Immunization Quality Improvement for Providers (IQIP) Program
The IQIP Purpose
The purpose of IQIP is to promote and support the implementation of provider-level strategies designed to help increase on-time vaccination of children and adolescents.
What is IQIP?
IQIP is CDC’s national, Vaccines for Children (VFC) provider-level immunization quality improvement (QI) program. IQIP serves to assist and support health care providers by identifying opportunities to improve vaccine uptake and to help providers be:
- Motivated to try new vaccination service delivery strategies and incorporate changes into their current practices
- Supported in sustaining changes and improvement to their vaccination service delivery
- Aware of and knowledgeable about vaccination coverage and missed opportunities to vaccinate
- Able to use available data from the IIS to improve services and coverage
The IQIP Process
IQIP is a 12-month process during which public health representatives and VFC providers collaborate to implement provider-level QI strategies to increase vaccine uptake by improving and enhancing vaccination workflow.
Site Visit
Site Visit
2-Month and 6-Month Check-Ins
2-Month and 6-Month Check-Ins
12-Month Follow-Up
12-Month Follow-Up
- Provider’s vaccination workflow is observed, and initial coverage is reviewed
- QI strategies are selected
- Technical assistance is provided by the IQIP consultant
- Action items are chosen for strategy implementation plan
- Provider’s vaccination workflow is observed, and initial coverage is reviewed
- QI strategies are selected
- Technical assistance is provided by the IQIP consultant
- Action items are chosen for strategy implementation plan
- Progress toward strategy implementation is reviewed
- Technical assistance is provided by the IQIP consultant
- Strategy implementation plan is reviewed and updated
- Progress toward strategy implementation is reviewed
- Technical assistance is provided by the IQIP consultant
- Strategy implementation plan is reviewed and updated
- Progress toward strategy implementation is reviewed and updated
- Technical assistance is provided by the IQIP consultant
- Year-over-year coverage change is reviewed
- Progress toward strategy implementation is reviewed and updated
- Technical assistance is provided by the IQIP consultant
- Year-over-year coverage change is reviewed
Learn More about IQIP
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) Recommended Immunization Schedules
- Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases – The Pink Book
- State and Local Immunization Program Websites
- Foster Support for Vaccination in Your Practice
- Vaccinate With Confidence
- Immunization Information Systems (IIS)
- Immunization Education & Training: Foster a Culture of Immunization
- Immunization Education & Training
- Quality Improvement Projects Targeting Immunization
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Practice Improvement
- Vaccines for Children
- HIPAA and Access to Patient Records during IQIP and VFC Visits
- Comprehensive Clinic Assessment Software (CoCASA)
To get answers to your questions or if you need support, email us at IQIP@cdc.gov