Utah Statewide Immunization Information System (USIIS) is the state immunization registry. It is connected to about 700 organizations, including 100% public health clinics, 60% of private providers, many schools, daycares, pharmacies, and Indian Health Services. Data exchange methods range from web data entry, batch file transfer, proprietary or HL7 data interfaces, and real-time exchange with Intermountain
Healthcare’s electronic health records. Clinicians in Utah ranked immunization data as one of the first five use cases for developing the statewide clinical Health Information Exchange (cHIE) in Utah Health Information Network. Utah Department of Health has collaborated with Utah Health Information Network to develop the immunization information exchange.
Objective
The goal of the immunization information exchange is to expand the USIIS interoperability to all private providers, especially those who are not a USIIS’ user but participate in cHIE.