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Hello, The American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) is hosting a two-day regional workshop for the Pacific Islands in Guam on March 3-4. The workshop will address topics including measurement and improvement, the CDC Dashboard, clinical decision support, interoperability, and data quality and use. Attendees will have an opportunity to hear...

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Greetings Colleagues,

The American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) is proud to introduce and release the newly developed guide Patient Status in Immunization Information Systems.

AIRA leveraged a community-informed approach to examine implementation barriers and challenges to develop recommendations for patient status management in an IIS. The main purpose of the guide is to bridge the gap between currently published guidance on patient status and its actual implementation by IIS. This guide offers practical guidelines for providers, public health entities, and IIS to use in implementing and managing patient status. Challenges and recommendations related to IIS functionality, ease of use, implementation, and policy are described for both provider and geographic jurisdiction level issues. A secondary purpose of the guide is to address the issue of denominator inflation experienced by many IIS.

The primary audiences for the guide include IIS managers, IIS staff with responsibility for data quality, and Immunization program staff that work with providers, such as in Vaccines for Children (VFC) and quality improvement work. The document may also be valuable to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Immunization Program Managers, IIS vendors, EHR vendors, jurisdiction-specific information technology staff, national organizations supporting IIS, health care providers, and other partners and policy makers.

A community webinar was conducted on October 28 to introduce this guide and the recorded link can be found by using the “webinars” filter in the AIRA repository.

If you have questions regarding this new guide or webinar, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Nichole Lambrecht, MSc, RN-BSN, CPN | Sr. Project Manager
American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA)
1155 F Street NW, Suite 1050 | Washington, DC 20004
Main: 202.552.0208 | Direct: 202.470.0026 | www.immregistries.org


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This email contains a request for information announcement and AIRA Members and Partners Meeting information.

Request for Information

AIRA is initiating a Request for Information (RFI) to invite interested agencies and firms to submit details about their business. AIRA will use the information gathered during this RFI process to identify the organization it will contract with to improve the organization and usability of its website, www.immregistries.org. Detailed information can be found here.


AIRA Members and Partners Meeting

The next AIRA Members and Partners bimonthly meeting is on Monday, November 18 at 2 p.m. ET. You'll find the agenda attached. As a reminder, a webinar component has been added to these meetings and the webinar information, along with dialing information, is included below. Recordings of past meetings can be found in the AIRA repository.

Join Webex Meeting
Meeting number: 739 220 308
Meeting password: membership

Join by Phone
Dialing Information: 1-800-326-0013
Passcode: 1670187#

Thank you,

Brittany Gyer | Administrative Coordinator
American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA)
1155 F Street NW, Suite 1050 | Washington, DC 20004
Main: 202.552.0208 | Direct: 202.552.5748 | www.immregistries.org


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*This meeting has been rescheduled for January 27 due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day.The AIRA Members & Partners meetings will now be held quarterly from 2 – 3 p.m. ET in January, April, July, and October 2020.JOIN WEBEX MEETING Meeting number: 732 691 729 Meeting password: membershipJOIN BY PHONE Dial: 1-800-326-0...

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Hello, AIRA and MACAW (the Measurement for Assessment and Certification Advisory Workgroup) would like to remind you to register here for the Town Hall meeting to discuss proposed Incoming/Ongoing Assessment Measures and Tests, Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Assessment Thresholds, and CDS Validation. This call will be on January 9, 2020 from 3:30p...

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Monthly Update December 2019 in Review www.immregistries.org In This Issue… 2019 AIM Leadership in Action ConferenceRegister Now for a 3-Part Webinar Series on Centralized Reminder/Recall Using an IISSneak Peak: AIRA Education Survey Summary ReportJoin Us in Welcoming Two New AIRA Staff Members!Measurement and Improvement Town Hall Recent Info...

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The call for abstracts, registration, and award nominations for the AIRA 2020 National Meeting are now open! Join us at the AIRA 2020 National Meeting! The AIRA 2020 National Meeting will be held in Portland, Oregon on August 11-13, 2020. Together, we will continue to work toward our common goal of promoting the use of immunization information to e...

