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Christopher Meininger1, Oluchukwu Ezeala1, Nicholas McCormick1
1Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy, Department of Health Outcomes Research and Policy, 4306 Walker Building, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.
Background/Objective:
Immunization information systems (IIS) consolidate provider-submitted immunization information. We reassessed independently owned community pharmacies' IIS enrollment, verification of immunizations needs via IIS records retrieval, and immunization records reporting to IISs following post-pandemic shifts in community pharmacy operations.
Methods:
A cross-sectional online survey of National Community Pharmacists Association pharmacist, pharmacy owner, and pharmacy technician members was conducted in Fall 2022.
Results:
202 complete responses were analyzed. Margin of error was an estimated 7 %. Respondents were: 53.2 % female, ∼87 % White, 69.8 % managers, and 86.1 % practicing in standalone community pharmacies. Almost all (91.6 %) were enrolled in IIS. About two-thirds frequently or always utilized IIS to retrieve immunization records prior to immunization. On average, 81.2 % of influenza and 83.5 % of non-COVID/non-influenza vaccination records were submitted.
Conclusions:
Enrollment rates are high among studied pharmacies, as are records reporting rates. However, records retrieval rates are suboptimal. Future work should focus on addressing suboptimal retrieval rates within immunization-providing pharmacies.
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