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[State Entity Name] Health Department [Description of Work] Best Practices for Consumer Access to Immunization Information Systems Individual/consumer access to immunization registry data has recently been identified as a priority initiative of the federal Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state immunization programs have also recognized the need for consensus around best practices for allowing individual/consumer access to immunization information through state-run immunization information systems. Many state immunization information systems, including Minnesota's, are built on the Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR) software which is offered for free in the public domain. Fifteen other states and territories have adopted the WIR software for their use and are part of the WIR group (Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Wisconsin, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico). A consortium of these WIR states meets regularly to discuss enhancements, code changes and upgrades that will benefit all of the states. This has allowed for no-cost code exchange, knowledge sharing and collaborative efforts toward meeting federal goals. The consortium systems also have a common technical vendor (HP Enterprise Services) that offers varying tiers of support to states based on their need. In order to fulfill the deliverables of this initiative, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Office of Health Information Technology and Minnesota's Immunization Information System staff will collaborate with the WIR consortium along with leadership from the ONC. MDH will participate in best practices development for this project along with other key stakeholders. The vendor selected for this work will work with WIR states and ONC's public health leadership to explore various options for consumer access, work with the WIR technical vendor on the technical approach, and create best practices for Immunization Information Systems (IIS) to facilitate consumer access. [Deadline for Vendor Response] 5/14/2013 [Publication Date] 4/26/2013 [Document links] 
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