Registry
strategic plan document *
(for
printing)
In
July 2001, the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) committed
to the development of a 3-5 year strategic plan to ensure
reaching the 2010 immunization registry national objective
– to increase to 95% the proportion of children (ages
0 - <6 years) participating in a fully operational, population-based
immunization registry . Although the dedication and hard work
of public health professionals throughout the U.S. have resulted
in immunization registry progress in every state, only 24%
of children are participating in population-based immunization
registries.
The
strategic plan is intended to provide a roadmap of activities
required to reach the 2010 registry objective. Although the
plan was to focus on NCIRD’s responsibilities, it was
acknowledged that achieving the 2010 registry objective would
depend on the experience, shared vision, and collaboration
of all immunization registry partners. Thus, although the
plan was envisioned to be broad in scope and outline all national
activities required to meet the registry objective, many of
the identified activities will be applicable to the state
and local levels.
Approximately
50 representatives of NCIRD and its partners, including registry
developers, informatics experts, immunization providers, immunization
program managers, federal stakeholders, software developers,
and non-governmental organizations, were chosen as planners.
With assistance from Soza and Company, Ltd., a three-step
development process was identified: 1) an analysis of the
current environment in NCIRD and the Immunization Information Systems Support
Branch (IISSB) (NCIRD’s lead immunization registry activity);
2) the creation of a draft plan reached by consensus; and
3) the achievement of plan buy-in from the registry community
at the national, state, and local levels, as well as from
senior NIP management.
As
intended, the plan is ambitious and broad, however, each of
its activities is considered critical to achieving the registry
national objective.
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1
US Department of Health and Human Services. Immunizations
and infectious diseases. In: Healthy People 2010 (conference
ed, vol 1). Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human
Services, 2000:14-41--2. Available at http://www.health.gov/healthypeople.
Accessed January 16, 2002.
2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Immunization
Registry Use and Progress – United States, 2001. MMWR.
2002;51:53-56.
