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Immunization Action Coalition Highlights Immunization Registries
The Immunization Action Coalition has prepared a new web page all about articles, recommendations, and resources to parents and providers on Immunization Registries. This is really a great site with a lot of valuable information. Check it out at http://www.immunize.org/registries.
(Source: Katie Reed)
From the IAC Express June 30, 2003 issue:
IAC’s NEW “IMMUNIZATION REGISTRIES” WEB PAGE SIMPLIFIES ACCESS TO ONLINE RESOURCES
Recently, the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) culled material about immunization registries from professional journals and government publications and used it to develop a new web page, "Immunization Registries." The national health goals for 2010 specify that 95 percent of children from birth up to age 6 years participate in a fully operational, population-based immunization registry. One of IAC's goals in developing the new web page is to provide those interested in registries with information that will speed the growth of registries and help attain the 2010 objectives.
The growth of registries is a recent and welcome occurrence. Health professionals who provide vaccinations know the frustration of trying to track down a new patient's shot record. Because of population mobility, changes in health plan rules, and changes in employment, patients, particularly children, often visit multiple providers to complete immunizations. When providers are not able to access previous records quickly, they may defer needed vaccines or give unnecessary doses.
Immunization registries, which are centralized repositories for immunization records, are the solution to this problem. Across the nation, many are functioning on the state and local level.
The new "Immunization Registries" web page is located in the Topics of Interest section in the right column of IAC's home page (www.immunize.org). To access it, go to: http://www.immunize.org/registries