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Submit your AIRA Board Nominations Today!
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Time is running out! Please consider nominating standout community members to serve on AIRA’s board.
Don’t forget, tomorrow, Thursday, June 27, 2024, at noon ET is the deadline to submit your nominations. Recognize the great work your colleagues do and nominate them (or yourself!) today.
AIRA strives to fill the board director seats with individuals of varying skills and experiences. The board of director terms are expected to start in October. AIRA is looking to fill up to three IIS-member positions and one non-IIS member position. All positions available serve a two-year term.
The criteria, experience, and skills required to be an AIRA board director can be found on the nomination form. For additional information regarding the role and expectations of an AIRA board member, view this short video.
Thank you for helping AIRA serve its mission and for supporting the community!
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Register Today for the Upcoming AIRA Members and Partners Meeting
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Please join us for the upcoming AIRA Members and Partners meeting on Monday, July 15, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET. AIRA Members and Partners quarterly meetings provide important updates from AIRA and partner organizations. They are also a great way to get a high-level overview of the activities going on within the IIS and immunization community. Members and Partners meetings are held on Zoom.
At our next quarterly Member and Partners meeting, we will have a new partner, CDC's Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance and Technology (OPHDST), share about their work. During this meeting, we will get an overview from OPHDST, focusing on their work with the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). OPHDST's mission is to optimize timely access, exchange, and integration of public health data while driving efficiency and consolidation of data and technology systems supported by CDC across all levels of public health. OPHDST will plan to attend and provide re-occurring updates on AIRA's future Member and Partner calls as well.
The registration link will automatically take you to Zoom.
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We hope you can join us. Recordings of past meetings can be found in the AIRA Repository.
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The June SnapShots Is Here, and So Is Your Opportunity to Submit for the Next Edition
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Register Today for a Webinar Hosted by AIRA on Optimizing Immunization Information Systems (IIS): Perspectives from IIS, IIS Vendors, and Implementers
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On Tuesday, July 17, from 1 to 2 p.m. ET, AIRA brings together experts from different domains in a webinar to discuss the optimization of IIS. The speakers, representing IIS, IIS vendors, and implementers, will share their perspectives, insights, and best practices on leveraging technology, data management, and research to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of adolescent IIS data.
Key topics to be explored:
- Unveiling the potential: challenges and opportunities in IIS optimization
- Achieving operational excellence: insights from IIS implementers and best practices
- Empowering research: leveraging IIS data for life-saving discoveries and strategies
Join us for this dynamic webinar to gain a comprehensive understanding of how the optimization of IIS can make a significant difference in protecting lives. Get inspired by real-world examples, cutting-edge technologies, and innovative approaches that can transform the landscape of immunization programs.
There will be time for questions and answers at the end of the webinar.
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Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email which contains links to add the meeting to your calendar. This meeting will be available in the AIRA Repository.
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Information Requests (New Summaries Available!)
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A Message from Our Partners
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Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI) Cohort 2 RFA Released June 3
In February 2024, the CDC Foundation was awarded federal funds from CDC, through the Association of Public Health Laboratories, to launch the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). The goal of WAI is to strengthen public health agencies and authorities’ (PHA) capacity to deliver information system improvements that are of top priority to each PHA by adding technology and data experts to their teams.
The application for Cohort 2 of the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI) was posted on Monday, June 3, on https://www.cdcfoundation.org/request-for-proposals, and submissions are due on Friday, June 28 by 11:59 p.m. PST. The Cohort 2 application will be similar to the Cohort 1 application, except as noted below.
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The Cohort 2 application differs from the Cohort 1 application in the following ways:
- Unlike Cohort 1, Cohort 2 will not require that applicants already have planned systems improvement project(s) on which the WAI placements would work. WAI placements might be assigned to a more general role or might be assigned to develop a project. Applications from agencies with planned systems improvement project(s) are welcome in Cohort 2 but having planned systems improvement project(s) will not be required.
