APRIL 19, 2023

Join us for the next Discovery Session, How to Build Resiliency and Prevent Burnout While Preparing for the Next Pandemic, on Monday, April 24 at 4 p.m. ET. During this session, Dr. Anne Schuchat will share about the power of story, community, and people coming together to create change. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn about practicing resilience by engaging in self-care! If you’re unable to attend, this session will be recorded and available in the AIRA repository.

The Immunization Integration Program (IIP) is pleased to share two articles highlighting the importance of bulk query functionality for immunization workflows from the clinician’s perspective. The first article, “Efficiently identify patients’ immunization status through bulk query,” was written by Sue Kressly and published in AAP News. The second article, “Improving Immunization Workflow for Providers – Bulk Query Functionality,” co-authored by Stuart Weinberg and Damon Ferlazzo, was published by HIMSS. 

Please check out these informative articles and help us spread the word with your networks and on social media. 

The Smarty User Group is excited to welcome its newest co-chair, Kaitlyn Lamb! Kaitlyn serves as a senior project manager and product owner at Envision Technology Partners, which supports the WebIZ IIS platform.

Smarty User Group meetings are held quarterly and feature IIS experiences with address verification tools to promote best practices and share lessons learned. Currently, 47 IIS and IIS implementers have a signed Partner Agreement with AIRA to use the Smarty service. In 2022, this group collectively used Smarty to clean and verify 1.2 billion addresses! 

IIS interested in learning more about Smarty should consider joining the next user group meeting and reaching out to AIRA’s Smarty liaison, Tesha Lucas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

There are officially 13 days until we are all gathered in San Diego, California for the AIRA 2023 National Meeting! Are you getting excited?! We are! Record-setting registration means we’ll be a little cozy, but we have seats for everyone and will have friendly staff available to help you get where you need to be.

With this little time left before we gather, we wanted to encourage you to:

• Check out our official agenda for #AIRA2023
• You can reach out to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to be added to the registration waitlist
• If you are driving to the meeting hotel, parking details can be found on the #AIRA2023 National Meeting website. 

We are looking forward to seeing you in San Diego, California, May 2–4! 

AIRA is excited to offer 30-minute interactive sessions for IIS teams to meet with AIRA technical staff to review AART (Aggregate Analysis Reporting Tool) testing results, discuss practical recommendations for improvements, and explore the new user interface launched in 2022. Session appointments are available throughout the conference, so you and your IIS team have several options to find a time that works for everyone—consider inviting your CDC IIS SME to get the most out of your session! Please contact Assiatou Diallo at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information and reserve your team’s AART clinic appointment today!

Two new ASTHO reports investigate opportunities for improved immunization data sharing with health information exchanges, in addition to the broader legal landscape of public health data sharing. Developed with support from the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and with input from key partners, these reports provide decision-makers with context and considerations for enhancing data sharing for informed public health action.

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We are now accepting articles for the June 2023 edition of SnapShots, and we want to hear from you! Articles are due on Wednesday, April 26 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. It’s very easy to submit an article for consideration. Articles vary from 500 to 1,000 words, and we don’t require a specific format.

We look forward to sharing your work!

AIRA is excited to announce the next offering of the Provider Organization Onboarding for IIS training. Registration will open on May 1, 2023, and weekly sessions will begin on June 15, 2023. For questions, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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AIRA members can submit and review information requests—a circulation of questions to and answers from the community. Recent information requests can be found by using the “Information Requests” filter in the AIRA repository.

Information requests are viewable only by individual members and individuals affiliated with member and partner organizations. Just log in to view these valuable resources! If you have any questions, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The North Dakota IIS team is inquiring about third-party messaging engine options. They are looking at options to move away from their current custom-built messaging engine and are hoping you can provide some information to help guide them. Below is a list of questions from the project management and development teams. 

• What third-party message engine options are currently available?
• Do you know of any IIS using these options?
• Are you aware of any issues observed with these options?
• What has worked well with any of these options?
• Do you have any information on the cost model for purchase/subscribe versus continued maintenance of a current custom-built solution?
• Any difference in responsiveness to change in requirements/standards?
• How much custom code (if any) is written for the purchased engines for a specific solution?

If you are willing to share information, please reach out to the North Dakota Department of Health at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Wednesday, April 26 and don’t forget to include your contact information for follow-up.

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