title: Improvements in immunization compliance using a computerized tracking system for inner city clinics.
abstract: Vaccination compliance rates were calculated for 1995 to 2001 for enrolled patients, based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and age-appropriate vaccine schedules. The results reported here indicate computerized tracking with the Doctor's Pediatric Immunization Program (Dr. PIP) maintained vaccine compliance rates (> 90%) in healthy and immunocompromised children at 2 months and 12 months of age. Instituting the computerized system has yielded nearly optimal results in both indigenous inner-city clinics. Despite the efficient progress made by automated tracking, the results for specific vaccine strategies (Varicella) and target groups (human immunodeficiency virus, high-risk indigent populations) may require on-going and intensive educational efforts to achieve optimization levels.
authors.affiliation: Women and Children's Health Research Foundation, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, NY 14209, USA.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tung
authors.forename: Linda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: Joyce O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Gyamfi
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wojtaszczyk
authors.forename: Askia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dozier
authors.forename: Tammy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tempfer
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Putnam
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bonafede
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D014611:Vaccination