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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Suggest a Keynote Speaker or Topic for #AIRA2025

Do you know of an inspiring keynote speaker or a thought-provoking topic perfect for a keynote that would resonate with the IIS community? If so, we’d love to hear your suggestions!

To share your recommendations, please take a few minutes to complete this short survey by Wednesday, October 9. And keep in mind that while we’d love to host big-name celebrities, our budget is better suited for speakers who are impactful, engaging, and accessible even if they’re not verified on social media!

Thank you for helping us create an inspiring and meaningful experience at #AIRA2025. We can’t wait to see what ideas you bring to the table!

#AIRA2025 Call for Abstracts Now Open!

The AIRA National Meeting provides a platform to showcase the progress happening throughout the IIS community. Submit your abstract to be considered for a standard breakout presentation or to lead a group discussion. The Call for Abstracts will close on Sunday, November 17, 11:59 p.m. ET, and speaker notifications will go out on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. We invite you to share your insights and help shape the future of IIS!

More guidance regarding the abstract submission process can be found by reviewing the Call for Abstracts Overview Flyer or visiting www.airanationalmeeting.org. 

In a previous funding update, it was communicated that the CDC has identified additional funds to support IIS activities in 2024 and 2025. As we continue previously paused activities and address increased demand from the community for our services, we have a need to increase our organizational capacity for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. AIRA is seeking individuals with backgrounds and skills in the following areas:

• Project or Program Management
• Technical Writing
• Program Evaluation
• Data Analysis/Epidemiology
• Operations

• Fiscal Analysis
• Business Analysis
• IT/Health Informatics
• Administrative Support
• Other, please specify

All interested individuals are invited to submit a résumé, specifically those with immunization program or IIS experience. Please disseminate this announcement to all potentially interested and qualified individuals. For information and guidance on how to submit your résumé, kindly refer to the Request for Résumés PDF.

AIRA is conducting an evaluation of our AIRA Members and Partners (M&P) meetings, and we are requesting 5-10 minutes of your time to complete a brief evaluation survey. Your feedback will help shape the future of these meetings. We greatly appreciate any input you can provide by Friday, September 27.

The AIRA M&P meetings are held quarterly in January, April, July, and October. These meetings provide a high-level overview of the activities going on within the IIS and immunization community, along with updates from AIRA and some of its key national partners, including:

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC)
• Association of Immunization Managers (AIM)
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Informatics and Data Analytics Branch (IDAB) and Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST))
• Immunize.org
• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
• Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII)

If you have any questions, please reach out to Maureen Neary at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Thank you in advance for your valuable insights!

The September edition of SnapShots has arrived. This quarter, we feature Heather Roth’s final article as AIRA Board President, insights on how Indiana transformed their M&I after an AIRA-led AART clinic and through collaboration with STChealth, a look at parental vaccination acceptance as a predictor of childhood vaccination, and tools to align your IIS with the Data Modernization Initiative. Also, don’t miss this edition's Tech Corner, where Nathan Bunker discusses emerging standards and the future of interoperability.

Our next edition of SnapShots will be published in December, and we would love to feature your work! If you or a colleague are working on something you would like to share with the IIS community, submit an article for consideration by Monday, October 14. To submit an article for consideration, simply email your content to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Gabriella Wagoner at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Remember, to be considered for inclusion, your content must relate to a jurisdiction or have a jurisdiction as a co-author.

Since the beginning of August, AIRA has been working to gather and consolidate comments across IIS to address the ASTP/ONC (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability Proposed Rule, also called HTI-2, in the Federal Register that was published on Monday, August 5. As September comes to a close, we are approaching the due date for comments. If you would still like to submit comments or view the proposed rule, you can do so by clicking here. All comments are due to ASTP/ONC by Friday, October 4.

Thank you for your engagement and collaboration. If you have questions about the proposed rule or the process, please reach out to Mary Beth Kurilo at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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.

Open Information Requests

• The Nevada State Immunization Program is looking for information (policies, guidance, lessons learned, etc.) on implementing a VFC vaccine “replacement model” with one or more enrolled locations. Specifically, they would like to learn how other jurisdictions manage this type of model in the IIS. How are clinics that use the replacement model instructed to document funding source and eligibility? Are manual (user interface) reporters handled any differently than HL7 (electronic submission) reporters? What challenges has the replacement model presented for IIS accountability? For reconciliation? Ordering? Have any jurisdictions enrolled a site that uses the replacement model for only one type of vaccine (such as HepB) but that administers other VFC vaccines in the traditional model?

   

  If you are willing to share, please reach out to Amanda Harris at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and copy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by October 9, and don’t forget to include your contact information for follow-up.

   

   

• The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking information regarding HEDIS reporting service charges. They are currently charging 50 cents per record for their HEDIS reporting service. Because of the increasing cost in maintaining this effort, they are considering increasing the price to $1 per record. Before making that decision, they would like to know what other jurisdictions are charging for this service.

   

  If you are willing to share, please reach out to Quan Le at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and copy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by October 9, and don’t forget to include your contact information for follow-up.

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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AIRA is excited to announce the launch of our newest initiative, Onboarding Pharmacies to IIS: An Educational Quality Improvement Pilot Project, made possible by a generous grant from Pfizer.

This innovative project will bring together IIS programs and pharmacies to explore the unique challenges and opportunities involved in onboarding pharmacy systems to IIS.

We’re eager to kick off this pilot project and work closely with IIS programs and pharmacies to understand their onboarding practices and data exchange processes. Insights gathered will inform the pharmacy onboarding to IIS needs assessment. AIRA will also develop on-demand training for pharmacy staff to help raise awareness of IIS functionality and the value that IIS integration brings to pharmacies.

Stay tuned for more updates as we move forward with this exciting initiative!

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