Purpose
Administering Clinician
Description: The clinician delivering a dose of a vaccine to the patient. Also known as “Administering Provider.” Note: The administering clinician suffix must be captured if the IIS serves as the primary record for the vaccination event (e.g., during a mass vaccination clinic).
Rationale for inclusion: Enables verification that vaccines were given by authorized, credentialed providers at legitimate healthcare facilities.
Functional Standard(s): 4.0
Repeat: No
Data Source: Vaccination Event (for example, reported by an Electronic Health Records (EHR) of a hospital system)
Standards Mapping:
| Standard | Data Element | Usage |
| HL7 v2 | RXA-10 | RE |
| USCDI V5 | Care Team Member Name |
Vaccine Ordering Clinician
Description: The identifier of the provider (person) ordering the immunization. Note: this "provider name" could include an actual name, or an ID and/or assigning authority. May also be referenced as the prescriber ordering provider Identifier.
Rationale for inclusion: Serves as a quality check to ensure that recorded vaccinations are from credible sources and can help identify data entry errors or potentially fraudulent vaccination records when the ordering provider doesn't match expected patterns for a given patient or facility.
Functional Standard(s): 4.0
Repeat: No
Data Source: Vaccination Event (for example, reported by an EHR of a hospital system)
Standards Mapping:
| Standard | Data Element | Usage |
| HL7 v2 | ORC-12 | C(RE/O) |
| USCDI V5 | Care Team Member Name |