Recommendation for Use of Immunization Information Systems to Increase Vaccination Rates.

Based on findings of a systematic review- the Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends immunization information systems on the basis of strong evidence of effectiveness in increasing vaccination rates. Evidence is considered strong- based on the findings from 108 published articles and 132 conference abstracts showing that immunization information systems are effective in increasing vaccination rates and reducing vaccine-preventable disease through their capabilities to (1) create or support effective interventions such as client reminder and recall systems- provider assessment and feedback- and provider reminders/ (2) generate and evaluate public health responses to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease/ (3) facilitate vaccine management and accountability/ (4) determine client vaccination status for decisions made by clinicians- health departments- and schools/ and (5) aid surveillance and investigations on vaccination rates- missed vaccination opportunities- invalid dose administration- and disparities in vaccination coverage.This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License- where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.