title: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians: use of reminder and recall by vaccination providers to increase vaccination rates.
abstract: This statement by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) presents and recommends a programmatic strategy-the use of a reminder and/or recall (R/R) system by vaccination providers-to increase vaccination rates. In 1992, a national survey indicated that 8% of pediatricians and 5% of family physicians had implemented a manual vaccination R/R system and 6% and 5%, respectively, used a computer-based system for vaccination R/R messages. In 1993, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee issued the "Standards for Pediatric Immunization Practices," which recommend that all public and private health-care providers use a vaccination R/R system. These standards were endorsed by ACIP, AAP, and AAFP. By 1995 a survey indicated that R/R systems were used by 35% of pediatricians and 23% of family physicians (R. Zimmerman, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, personal communication, 1995).
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017010:Reminder Systems; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*