Journal article

Improvements in immunization compliance using a computerized tracking system for inner city clinics.

Anne Clark, Askia Dozier, Frances Wojtaszczyk, Joyce O. Gyamfi, Linda C. Duffy, Ronald Bonafede, Tammy Tempfer, Theodore Putnam, Ying Tung

Vaccination compliance rates were calculated for 1995 to 2001 for enrolled patients- based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and age-appropriate vaccine schedules. The results reported here indicate computerized tracking with the Doctor's Pediatric Immunization Program (Dr. PIP) maintained vaccine compliance rates (> 90%) in healthy and immunocompromised children at 2 months and 12 months of age. Instituting the computerized system has yielded nearly optimal results in both indigenous inner-city clinics. Despite the efficient progress made by automated tracking- the results for specific vaccine strategies (Varicella) and target groups (human immunodeficiency virus- high-risk indigent populations) may require on-going and intensive educational efforts to achieve optimization levels.

Authors

Languages

  • English

Publication year

2003

Journal

Clinical pediatrics

Volume

7

Type

Journal article

Categories

  • Data

Countries

  • United States of America

Tags

  • ICT

WHO Regions

  • Region of the Americas

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PubMED URL

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14552519

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