Immunization registries are fast becoming a health data asset. They are potentially the most important information resource within a health agency, especially with the federal focus on meaningful use and health information exchange.
Key to leveraging registry data will be the ability to conduct ad hoc reporting, analyze data statistically, and monitor and discriminate information quickly.
To evaluate the cost and benefit of implementing new tools to support user access to data, Scientific Technologies Corporation recently completed a demonstration project with the Louisiana registry which proved the value and effectiveness of such tools as described in the Leveraging Statewide Immunization Registry Data Assets white paper.
Overview
This white paper describes the value of using a business intelligence tool to access information within an immunization registry. Statewide registries that capture population-based immunization records contain significant amounts of health information specific to vaccine preventable diseases. Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC), in partnership with the State of Louisiana and Space-Time Research (STR), undertook a demonstration project to test the feasibility and value of integrating a decision-support toolset into a state immunization registry.
The demonstration project showed that ad-hoc reporting and easy access to all data in an immunization registry creates an information environment that offers users and decision makers data that previously had not been readily available. Furthermore, it demonstrated the possibility of creating data queries in minutes to assess risk, improve the management of resources, and monitor rapidly changing conditions such as the recent Novel H1N1 event.