title: Designed to expedite: immunization registry information systems.
abstract: Nationally, more and more school nurses are encountering immunization registries or Immunization Information Systems as they search for immunization records on children attending their schools. Given the rise of immunization registries, the difficulty for parents to produce complete records, and the ongoing need of school nurses to gain access to this information, this is the time to bridge the gap between school nurses and immunization registries. The following article aims to help bring more information about immunization registries to school nurses. Following are excerpts taken from a special edition of Snapshots, the newsletter for the American Immunization Registry Association to help explain what registries are and how they might help.
authors.affiliation: American Immunization Registry Association, Syracuse, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Deb
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ilardi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000451:nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012042:Registries; D012573:School Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States