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Hello, Welcome in the new year by joining us for a 3-part webinar series on Centralized Reminder/Recall: A Deep Dive into Using a New Toolkit. The webinars will be held on three Tuesdays in a row: February 4, 11, and 18, 2020, at 3 PM ET. This series will share methodologies for improving your immunization rates and enhancing your clinic and provid...

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Hello, We’re looking for SnapShots articles and would love to hear from you. SnapShots is AIRA’s quarterly newsletter that highlights the innovative work and accomplishments of IIS. Are you: Excited about a project you’re working on?Collaborating to promote or support your IIS?Using or sharing your IIS data in new ways? We all benefit when we hear ...

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Hello, AIRA and MACAW (the Measurement for Assessment and Certification Advisory Workgroup) would like to remind you that written comments for the proposed Incoming/Ongoing Assessment Measures and Tests, Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Assessment Thresholds, and CDS Validation can be sent to Kristi Siahaya at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. through Janu...

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In early 2019, the AIRA Board of Directors met in-person and began the process of updating the AIRA strategic vision and plan for 2020-2024. The purpose of a strategic plan is to set the overall goals of the association and create a plan for achieving those goals. AIRA is excited to share the finalized version of the 2020-2024 strategic plan w...

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AIRA is excited to announce that the AIRA 2019 Education Survey Summary Report is now available. In early 2019, the AIRA Education Steering Committee assessed the educational needs of the IIS community. This report includes an analysis of the results, which will be used to guide the development of new resources and educational opportunities. You to...

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Hello,This email contains a message from our partners at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The AAP is offering a Visiting Immunization Expert Initiative to support pediatricians, other primary care physicians, and all practice staff in making strong recommendations for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and pediatric influenza vaccination. T...

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The AIRA Members & Partners meetings will now be held quarterly on the third Monday of the month from 2 – 3 p.m. ET in January, April, July, and October 2020.JOIN WEBEX MEETING Meeting number: 732 691 729 Meeting password: membershipJOIN BY PHONE Dial: 1-800-326-0013; Passcode 1670187#2020 AIRA Members & Partners Mee...

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Hello, The American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) is hosting two 1.5-day regional workshops in April: April 22-23: Midwest Region in Minneapolis, MinnesotaApril 28-29: Northeast Region in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Some topics of the workshops include outbreaks, vaccine confidence, and measurement and improvement. Attendees will have an ...

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Hello, This email contains reminders about the AIRA 2020 National Meeting and an upcoming AIRA Discovery Session. The Call for Abstracts closes in one month! The Call for Abstracts is currently open and closes on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 11:59 PM ET. Click here to submit an abstract for consideration.For additional details, plea...

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Hello, The American Immunization Registry Association is soliciting subject matter experts (SMEs) for a short-term workgroup to identify needs in the immunization and IIS communities related to vaccine management, the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, and IIS-immunization program integration. The workgroup will help identify topics that would be...

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Monthly Update January 2020 in Review www.immregistries.org In This Issue… AIRA at the 2020 Immunization Awardee MeetingHelp Guide AIRA’s Activities Related to Vaccine Management, VFC, and IIS-Immunization Program IntegrationAIRA2020 National Meeting Is Knocking at the Door!AIRA 2020–2024 Strategic PlanReminder/Recall Works to Improve Vaccination R...

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Meet your AIRA2020 Keynote Speaker! It is with great honor and excitement that we announce Stacy Allison, businesswoman, adventurer, author, motivational speaker, and first American woman to summit Mt. Everest as the AIRA 2020 National Meeting keynote speaker!Stacy Allison Stacy has been climbing and leading expeditions for more than 40 year...

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Monthly Update February 2020 in Review www.immregistries.org In This Issue… Save the Date for TWO Events in May!Our Newest IIS AdvocateAIRA 2020 National MeetingGovernance Committee Meets in Person and Retains Its ExtremitiesMeasurement and Improvement UpdateSave the Date: March Education Steering Committee WebinarHIMSS20 CanceledAIRA Standards Tea...

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