Learning Objectives for this Presentation:
By the end of the presentation participants will be able to:
1. Understand the need for provider participation in a state immunization registry
2. Acknowledge the logistics of immunization registry user registration
3. Identify how a state immunization registry can be used to assist in school or child care immunization reporting
4. Recognize the obstacles in incorporating school data in to an immunization registry.



Background:
Michigan has had a working immunization registry since 1998. Physician reporting to the MI registry is mandated by both state legislation and the MI-VFC user agreement. In 2003, development started in implementing the School Immunization Record-keeping System (SIRS) program into the Michigan Childhood Immunization Registry (MCIR). This venture would allow schools and child care programs to access MCIR data from the student rosters built in the SIRS program. This in turn allows the facility to add immunization data not yet entered into MCIR to use for immunization compliancy and report immunization compliancy based on SIRS and MCIR immunization data to the local health department electronically.


Setting:
Healthcare providers, preschools, childcare centers, Head Start, local health departments, private and public schools.


Population:
All kindergarten and sixth grade, new students into a school district and all entrants in a child care setting.


Project Description:
Requirement documentation and program development , testing and training with a core user group, roll-out obstacles and access.


Results/Lessons Learned:
Registration, training, populating data, access, acceptance, data quality, transfer, user-friendliness, hurdles with the Department of Education and the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act.