title: Provider Preferences and Experiences With a Countywide Centralized Collaborative Reminder/Recall for Childhood Immunizations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess among providers in 7 Colorado counties where a collaborative centralized reminder/recall (CC-R/R) using the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) was performed: 1) preferences about CC-R/R conducted by the public health department (PHD); 2) preferences for future CC-R/R for different vaccines with and without practice names; and 3) experiences with including their name on CC-R/R notices.
  
  
  METHODS
  A mailed survey was sent to all primary care sites where CC-R/R had been previously conducted. Respondents self-identified as the "the person in charge of immunization policy within the practice."
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall response rate was 69.9% (160 of 229). Twenty-one were removed because they did not provide immunizations to children. Among respondents, 65.0% were from family medicine and 26.3% from pediatric practices; 32.1% physicians or midlevel providers; 34.3% nurses or medical assistants; and 33.6% office managers. Taking into account all issues, 57.6% were "okay" with either the PHD or their practice conducting recall; 27.3% preferred the PHD; and 14.4% preferred their practice conduct R/R. Fifty-six percent of active CIIS practices (n = 95) included their practice's name on CC-R/R notices. Interest in future CC-R/R for different ages and vaccines was strongly related to whether reminders included the practice name: 77.8% for routine immunizations in 4- to 6-year-olds; 74.8% for immunizations for 0- to 3-year-olds; 73.3% for vaccines administered to adolescents; and 59.7% for influenza (P < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most practices are accepting of the PHD centrally conducting R/R, but most prefer collaboration that includes their name. Given the success and support of this method, it should be more widely adopted.
authors.affiliation: ACCORDS (Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, Colo. Electronic address: Alison.Saville@ucdenver.edu.
authors.forename: Alison W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Saville
authors.affiliation: ACCORDS (Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, Colo.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gurfinkel
authors.affiliation: ACCORDS (Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, Colo.
authors.forename: Carter
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sevick
authors.affiliation: ACCORDS (Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, Colo; Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colo.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beaty
authors.affiliation: ACCORDS (Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, Colo; Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colo.
authors.forename: L Miriam
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Dickinson
authors.affiliation: ACCORDS (Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, Colo; Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colo.
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kempe
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003120:Colorado; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D063005:Health Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D009111:Local Government; D008297:Male; D000072143:Pediatricians; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011634:Public Health; D017010:Reminder Systems; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines
keywords: centralized reminder/recall; immunization information systems (IIS); immunizations; population-based reminder/recall; provider acceptability; recall and reminder messages; survey