discovery Session, presenters discussed the next steps for Patient Matching – HL7 as part of AIRA’s Measurement and Improvement (M&I) Initiative. The draft Measures and Tests for Patient Matching – HL7 document was reviewed with the IIS commu...

During the session, presenters discussed immunization data exchange after 20 million immunization messages were exchanged. The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been exchanging, tracking, and analyzing immunization messages to understand the reasons b...

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. ...

During this session, presenters from the Society for Post-Acute and Long-term Care Medicine Inc. (AMDA) and AIRA discuss Moving Needles, a CDC-funded initiative to increase the connectivity between Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) EHRs and IIS

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

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...

During this session, you'll hear about Updates to the IIS Functional Standards. Presentation includes: • IIS Functional Standards Update Project from Candace Garcia, PHII; Marcey Propp, PHII; Brittany Ersery-Kemp, HLN

During this session, you'll hear about State Processes for Electronic Reporting to IIS. Presentation includes: • Electronic Immunization Reporting in the US: A 50-State Study from Margaret Arnesen, The Pew Charitable Trusts; Genna Cohen, Mathematica; Paul M...

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...

During this session, you'll hear about Immunization Information Systems Annual Report (IISAR). Presentations include: • Immunization Information Systems Annual Report (IISAR) from Terence Ng and Lauren Shaw, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

During this session, you'll hear about AIRA's recently released resources and guides. Presentation includes: • Immunization Integration Program (IIP) from Sabrina Matlock, American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) • Data Validation Pilot Project�...

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...

During this session, you'll hear about who PHII is, what they do, the support they provide to the IIS community, and how you can take your team to the next level using PHII’s resources. Presentation includes: • Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) O...

During this session, you'll hear about how jurisdictions are improving IIS data quality. Presentations include: • Patient Matching and Data at Rest (DAR) Refresher from Eric Larson and Assiatou Diallo, American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) • ...

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...

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...

During this Discovery Session, CDC will provide an overview of the immunization surveillance landscape and its support of CDC’s data modernization efforts. Attendees will learn about the IZ Gateway’s IIS-to-CDC use case, and the progress made by participat...

In this AIRA Discovery Session you will: Learn about the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) postcard reminder/recall program. Hear from the Nevada State Immunization Program about their efforts to increase vaccination rates among racial/ethnic minori...

AIRA Discovery Session reviewing the 2022 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

This AIRA Discovery Session discusses tips and tricks for writing an abstract. Come learn about the AIRA National Meeting abstract submission process and hear from members of the AIRA community as they share their how-tos for writing a strong abstract for meet...

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...

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...

In collaboration with CDC, AIRA developed the OSS program, which is dedicated to supporting immunization information systems (IIS) in provider onboarding for immunization data exchange. This effort was in large part a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ...

In 2019, the WIR Consortium was established when immunization program representatives from 16 jurisdictions that use the WIR platform came together to discuss how the WIR user group could create a more sustainable and innovative WIR platform as well as establi...

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.

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...

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...

This session is a review of important resources and initiatives from 2021 and a look forward at what is coming in 2022. The webinar is an opportunity to hear about activities at AIRA and initiatives at the national level that may affect your IIS program.

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

This session is an introduction to AIRA’s Interoperability Course. This course was designed in response to community needs to support staff working on IIS interoperability topics. In this Discovery Session you will learn about the course format, hear from pa...

An excerpt from the 9.27.2021 AIRA Discovery Session: Vaccine Credentialing.

Vaccine credentials are a hot topic across the IIS community right now. On this AIRA Discovery Session, several experts will share some of the latest efforts being implemented and under development within the US, and key aspects to consider as IIS contemplate ...

A Discovery Session webinar co-hosted by AIRA and the American Health Care Association (AHCA) to discuss efforts to support skilled nursing facilities with IIS enrollment and access. This webinar covers an overview of AHCA outreach and technical assistance eff...

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...

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 ...

A Discovery Session webinar focused on the technical aspects of vaccine credentialing solutions

A Discovery Session webinar focused on the programmatic aspects of vaccine credentialing solutions

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

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.

