Influenza & Pneumococcal Immunizations Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination levels among adults 65 years of age and older remain well below the Healthy People 2010 objective of 90%. There is a need for more effective strategies for delivering vaccines to high-risk persons, medical providers, and household contacts.
Quality Insights will work with a selected group of physician practices throughout the state that use electronic health records (EHRs) to improve immunization and pnuemococcal vaccination rates. We will assist the participating practices implement care management processes that focus on these illnesses.
We will educate each participating practice on using its EHR capabilities to improve immunization rates, using Doctor’s Office Quality–Information Technology University (DOQ-IT University). Each participating practice will use its certified EHR to report influenza and pneumococcal immunization data directly to the CMS Clinical Data Warehouse.
Interventions that support health information technology (HIT) have the potential to improve immunization rates through timely notification of providers and patients when a vaccination should be scheduled.
In addition to assisting the participating practices, we will monitor statewide immunization rates and produce an annual report of statewide trends.
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