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.
North Dakota: Provider Enrollment Process for CDC Reporting
The North Dakota Department of Health developed a streamlined provider enrollment process that could easily export data for required CDC reporting.
North Dakota: Long-Term Care Facility Partnerships
The North Dakota Department of Health coordinates with long-term care facilities to build ongoing partnerships between peers and immunization providers.
North Dakota: State Supplemental COVID-19 Vaccine Locator Tool
North Dakota created a state-wide COVID-19 vaccine locator tool to supplement the federal vaccine locator tool (vaccine.gov).
North Dakota: Getting a Jump Start on New or Revised ACIP Vaccine Recommendations
The North Dakota Department of Health Immunization program manager listens to ACIP meetings via the CDC webcast link (www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/webcast-instructions.html) to quickly disseminate to providers information related to new or revised immunization recommendations and begin planning programmatic adjustments.
North Dakota: Rural HPV Vaccine School-Located Clinics
Local public health units in North Dakota implemented school-based HPV vaccination clinics to increase HPV vaccination rates. The North Dakota Immunization and Cancer Coalition funded mini-grants to local public health units to conduct school-based HPV vaccination clinics for age eligible…
North Dakota: Identifying Unreported Vaccine Storage and Handling Incidents
The North Dakota immunization program requires providers to submit monthly temperature logs to ensure that vaccine is stored at the correct temperatures. Logs are reviewed by staff to find previously unreported excursions. Data was tracked for a one-year period to…
North Dakota: Immunization Program Collaboration with the North Dakota Ryan White Program
The Ryan White program provides primary healthcare and support services to individuals diagnosed with HIV and AIDS. Individuals living with HIV/AIDS are recommended to receive additional immunizations above what is normally recommended for their age group, as they are a…
North Dakota: School Immunization Quality Improvement
[2018 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner!] To better understand North Dakota’s decreasing immunization rates, increasing exemption rates, and the large number of students with an unknown immunization status, the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) implemented quality improvement to increase rates at…