The Philadelphia Immunization Program created a position for a dedicated, in-house Communications Coordinator, to improve public and provider communication around childhood and adult immunization topics.
The Oregon immunization program developed a one-page guide to summarize the current national recommendations for pneumococcal vaccines.
The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Bureau of Immunization (BOI) conducted a multi-faceted project to support hepatitis B vaccination of high-risk adults.
The New Hampshire Immunization Program (NHIP) developed an adult immunization awareness campaign to promote conversations between health care providers and their adult patients about the importance of being vaccinated.
Tdap vaccine is provided at no cost to participating birthing hospitals and OB/GYNs to vaccinate pregnant or newly delivered mothers and one additional family member.
The Nevada State Immunization Program provides 317-funded vaccines to a local health district (LHD) for community outreach to vulnerable seniors.
The Minnesota Immunization Program in the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) created pharmacy-specific educational resources to promote immunization best practices.
Michigan created a county-level Immunization Report Card that presents coverage levels for select vaccine measures across the lifespan using data from the state’s immunization information system (IIS).
Louisiana has revised its Board of Pharmacy Practice Act to include the requirement for pharmacists to report administered vaccines to the state immunization information system (IIS), and to expand their authority to administer vaccines without a prescription.
Measures of vaccine coverage for selected adult vaccines were added to benchmark report options in the Iowa Immunization Registry Information System (IRIS).