PH+Reporting+User+Story+-+Immunization

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Contact Info:
Diane Thorson (DThorson@co.ottertail.mn.us)

Date Received:
11/07/2011

Public health and private clinics provide immunizations. The immunization is recorded in the client electronic health record. The immunizations which have been administered are exported to the State Immunization Information System. Why would they want to do this?

School nurses, health care agencies, and child care agencies can obtain permission to access information from the state immunization system. School nurses and child care providers need to determine if an infant, child, or student is current on their immunizations in accordance with state law. If not, parents are contacted to obtain the record, provide the needed immunizations, or submit exemption paperwork. Health care agencies use the system to determine if health care professionals are current on vaccine preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, and the hepatitis series. Public health and clinics use the system to determine if vaccines may have been administered in other settings to avoid duplication and unnecessary vaccinations.

In Minnesota, local public health agencies utilize the aggregate data to work with the general public and providers to promote immunizations. Collectively, improving immunization rates decrease the incidence of vaccine preventable diseases.

Vaccine recall or vaccine handling issues have also resulted in the need to identify clients who have received a particular lot number of a vaccine. Clients can be contacted in order to obtain a repeat dose of vaccine.

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