The American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) exists to support and promote the use of immunization information to ensure healthy communities through the development and implementation of immunization information systems (IIS) as a crucial tool in preventing vaccine-preventable diseases. If you want to know more about us, visit the About...

The American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) exists to support and promote the use of immunization information to ensure healthy communities through the development and implementation of immunization information systems (IIS) as a crucial tool in preventing vaccine-preventable diseases. If you want to know more about us, visit the About AIRA page.

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Hello, Please see the following Information Request from New York City. If you are willing to share information, please reply directly to this email and include contact information for follow-up. INFORMATION REQUESTED What tools or applications IIS’s are using to administer PODs and streamline the reporting of POD vaccine data directly into the IIS...

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Hello, In our June Monthly Update, we shared a joint letter sent from AIRA and our partners to leaders of Operation Warp Speed (OWS). The letter called out the strong support and need for the Trump Administration to leverage state and local public health and build upon existing immunization infrastructure to deliver COVID-19 vaccine. You can read t...

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Hello, This email contains reminders regarding the Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations webinar series and the AIRA website survey. Join Us for Data Quality: Week 3 in AIRA's Webinar Series We’ve had an incredible first two weeks in our 8-week webinar series, Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations.* To continue the series, join ...

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Hello, As you may have heard, IIS will be required to sign the Data Use Agreement (DUA) with APHL (Association of Public Health Laboratories) for participation in both IZ Gateway Connect and IZ Gateway Share, along with the Interjurisdictional MOU for IZ Gateway Share. The DUA was updated on August 3, 2020. The IZ Gateway team is offering the ...

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Hello, This email contains a Select 2020 National Meeting Webinar Series reminder and final comments regarding the 2021 Core Set review.Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations Webinar Series The Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations Webinar Series is now underway. Space is limited, so register today! Every Tuesday, now thro...

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Hello, This email contains an Information Request and a message from one of our partners.Information Request Please see the following Information Request from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. If you are willing to share information, please reply directly to this email and include contact information for follow-up. INFORMATION R...

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Monthly Update July 2020 in Review www.immregistries.org In This Issue… AIRA's COVID-19 Response UpdatePlease Help Us Improve the AIRA WebsiteAIRA Has a New Address!Register Today! Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations Webinar SeriesAIRA Election UpdateSmartyStreets Orientation Now AvailableMeasurement & Improvement UpdatesAIRA...

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Hello, Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at 3 PM ET, for the first webinar in our upcoming 8-week webinar series, featuring select AIRA 2020 National Meeting presentations. A complete agenda is now available! CDC Panel Discussion: Advancing IIS Together Tomorrow, CDC leadership will share their vision for advancing IIS together, with an op...

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Hello, The election for AIRA’s new board members is underway! Thank you for submitting a record number of candidate nominations. The final list of candidates is here. Voting members at each organization may vote electronically (now through 8/12/20) or verbally (at AIRA’s annual meeting on 8/12/20*). They are being asked to: Select new board members...

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Hello, The Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations webinar series will start next week with CDC hosting a panel discussion on their vision for advancing IIS. We’d love to hear your questions for the CDC panelists, listed below. Please respond directly to this email or send any questions you may have to Ketti Turcato by this Friday, July 31....

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Hello, As a reminder, the Medicaid and CHIP Child and Adult Core Set 2021 Annual Review Workgroup is seeking public comment on their draft report: Recommendations for Improving the Core Sets of Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP: Summary of a Multi-Stakeholder Review of the 2021 Child and Adult Core Sets. The report includes a summa...

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Hello, Would you please help AIRA learn how we can make our website better? We’d like to understand how our users navigate the AIRA website to learn.You can help us by taking a short (< 20 min) survey by Friday, August 7. It is completely anonymous. What will I be doing in the survey? We’d like you to complete an online exercise called a ...

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Hello, AIRA has a new address! Beginning July 27, AIRA’s new address will be: 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 1025Washington, DC 20006AIRA's membership renewals include the new address. Please notify your finance department and any other colleagues who may need this information.Thank you,Brittany Gyer | Administrative Coo...

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Hello, We’re soliciting articles for our September edition of SnapShots, and we’d love to hear from you. How are you preparing for a likely COVID-19 vaccine? How is your IIS gearing for back to school immunization efforts and/or flu season in these unprecedented times? How has your organization responded to advance racial equality? What other succe...

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Hello, The Medicaid and CHIP Child and Adult Core Set 2021 Annual Review Workgroup is seeking public comment on their draft report: Recommendations for Improving the Core Sets of Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP: Summary of a Multi-Stakeholder Review of the 2021 Child and Adult Core Sets. The report includes a summary of the Workg...

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Hello, This emails contains reminders for the upcoming AIRA Discovery Session and the Select AIRA 2020 National Meeting Presentations webinar series. Join us for this month's Discovery Session: Topic: COVID vaccine, expanded flu season, and catchup of routine immunizations: How data analytics can help IIS prepare for the challenges ahead As a ...

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Hello, As a reminder, the final session of the AART User Group Mini-Series will be Wednesday, July 22 at 4:00pm ET. This session will be focused on Clinical Decision Support. You can register here to attend this session. This has been a six-month series of user group meetings for both technical and program staff. The mini-series has promoted and su...

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Hello, This email contains job opportunities from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Wyoming Department of Health. Missouri Department of Health and Senior ServicesThe Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is seeking an Immunization Operations Manager to oversee the Immunization Operations Team and H...

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Hello,Please see the attached agenda for the upcoming AIRA Members & Partners meeting on Monday, July 20 at 2:00pm ET. As a reminder, a webinar component has been added to these meetings. Don't forget, if you haven't already, you need to register now for Monday's meeting and while you're at it, register for the remaining 2020 AIRA Member...

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Hello, AIRA and MACAW (the Measurement for Assessment and Certification Advisory Workgroup) would like to remind you that written comments or questions regarding Acknowledgment (ACK) Processing Rules and Proposed 2021 Submission & Acknowledgment Validation including NDC Measures 15 and 16 can be sent to Kristi Siahaya at ksiahaya@immr...

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