BY Noam Arzt ON Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | Events | HIE & Interoperability | Immunization Information System (IIS) | NACCHO | Open Source | Public Health | Syndromic Surveillance | Vaccine Credentials
The HLN team attended the NACCHO360 Conference with over 1,900 local public health professionals and other stakeholders either in Atlanta or virtually. Here are some highlights from the conference.
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The IIS community is making strides towards enabling a more transparent exchange of information between IIS. This is to primarily ensure that vaccinations received by an individual in a location other than where they live will find their way to the IIS in the individual’s home jurisdiction.
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Managing and documenting vaccination events for US residents who received COVID-19 vaccinations outside of the US is challenging and may not get easier anytime soon.
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Over the past several months, we have described how the vaccine credential effort in the US differs from the situation in other countries. In this blog we review the “facts on the ground” as we see them and offer a way forward for the US.
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As part of their core function, Immunization Information Systems (IIS) already provide complete and comprehensive immunization records for the individuals whose records they hold either directly or through a clinical provider. In this article we will address the similarities and differences between vaccine credentials and traditional immunization histories and offer some opportunities for public health to maintain its role in data access.
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How should public health agencies understand and manage the flurry of controversy – and the loud cautions – surrounding digital vaccine credentials? This blog post is part of a series of posts we have written over the past few weeks.
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As Smart Vaccination Certificate (SVC) plans continue to develop, it all boils down to the rules that will be developed to make the SVC’s usable. Many of these rules currently don’t exist so we analyze some key factors in this blog.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued its Interim guidance for developing a Smart Vaccination Certificate (SVC). Here are our comments on WHO’s technical approach and recommendations for member nations to adopt and implement.
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A key factor of reopening in the United States and some other countries may be a requirement for individuals to prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. “Proof” may be embodied in a paper – or electronic – certificate whose source and contents can be independently verified to ensure validity. Part 3 discusses our recommendations for the US.
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A key factor of reopening in the United States and some other countries may be a requirement for individuals to prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. “Proof” may be embodied in a paper – or electronic – certificate whose source and contents can be independently verified to ensure validity. Here in Part 2, we discuss major initiatives underway.
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