MIIC News Flash

A quarterly newsletter for all active Minnesota Immunization Information Connection (MIIC) users with important updates and other information to support their MIIC participation.

July 2025

In this issue:

• MIIC perseverance amidst uncertainty: What to expect
• Communication changes related to data exchange in FY26
• Improve your immunization quality, request a consult through MDH
• Data corner: Know your MMR coverage rates and steps to improve them
• Learning corner: Utilizing client follow-up to identify MMR doses
• Release notes: Several improvements and fixes added to MIIC
• Provider spotlight: Julie Johnson

February 2025

In this issue:

• Adult Td/Tdap immunization coverage in Minnesota
• Historical immunizations? Here's how to report them
• Complete data better supports immunization activities
• Want your practice to improve immunization coverage rates? IQIP can help!
• Learning corner: Forecaster 101
• Release updates: Production releases on security and infrastructure
• Provider spotlight: Steven Rudolph

January 2025

In this issue:

• Help us improve health equity – share your voice!
• Where can you find MIIC data?
• Providers, we need your help with improving reminder/recall campaigns
• Results are in: MIIC’s data is top tier
• MIIC help desk: Login issue requests
• Learning corner: Allowable uses of MIIC and MIIC data
• Release updates: Assessment report
• Provider spotlight: Kelsey Peterson

October 2024

In this issue:

• Timely and accurate data: It never gets old!
• New COVID-19 and influenza codes
• Watch out: Bad alias records
• Restricted access MIIC record: What it means and what to do?
• Child cares utilization of MIIC
• Planning for nirsevimab administration this year?
• Learning Corner: Pending Clients
• Release updates
• Provider spotlight: Hollie Blilie

July 2024

In this issue:

• DUA at a glance
• DUA user guidance
• MIIC administrator - what do we mean?
• Monitor ACKs/data exchange feeds
• What can you do with the 'manage my account' function? Here are some tips!
• Provider spotlight: Victoria Standley, Sanford Health

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May 2024

In this issue:

• Webinar series alert!
• Implement “start at age 9” approach in your clinic: HPV Vaccination Strategies webinar
• Calling all school nurses before summer break
• Know your MMR schedules to improve rates
• Promote actions that can be used to improve rates
• Not sure how to enter non-U.S. vaccines? We’ve got you covered!
• What’s new with the MIIC application?
• Learning Corner: Utilize MIIC Client Follow-Up to improve MMR vaccination rates!
• Provider spotlight: Rice County Public Health’s Angie Nagel

January 2024

In this issue:

• Speedy data submissions
• Learning corner: Data timeliness
• Test data: Think before you send it!
• Monitor data submission with the Vaccine Summary Report
• New recommended ages for HPV in MIIC
• MIIC data and statistics: What's available and where to find it
• New year, new MIIC Data Use Agreement
• Attention MIIC Administrators: Additional annual User Agreement implemented
• Long-Term Care users: Upcoming immunization webinar
• Provider spotlight: Mohammed Selim, Data Quality Advocate

October 2023

In this issue:

• Keeping up with MIIC events: Fall webinar series
• Data corner: RSV vaccines on the rise
• Reminder: Universal adult hepatitis B vaccination recommendation
• Make MIIC records accurate! Don’t forget to update client demographics/addresses as they change
• COVID Pandemic vs COVID Routine vaccine groups in MIIC
• Updated COVID-19 resources are here!
• New RSV vaccine, new code sets
• Provider spotlight: Do you know a data quality champion?
• Learning corner: Forgot your password? Here's what to do next

August 2023

• Routine Immunizations: What are 6-year-old and 13-year-old Minnesotans missing?
• Who are you going to email?
• Reporting a client’s race and ethnicity in MIIC
• New look: Vaccine Summary Report
• Heading out on that end of summer vacation?
• Attention Child care Centers: Upcoming changes to annual reporting
• Provider spotlight: Saint Paul – Ramsey County Public Health Department and Saint Paul Public Schools partnership
• MIIC learning corner: AKA’s

April 2023

• It’s time to talk about timeliness
• Who is your MIIC administrator?
• MIIC Spring 2023 webinar series
• Accuracy in immunization data reporting
• MIIC postcards coming soon to a child near you
• Client follow-up: Select vaccine group and number of doses already received functionality and uses
• MIIC learning corner: Duplicate client records

January 2023

• MIIC texting program
• Provider spotlight: Providers using text message-based immunization reminders
• Central Minnesota Immunization Connection (CMIC) closure
• Updated resource: COVID-19 vaccine product reference sheet
• Client screen updates
• Coming soon: MIIC user survey
• MIIC learning corner: What is a client?

October 2022

• Happy 20th Birthday, MIIC!
• Exception screen directions
• Find My Immunization Record
• Client follow-up: COVID-19 doses report has expanded
• Save the date: MIIC Biannual Webinar Series
• Reminder: All organizations should have an active administrator
• Reminder: Schools can query MIIC using the bulk query function

June 2022

• Gaps in Pediatric Immunizations
• MIIC Tip: Opt-Out Restricted Record
• New User Guides Available
• Immunization Quality Improvement Program (IQIP)
• Project Spotlight: Successes with Text-based Reminders for Vaccine!

April 2022

• Updated MIIC Password Requirements
• Reporting Correct COVID-19 Vaccine Product
• New Public-Facing Resource for Adding Historical Immunizations to MIIC
• MIIC Tip: Viewing Immunization Details
• Reminder: Schools Can Now Query MIIC Using the Bulk Query Function
• Immunization Quality Improvement Program (IQIP)
• Provider Spotlight: Odam Medical Group