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. 2024 Sep 17;42 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):125495.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.12.005. Epub 2023 Dec 14.

Monitoring and reporting the US COVID-19 vaccination effort

Lynn Gibbs Scharf  1 , Kafayat Adeniyi  2 , Emily Augustini  3 , Deborah Boyd  4 , Laura Corvin  3 , Roua El Kalach  2 , Hannah Fast  2 , Janet Fath  2 , LaTreace Harris  2 , Danielle Henderson  2 , Jan Hicks-Thomson  2 , Nkenge Jones-Jack  2 , Amanda Kellerman  2 , Agha Nabeel Khan  2 , Sunanda Shu McGarvey  4 , Jennifer E McGehee  2 , Christine E Miner  2 , Lori B Moore  2 , Bhavini Patel Murthy  2 , Stuart Myerburg  2 , Elizabeth Neuhaus  2 , Kimvy Nguyen  4 , Melody Parker  2 , Susan Pierce-Richards  2 , David Samchok  2 , Lauren K Shaw  2 , Samantha Spoto  3 , Arunkumar Srinivasan  2 , Carla Stearle  2 , Jacob Thomas  4 , Mark Winarsky  2 , Elizabeth Zell  5
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Monitoring and reporting the US COVID-19 vaccination effort

Lynn Gibbs Scharf et al. Vaccine. .

Abstract

Immunizations are an important tool to reduce the burden of vaccine preventable diseases and improve population health.1 High-quality immunization data is essential to inform clinical and public health interventions and respond to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. To track COVID-19 vaccines and vaccinations, CDC established an integrated network that included vaccination provider systems, health information exchange systems, immunization information systems, pharmacy and dialysis systems, vaccine ordering systems, electronic health records, and tools to support mass vaccination clinics. All these systems reported data to CDC's COVID-19 response system (either directly or indirectly) where it was processed, analyzed, and disseminated. This unprecedented vaccine tracking effort provided essential information for public health officials that was used to monitor the COVID-19 response and guide decisions. This paper will describe systems, processes, and policies that enabled monitoring and reporting of COVID-19 vaccination efforts and share challenges and lessons learned for future public health emergency responses.

Keywords: COVID-19; Immunization; Informatics; Public health emergency response; Public health surveillance; Vaccine administration.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Information Architecture
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Routine Immunization Information Architecture
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