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Cooperative Agreements with...

CDC/NCIRD currently has a Cooperative Agreement with these organizations to forge new, and strengthen existing, partnerships with IIS stakeholders; promote the use of IIS as a standard practice in the delivery of health services, and educate stakeholders about the use and benefits of IIS. The following materials have been developed under this agreement:

  • Partnering with Health PlansExternal Web Site Policy pdf version [4.71MKB - 20 pages]
  • SnapShots article EMRsExternal Web Site Policy pdf version [4.17KB - 8 pages]
  • PROW recommendationsExternal Web Site Policy pdf version [783KB - 48 pages]
  • PROW Demonstration SitesExternal Web Site Policy pdf version [758KB - 44 pages]
  • MIROW (Modeling of Immunization Registry Operations Workgroup)
    The American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA), in partnership with the CDC/NIP, is working on a new initiative directed at the analysis and improvement of immunization information system (IIS) operations. The MIROW of AIRA is formed to conduct this work. The goal of this effort is to produce, or grow, an IIS "Best Practice" guidebook for operationalizing registry functionality. The following documents can be accessed from the AIRA websiteExternal Web Site Policy
      • MIROW Chapter 1: Management of Moved or Gone Elsewhere (MOGE) Status and Other Patient Designations in IIS
      • MIROW Chapter 2:Vaccine Level Deduplication in Immunization Information Systems 
      • MIROW Chapter 3: Data Quality Assurance in IIS: Incoming Data
      • MIROW Chapter 3: Mini Guide
  • MOGE definition workshopExternal Web Site Policy
  • Model Data Sharing LawExternal Web Site Policy
  • IIS ProfilesExternal Web Site Policy
  • AIRA SIGsExternal Web Site Policy

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Formal Resolutions

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Letters of Support or Endorsement

All letters of support or endorsement (combined into one document)
print version pdf version [2.08MKB - 14 pages] or text-only version text-only version [23KB]

  • AAPExternal Web Site Policy (American Academy of Pediatrics) Policy on the Development of Immunization Tracking Systems

  • AAHPExternal Web Site Policy (American Association of Health Plans)  

  • AMAExternal Web Site Policy (American College of Medicine)  

  • AOAExternal Web Site Policy (American Osteopathic Association)  

  • APHAExternal Web Site Policy (The American Public Health Association)  

  • ASHA (American School Health Association)  

  • ASTHOExternal Web Site Policy (Association of State and Territorial Health Officers)  

  • IPAVAPP (Informed Parents Against Vaccine Associated Paralytic Polio)  

  • NACCHO (National Assoc. of County & City Health Officials)

  • NAPNAPExternal Web Site Policy (National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners)  

  • NASNExternal Web Site Policy (National Association of School Nurses)

  • USDoEExternal Web Site Policy (U.S. Department of Education)

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External Web Site Policy Links to non-federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the federal government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.

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This page last modified on April 6, 2009
Content last reviewed on March 13, 2009
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

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