Describe one of the functional standards of the Immunization Information Systems and explain its importance thoroughly and completely.(use your own word not copy/past)

Functional Standards by Programmatic Goal, 2013-2017

1. Support the delivery of clinical immunization services at the point of immunization administration, regardless of setting.

1. The IIS provides individual immunization records accessible to authorized users at the point and time where immunization services are being delivered.

2. The IIS has an automated function that determines vaccines due, past due, or coming due (“vaccine forecast”) in a manner consistent with current!CIP recommendations; !any deficiency is visible to the clinical user each time an individual’s record is viewed;

3. The IIS automatically identifies individuals due/past due to immunization(s), to enable the production of reminder/recall notifications from within the IIS itself or from interoperable systems.

4. When the IIS receives queries from other health information systems, it can generate an automatic response in accordance with interoperability standards endorsed by CDC for message content/format and transport.

5. The IIS can receive submissions in accordance with interoperability standards endorsed by CDC for message content/format and transport.

2. Support the activities and requirements for the publicly-purchased vaccine, including the Vaccines For Children (VFC) and state purchase programs.

1. The IIS has a vaccine inventory function that tracks and decrements inventory at the provider site level according to VFC program requirements.

2. The IIS vaccine inventory function is available to direct data entry users and can interoperate with EHR or other inventory systems.

3. The IIS vaccine inventory function automatically decrements as vaccine doses are recorded.

4. Eligibility is tracked at the dose level for all doses administered.

5. The IIS interfaces with the national vaccine ordering, inventory, and distribution system (currently VTrckS).

6. The IIS can provide data and/or produce management reports for VFC and other public vaccine programs.

3. Maintain data quality (accurate, complete, timely data) on all immunization and demographic information in the IIS.

1. The IIS provides consolidated demographic and immunization records for persons of all ages in its geopolitical area, except where prohibited by law, regulation, or policy.

2. The IIS can regularly evaluate incoming and existing patient records to identify, prevent, and resolve duplicate and fragmented records.

3. The IIS can regularly evaluate incoming and existing immunization information to identify, prevent, and resolve duplicate vaccination events.

4. The IIS can store all IIS Core Data Elements (see Appendix B).

5. The IIS can establish a record in a timely manner from sources such as Vital Records for each newborn child born and residing at the date of birth in its geopolitical area.

6. The IIS records and makes available all submitted vaccination and/or demographic information in a timely manner.

7. The IIS documents active/inactive status of individuals at both the provider organization/site and geographic levels.

4. Preserve the integrity, security, availability, and privacy of all personally-identifiable health and demographic data in the IIS.

1. The IIS program has written confidentiality and privacy practices and policies based on applicable law or regulation that protect all individuals whose data are contained in the system.

2. The IIS has user access controls and logging, including distinct credentials for each user, least-privilege vaccess, and routine maintenance of access privileges.

3. The IIS is operated or hosted on secure hardware and software in accordance with industry standards for protected health information, including standards for security/encryption, uptime, and disaster recovery.

5. Provide immunization information to all authorized stakeholders.

1. The IIS can provide immunization data access to healthcare providers, public health, and other authorized stakeholders (e.g., schools, public programs, payers) according to law, regulation or policy.

2. The IIS can generate predefined and/or ad hoc reports (e.g., immunization coverage, vaccine usage, and other important indicators by geographic, demographic, provider, or provider groups) for authorized users without assistance from IIS personnel.

3. With appropriate levels of authentication, IIS can provide copies of immunization records to individuals or parents/guardians with custodial rights.

4. The IIS can produce an immunization record acceptable for official purposes (e.g., school, childcare, camp).