Published on in Vol 8, No 1 (2016):

Data Exchange Between Immunization Registry and Disease Surveillance System

Data Exchange Between Immunization Registry and Disease Surveillance System

Data Exchange Between Immunization Registry and Disease Surveillance System

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Using existing immunization registry query functionality, an automated linkage was built for data exchange between immunization registry and disease surveillance system. A HL7 query file of reported pertussis cases was sent to immunization registry and a response file that contains vaccine related information was loaded into disease surveillance vaccine table. This process provides a timely and efficient way to get vaccine information for vaccine preventable reported cases.