Introducing AIRA members to the “what, why, and how” of mindfulness as a tool for self-care that can help us manage stress, increase focus, and develop greater compassion and empathy

Discovery Session to hear from AIRA members and partners about the initial “lessons learned” from the first weeks of the COVID-19 vaccine response

Discovery Session reviewing the 2020 IIS Annual Report (IISAR)

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

A Discovery Session webinar focusing on the Data at Rest (DAR) pilot project and the data quality tools available to IIS to monitor data quality by provider

Webinar highlighting a new resource, Vaccine Code Set Considerations: If Only It Were Rocket Science

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

Webinar focused on the IIS/NIS (National Immunization Survey) Match Project

Provider organization participation and tools for provider management

The latest updates on the 2019 IIS Annual Report

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

The session covered key points to consider when involved in the procurement process including considerations when updating maintenance and support contractors and when acquiring new systems or services

This Discovery Session focused on soon-to-be released guidance on Patient Status in IIS

This session introduced the IIS Data Saturation Guide, a recent AIRA publication focused on current methodologies for the collection of legacy data, as well as data gap monitoring and resolution processes.

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 CDS Assessment in AART and getting the most out of your report

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.

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

New and emerging issues from AIRA's vital records partners and a glimpse into vital record exchanges in two states

The latest updates from the Office of the National Coordinator and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer about the latest information on Promoting Interoperability and other Incentive Programs

Demonstration of the new IIS Dashboard

The latest updates on the 2018 IIS Annual Report

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

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

In honor of National Health IT Week, some the innovative ways Immunization Information Systems (IIS) support Public Health and Clinical Medicine were presented

Official launch of the Message Quality Evaluation (MQE) Tool

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

The session focused on “Getting the Most out of Your Project Management Tools and Resources” and included presentations considering project management from three different vantage points

This session focused on IIS data use, and included presentations from Oregon and North Dakota, two states participating in CDC’s Sentinel Site project

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

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...

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.

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

Webinar | This Discovery Session provided an overview of the new Security Guidance that summarizes common IIS security issues (e.g., risk analysis and risk management) to help IIS administrators engage in security discussions with IT staff and vendors

Webinar | This Discovery Session featured an epidemiologist from Colorado who shared how they use an open source forecasting tool called the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) within the Colorado IIS

Webinar | This AIRA Discovery Session focused on VTrckS and IIS, and involved an encore presentation of a stellar session from the AIRA 2017 National Meeting. Jessica Rao from NYCCIR presented on using VTrckS data for data quality, Jacy Fitzpatrick from STC pr...

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

Webinar | This session provided guidance for drafting and using IIS Business Plans and featured a presentation from Beth Cox (CDC)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Webinar | Representatives from Washington and North Dakota discussed the importance of provider engagement during this session

Webinar | At this session, representatives from the MIROW Steering Committee talked about the process for MIROW chapter development, and the release of the latest chapter: “Decrementing Inventory via Electronic Data Exchange.”

Webinar | This session featured presentations from Oregon, Kentucky and Tennessee on lessons learned from IIS platform transitions

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

Webinar | This session provided guidance for drafting and using IIS Business Plans. A CDC representative discussed areas for inclusion in 2016 Business Plans. The IIS Director from New York City also discussed how the NYC CIR team uses their Business Plan inte...

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

Webinar | This session featured Jim Daniel from ONC who provided an overview and introduction to Meaningful Use

Webinar | This session featured presentations from Oregon, North Carolina and STC on pharmacy participation with IIS

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

Webinar | In this session, a representative from HPE reviewed the User Acceptance Testing process, and a representative from OR shared some state-level experience with setting up systems to track bugs, bug fixes and enhancements

Webinar | This session provided guidance on completing IIS Business Plans in 2015. A recording of this webinar and accompanying slides including an example of the New York City 2014 CIR Business Plan are provided

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

Webinar | Representatives from AIRA and Michigan provided an overview about considerations for high-priority intra-agency partnerships and shared experiences in creating partnerships between the IIS and vital records, WIC, Medicaid, newborn screening and other...

Webinar | Speakers from Wisconsin and Oregon highlighted different ways IIS data can be used by immunization programs and others. Topics included using IIS data to estimate Tdap effectiveness for preventing pertussis and to assess teen vaccination rates

Webinar | Speakers from AIRA and Michigan discussed how to develop and maintain key IIS policies

Webinar | An overview of Meaningful Use from the Public Health Coordinator for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT

Webinar | This session focused on AIRA, how the organization supports IIS and public health and what AIRA can do for you