Ruth S. Gubernick, AAPNJ/PCORE, 5 Woodbury Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ, USA,
Zina Kleyman, Office of Information Technology, New Jersey Dept. of Health and Senior Services, PO Box 360, Quakerbridge Plaza, Bldg. 12B, Trenton, NJ, USA, William G. Adams, Boston University School of Medicine and NICHQ, 91 East Concord St., Maternity 412, Boston, MA, USA, Katherine Wytovich, Vaccine Preventable Disease Program, NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, PO Box 369, Trenton, NJ, USA, Jane Taylor, National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ), 3740 Pleasant Ave, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Steven Kairys, Chair., Pediatrics, Jersey Shore Univ. Med. Center, 1945 Route 33, Neptune, NJ, USA, and Alan E. Kohrt, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th & Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
BACKGROUND:
Immunization registries are an important resource, however, excellent immunization delivery depends on successfully integrating a registry with the primary care provider's office-based immunization delivery system.
OBJECTIVE:
To present the New Jersey Immunization and Preventive Services Project (NJIPSP) that integrates: 1) the NJ Immunization Information System (NJIIS); 2) a collaborative network of 9 private and public primary care sites, the NJ Dept. of Health and Senior Services, the AAP, NJ Chapter's Pediatric Council on Research and Education (PCORE) and the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ); 3) a Model for Improvement that helps participating clinical sites use the NJIIS to measure quality improvement (QI) and share innovative solutions for improvement.
METHOD:
The NJIPSP uses the NJIIS and a password-protected shared website accessed from the NJIIS home page for reporting and posting project resources; a measurement strategy, and a listserv to support a modified Breakthrough Learning Collaborative for continuous quality improvement.
RESULT:
This presentation will: 1) describe the web-based collaborative site within NJIIS which supports easy measurement of quality improvement progress and sharing of each practice's progress; 2) describe the tools developed for the project, including an immunization systems assessment tool and a comprehensive set of change concepts expected to lead to improvement; and 3) present results from the first nine months of the 12 month learning collaborative.
CONCLUSION:
Improvement of immunization delivery requires both innovative technology and a commitment and plan for monitoring and supporting continuous quality improvement. The NJIPSP is a model which has improved the delivery of immunizations by using the NJIIS more effectively.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Understand the NJIPSP model
Understand how an immunization registry can support quality improvement
Understand key office-based changes that can be made by providers using an immunization registry to improve immunization services
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