AIRA Committees and Workgroups

The Education Steering Committee works to determine and address the educational needs of the AIRA membership and the IIS community.
Co-chairs: Amy Metroka and Mary Beth Kurilo.

The Data Exchange Standards Steering Committee coordinates the work of the three Data Exchange Standards Workgroups.
Chair: Emily Peterson.

Data Exchange Standards Workgroups

The Messaging Workgroup supports existing HL7 and emerging message definition work as required by the CDC/NVAC for immunization registry data exchange compliance, and in response to registry project needs.
Co-chairs: Alean Kirnak and Emily Peterson.

The Data Definitions Workgroup will review, develop and document a common set of data element definitions, vocabularies and code sets required by immunization information systems.
Co-chairs: Rob Savage and Cecile Town.

The Transport Layer Workgroup will focus on providing information, resources and expertise and will develop a set of transport layer recommendations that will serve as a guide for immunization registry use.
Co-chairs: Angel Aponte and Kevin Davidson.

The Provider Participation Steering Committee works to develop marketing strategies, resources and tools to support provider recruitment and retention. Co-chairs: Sherry Riddick and Mark Sawyer.

The IIS Peformance Improvement Workgroup will work to develop, test and refine an IIS performance improvement assessment tool and process. Co-Chairs: Lora Santilli (NYS) and Don Blose (OK).

The PROW Steering Committee is responsible for the annual Center of Excellence Award nomination and review process.
Chair: Nichole Lambrecht.

The MIROW (Modeling of Immunization Registry Operations Workgroup) Steering Committee will apply business modeling principles and practices to specific immunization registry operations.
Co-chairs: Warren Williams and Elaine Lowery.