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.

August 2023

In this issue:

• 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

Past issues:

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

November 2021

• Importance of sending complete and up-to-date demographic information
• Texting project using MIIC data
• Schools can now query MIIC using the bulk query function
• Reminder of allowable uses of MIIC
• Immunization Quality Improvement Program (IQIP)

August 2021

• Gaps in pediatric/adolescent vaccinations
• Reminder/recall adolescent postcard
• COVID-19 data quality – why it matters
• Using MIIC to verify COVID-19 vaccination status
• COVID-19 Single Vaccine Assessment Report
• MIIC regional coordinators

February 2021

• MIIC program updates
  • Reporting race and ethnicity data
• COVID-19 vaccine updates
  • COVID-19 vaccine administration data
  • Historical versus administered doses
  • Immunization spreadsheet
• MIIC application changes
  • View your COVID-19 vaccine order history
• MIIC tips
  • Client record locked to another organization
  • Client record locked to your organization
• MIIC data and statistics
  • Influenza immunization update
• MIIC resources
  • MIIC user guides
  • MIIC webinar series
• Partner spotlight
  • Carver County and Ridgeview health care system partnership

October 2020

• MIIC Program Updates
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Planning: Data Reporting
• MIIC Tips
  • Client Follow Up and Assessment Functions
• MIIC Data and Statistics
  • Participation by Organization Type
• Partner Spotlight
  • Want to be featured here?

June 2020

• MIIC Program Updates
• COVID-19 Vaccine Planning: Data Exchange
• MIIC Tips
  • Administrator Role
  • Reminder/Recall
• Partner Spotlight
  • CentraCare Drive-thru Vaccine Clinics

February 2020

• 2019 MIIC Highlights
• MIIC Tip: Internet Explorer versus Edge
• Hepatitis A Outbreak Update
• MIIC Tip: Use of MIIC for Vaccine Recall