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OCTOBER 23, 2024

AIRA 2025 National Meeting Registration Now Open! 
Registration for the AIRA 2025 National Meeting is now open! 

Don’t forget! This year, we are kicking things 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. After all, what better place to network and explore new ideas than amidst the fresh air of this Pacific Northwest gem! 🌲

It’s Never Too Early to Make your Plans!

Reserve your hotel and register to attend today. This year’s National Meeting will be held at the Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W. Spokane Falls Boulevard, Spokane, WA 99201. The hotel is conveniently located within walking distance of Riverfront Park and other downtown attractions, making it a perfect location for both learning and leisure. 

Discount Codes

As a benefit of AIRA membership, key contacts within member organizations should have received discount codes via email last week! 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..

As part of national efforts to provide additional clarity on national specifications to support the interoperability of immunization information between systems and contribute to the next evolution of the HL7 Implementation Guide (IG), the Standards and Interoperability Steering Committee (SISC) approved topics for two technical small groups.

These small groups rely on community champions and volunteers to contribute subject matter expertise and work closely with AIRA and CDC over a four-week period to produce Technical Advisory Bulletins (TABs) on Patient Names and ACK Messages.

• Patient Names Small Group (October 21 – November 22)
  • This TAB will address legal names, baby names, preferred names, and special characters.
  • Kickoff Session: week of October 21
  • Working Session: week of November 4
• ACK Messages Small Group (November 4 – December 13)
  • This TAB will address improvements to ACK messages that may be included in the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) proposed rule.
  • Kickoff Session: week of November 4
  • Working Session: week of November 18

If you are interested in participating in one of these small groups or want to learn more, please send an email to Rebecca Sandtveit at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Nathan Bunker at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Join us for the next AIRA Discovery Session on Monday, October 28, from 4 to 5 p.m. ET to hear about lessons learned on 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 behind data exchange successes and failures. This presentation will share VA’s findings and will allow the audience to hear from the Ohio IIS, which has the highest data exchange success rate with VA. There will be time for questions and answers at the end of the webinar.

Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email with links to add the meeting to your calendar.

If you’re unable to attend, this session will be recorded and available in the AIRA Repository. We hope you’ll join us on October 28!

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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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..

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