“The goal of the Consumer Engagement for IIS project is to increase consumer’s online access to immunization records and forecasts through State and Regional IIS. Enabling online consumer access to IIS records fosters better vaccinated families and contributes to informed health decision making. Consumer online access to immunization records also reduces immunization record-related entry barriers to schools, childcare, camps, and travel.”
“The Consumer Engagement for IIS project is a collaborative effort between the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Audacious Inquiry, and Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC). To enable consumer access, the project team pilots My Immunization Record (MyIR), an immunization specific portal, created by STC to allow individuals to access their immunization records and forecasts instantly online…”
“More and more, consumers rely on technology for health records access and communication. To keep up with consumer expectation, the project team is seeking patient portal, electronic health record (tethered and untethered), and personal health record partners to integrate with state or regional IIS’. This integration will enable consumers to query the IIS and keep their vaccination records in a single unified place with the rest of their health records.”
“As a result of lessons learned through the initial phase of the Consumer Engagement for IIS project, HHS kicked off the Human Centered Design Patient Portal and IIS Connectivity Project in June 2019. This project will inform how personal health record vendors and/or third-party applications can best collaborate with IIS to provide consumers with access to their immunization records.”
“Human centered design research principles will be used to streamline the process of obtaining access to immunization data for consumers. Consumer feedback will drive product designs based on expectations for the registration, authentication, and interaction process. Consumer feedback will be gathered via surveys and interviews and products will be iteratively refined and updated as feedback is received.” Read the full article here.
Source: Consumer Engagement for Immunization Information Systems (IIS) – November 15, 2019. HHS Office of the Chief Technology Officer.
