Using Immunization Assessment Reports
MIIC User Guidance and Training Resources

The Minnesota Immunization Information Connection (MIIC) offers easy-to-use immunization assessment reports to help monitor and improve immunization rates for vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Assessment Report Benefits

You can use MIIC’s assessment reports to:

• Check your organization’s data quality in MIIC.
• Assess baseline immunization rates.
• Identify areas for improvement.
• Implement practice changes and/or outreach activities to improve rates.
• Regularly monitor rates to see whether practice changes and/or outreach activities are making an impact.

Childhood Immunization Summary

MIIC’s Childhood Immunization Summary Report identifies the percentage of 2-year-olds (children ages 24 through 35 months) who are up to date on each of the following vaccines by age 24 months:

• 4 or more doses of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTaP)
• 3 or more doses of polio
• 1 or more doses of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)
• Complete Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
• 3 or more doses of hepatitis B
• 1 or more doses of varicella
• Complete pneumococcal conjugate (PCV)
• All vaccines above (the 4:3:1:3:3:1:4 series)

The report also includes rates for:

• Complete rotavirus
• 2 or more doses of hepatitis A

Adolescent Immunization Summary

MIIC’s Adolescent Immunization Summary Report identifies the percentage of 13 through 17-year-olds who are up to date on the following age-appropriate vaccines:

• 1 dose of tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap)
• First dose of meningococcal (MCV4)
• Booster dose of MCV4
• First dose of human papillomavirus (HPV)
• Complete HPV

Adult Immunization Summary

MIIC’s Adult Immunization Summary Report identifies the percentage of adults (18-year-olds and older) who are up to date on the following age-appropriate vaccines:

• 1 dose of tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap)
• 1 dose of tetanus, diphtheria (Td) or Tdap
• 1 dose of pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13)
• 1 dose of pneumococcal polysaccharide (PPSV23)
• First dose of human papillomavirus (HPV)
• Third dose of HPV
• 1 dose of Zoster

Sample MIIC Assessment Reports

See sample assessment reports below. The reports include statewide coverage rates and Healthy People 2020 coverage goals. You can compare your organization or county rates to these benchmarks.

Childhood Immunization Summary

Adolescent Immunization Summary

Adult Immunization Summary

Quality Improvement Uses

Assessment reports can serve as the foundation for childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization improvement activities. If you'd like to run assessment reports, visit Immunization Assessment for step-by-step user guidance and training resources.

One you've run assessment reports to identify areas for improvement, you can use MIIC’s Client Follow-Up feature to identify and follow up with clients due or overdue for immunizations. Find more information at Client Follow-Up.

Having solid quality improvement plans and activities in place can help health care providers receive more Meaningful Use dollars and have better outcome data to report to public sources such as HEDIS and Minnesota Community Measures. Most of all, improving immunization rates ensures that you are constantly helping to maintain and improve the health of your clients.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, please contact the MIIC Help Desk or your MIIC regional coordinator. Regional coordinator contact information is available at MIIC Regions and Regional Coordinators.