Immunization Registries
MU Requirements
Meaningful Use Measures:
Performed at least one test of certified EHR technology's capacity to submit electronic data to immunization registries.
Certification Criteria for EHR:
Electronically record, retrieve, and transmit immunization information to immunization registries in accordance with the standards% specified in Table 2A row 8 (HL7 2.3.1 or HL7 2.5.1) or in accordance with the applicable state-designated standard format.
Requires the CDC Implementation Guide for HL7 Version 2.3.1, or the new 1.0 guide using HL7 Version 2.5.1.
Available interface file formats for NJ Immunization Registry
- NJIIS XML Schema V. 1.0
- Delimited Immunization Upload
- HL7 v 2.3.1. Message type VXU v04 (Unsolicited vaccination record update).
- HEDIS XML
- HEDIS CSV
- HEDIS CSV with Provider Info
Available file transfer protocols for NJ Immunization Registry
- SFTP
- HTTPS
Proposed Solution
1. Add an "injection site" to immunization form. The rest of the form looks good.
Effected Code, Tables, etc
Owner and Status
Design - Tony McCormick (MI2) and Thomas Wong (Intesync)
Status: California Specs collected on 1/22/2010, demographic requirements added to OpenEMR
