District of Columbia: Improving Kindergarten MMR Rates
DC Health, OSSE, and school partners launched a multiagency strategy to boost pediatric immunization rates.
Rhode Island: Vaccinate Before You Graduate (VBYG) Program
The RIDOH launched the Vaccinate Before You Graduate (VBYG) program to ensure all RI students have a chance to be fully immunized before high school graduation.
Indiana: Transforming Measurement & Improvement (M&I) Results
To achieve accurate, timely, and high-quality data, Indiana’s immunization program revitalized their partnership with their immunization information system (IIS) vendor, SCThealth, and the American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA).
Missouri: Utilizing Data Dashboards to Promote School Immunization Efforts
Missouri’s immunization department developed a data dashboard to help streamline communication around immunization rates.
New York: Resources to Combat Misinformation
The New York government created website resources for the public to combat misinformation about COVID-19 illness and vaccines.
North Dakota: Pharmacy Collaboration to Improve Vaccine Administration
NDIIS began working with one local pharmacy chain to establish a process for the pharmacy to bulk query the IIS for their patient’s immunization histories.
Colorado: IIS Kindergarten MMR Dashboard
Colorado continues to rank at the bottom of immunization coverage rates in the United States. For the 2018-2019 school year, Colorado’s kindergarten coverage rate for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine was 87.4%, a 1.3% decrease from the previous…
Minnesota: MMR Vaccine Hesitancy Among Somali Minnesotans
The Minnesota Department of Health conducted outbreak activities and extended community interventions during their measles outbreak that began in April of 2017. Most of the cases were within the Somali-Minnesotan community and could have been attributed to declines in MMR…
Indiana: MyVaxINdiana – Expanding access to immunization records
Indiana operates a lifespan registry (IIS) that includes all residents who have an immunization record in the IIS. Through a partnership with the Office of the National Controller (ONC), an online tool was created allowing individuals to access a copy…
Washington: Kindergarten Immunization Report Card [2017 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner]
Seeking a new approach to reduce exemption and out-of-compliance rates from school requirements, Washington began returning kindergarten immunization data to school administrators and nurses in the form of an annual report card. The report cards include three years of immunization…