Submitted by nedragarrett_CDC on 2023-09-19
CDC's comment on behalf of CSTE for USCDI v5
CSTE agrees with CDC and continues to strongly recommends that Vaccine Administration Date and Vaccination Event Record Type be included in USCDI v5. Both elements are required for immunization exchange and always have been. Each year, IIS respond to CDC’s annual report (IISAR). At the end of calendar year 2019, IIS records contained vaccine administration date 99.9% of the time with only 1 IIS reporting less than 100%. With these lacking from USCDI v4 it would be possible to list only the immunization code a patient received, but not the date the patient received the dose or if the vaccination event originated in the source system. Vaccine Administration Date enables accurate record evaluation (e.g., were doses given at the proper age and at a proper interval) while Vaccination Event Record Type enable accurate inventory decrementing by public health and aids in vaccine matching/deduplication.
Submitted by nedragarrett_CDC on 2023-10-03
CDC's comment on behalf of NACCHO for USCDI v5
Support - The standardization of this data element will enhance LHDs ability to use and analyze this data. It will reduce the data preparation burden and thus enable more LHDs to use this type of data to inform decision-making.