- Unlike Cohort 1, Cohort 2 will not require that applicant have already have an individual overseeing information systems improvement to direct the work of the WAI placements. Cohort 2 applicants may request that such an individual be recruited as one of their requested WAI placements. Applications from agencies with an existing individual overseeing information systems improvement are welcome in Cohort 2, but having an existing individual overseeing information systems improvement will not be required.
- For clarity, specific questions in the Cohort 2 application may vary from those in the Cohort 1 application and some questions may be added. The general content requested from PHAs will be similar, along with the content of the required letter of support.
Cohort 1 applicants selected for Cohort 1 are not eligible to apply for Cohort 2. Cohort 1 applicants that were not selected are still eligible and encouraged to apply to Cohort 2.
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#AIRA2024 National Meeting Presentations Now Available
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Dive Into NACCHO’s Recently Published 2023 Immunization Profile Study Report
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The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) recently released the 2023 Immunization Profile Study report. This survey assesses immunization capacity at local health departments (LHDs) nationwide, characterizing local activities to control vaccine preventable diseases and identifying challenges and opportunities to strengthen LHD immunization programs. It also offers a look at changes in capacity since 2017. Key findings show that LHDs’ top immunization-related priority for the next three years is addressing vaccine hesitancy. Give the 2023 Immunization Profile Study report a read and learn about their key findings and barriers.
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AIRA 2024 National Meeting: Aggregate Analysis Reporting Tool (AART) Clinic Highlights
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At the AIRA 2024 National Meeting, the Standards and Analytics team successfully delivered two AART 101 sessions and 45 AART clinics. The AART 101 sessions provided 13 attendees with a high-level overview of the tool’s navigation basics. The 30-minute AART clinics offered 122 participants from 44 jurisdictions and IIS implementers the opportunity to review M&I results specific to their systems, explore opportunities for improvement, and learn about new M&I measurement areas for data at rest (DAR) and HL7 patient matching.
Feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with 96% of the 28 completed evaluation surveys indicating that participants now have a better understanding or a much better understanding of opportunities and potential strategies to improve M&I results. We are excited to continue our collaboration with IIS and look forward to seeing you in Spokane, Washington, at the AIRA 2025 National Meeting next year!
Missed the opportunity to connect at the AIRA 2024 National Meeting, or looking to further improve your M&I results? You can request a virtual AART clinic by submitting a technical assistance request.
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In Case You Missed it: AIRA 2024 National Meeting Highlights Discovery Session Recording Now Available
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On May 20, AIRA hosted a Discovery Session on AIRA 2024 National Meeting Highlights. During this Discovery Session, presenters shared highlights from the AIRA 2024 National Meeting in Orlando, including recaps of the following highly-rated breakout sessions:
- Assessment of Parental Vaccination Acceptance as a Predictor of Childhood Vaccination, presented by Mary Woinarowicz, NDIIS Manager, North Dakota Health and Human Services
- Deduplication of Temporary Name Records Using Probabilistic Matching, presented by Hannah Forsythe, MCIR Epidemiologist, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
If you or a staff missed the live event, don’t fret! The session recording and presentation slides are now available in the AIRA Repository.
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Data Viz Tip of the Month
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Continue your Power BI learning journey with an online demonstration showing how to control access to your Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse or Warehouse. Microsoft Fabric is an integrated environment that brings together new and existing components from Power BI, Azure Synapse, and Azure Data Factory. Fabric integrates powerful data tools and services into the familiar user interface of Power BI. Check out Guy in a Cube’s video to see how to control access to your Fabric Lakehouse or Warehouse.
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AIRA Employment Opportunities
There are no current opportunities at this time.
Opportunities for Independent Contractors
To be notified of future contracting opportunities, please sign up here.
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Check out the AIRA Calendar for upcoming events!
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Stay up to date on upcoming AIRA committees, board meetings, webinars, events, and more.
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