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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Register and book your hotel room!

Registration for the AIRA 2025 National Meeting is now open, and you can now also reserve your hotel room. This year’s National Meeting will be held at the Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W. Spokane Falls Boulevard, Spokane, WA 99201, conveniently located within walking distance of Riverfront Park and other downtown attractions. Don’t forget! This year, the AIRA National Meeting is kicking off a day early with an exciting opening plenary featuring our keynote speaker, engaging workshops, and a lively networking reception on Monday. We hope you join us in Spokane, Washington, for a unique blend of IIS, outdoor beauty, and vibrant urban culture! 🌲

Discount Codes

As a benefit of AIRA membership, key contacts within member organizations should have received discount codes. If you are a key contact and did not receive your code, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

On Monday, November 18 at 4 p.m. ET, discover and discuss the next steps for Patient Matching – HL7 as part of AIRA’s Measurement and Improvement (M&I) Initiative. During this interactive Town Hall, the draft Measures and Tests for Patient Matching – HL7 document will be reviewed with the IIS community.

What to Expect:

• Overview of M&I and the measurable concept of Patient Matching – HL7
• Preliminary findings from IIS participation in Testing & Discovery
• Proposed methodology and measures to assess IIS alignment with functional standards

Participate and Provide Feedback

As part of the Town Hall discussion, all members of the IIS community are invited to review and comment on the Measures and Tests for Patient Matching – HL7 document. Comments will be accepted through Tuesday, November 26. Please add your feedback directly to the document and return via email to Damon Ferlazzo at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Once registered, you’ll receive a confirmation email with links to add the event to your calendar. If you can’t attend, the session will be recorded and made available in the AIRA Repository.

AIRA members can submit and review information requests—a circulation of questions to and answers from the community. To submit an information request to the IIS community, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with “Information Request” in the subject line.

Information requests are viewable only by individual members and individuals affiliated with member and partner organizations. Recent information requests can be found by using the “Information Requests” filter in the AIRA Repository. 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..

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On October 28, AIRA hosted a Discovery Session on Insights from 20 Million Immunization Data Exchanges Between VA and IIS. During this Discovery Session, Ginna Wotowey, Kym Taylor, and Alyssa Cabacungan discussed immunization data exchange after 20 million immunization messages were exchanged.

If you or a staff missed the live event, don’t fret! The session recording and presentation slides are now available in the AIRA Repository. 

Earlier this year, AIRA, in collaboration with the Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), hosted a Public Health Data Modernization Workshop at the HIMSS24 Global Health Conference and Exhibition. The workshop aimed to engage participants on the current state of public health data modernization, explore key challenges and priorities, and strengthen connections between the public health, health care, and IT communities. Discussions highlighted partnerships, public policy, funding opportunities, and the role of TEFCA in advancing public health information exchange. Read the full article here: Perspectives on Public Health Data Modernization: A HIMSS24 Workshop Summary | HIMSS.

Important changes are coming to the Smarty address cleansing service license currently provided by AIRA to members through a partner agreement. Beginning late November 2024, AIRA’s license will be upgraded from the legacy Standard Edition of the US Address Verification service to the Core Edition of the US Address Verification service. This transition to the Core Edition provides additional benefits, including enhanced matching and access to 20 million non-USPS addresses. Non-postal addresses are locations where people live and work. These addresses are places where USPS does not deliver mail but where packages can be delivered.

Once the license upgrade is complete, Smarty users will need to update their API call to Smarty. We will share more detailed information in the coming weeks so please stay tuned for more updates as we begin the transition to the updated service!

Please contact Tesha Lucas with any questions or concerns at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Have you ever struggled to create a calculated field in Tableau and wondered why it wasn’t working? Tableau has a comprehensive index of all calculated field functions that can help! For each function, it provides the syntax, expected output, definition, example, notes, and any database limitations associated with the function. Next time you’re stuck on your calculated field, check out the Tableau Functions list to help troubleshoot and find the right function for your needs.

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