IIP Testing and Recognition Initiative
Improve immunization data exchange by advancing capabilities and functionality.
Enhance data quality from the point of care
to public health.
Test Plan Capabilities
Eight groups of workflow-related functional requirements to be tested and recognized.
Care Provision and Documentation
Supports end users to prepare, administer, and record care provision.
Query, Response, and Reconciliation
Supports end users to query, reconcile, and view from an immunization registry (IIS).
Transmission and Acknowledgment
Supports transmission of newly documented patient immunization records to the immunization registry (IIS).
Patient Access
Allows patients or their caregivers to access immunization records most frequently using a patient portal.
Clinical Configuration
Supports adding a new vaccine to the EHR.
Transport
Supports the ability of the EHR to send and receive immunization messages with an immunization registry (IIS) using the CDC WSDL.
Data Quality Assurance
Supports basic quality checks to evaluate the EHR regarding fundamental data error prevention.
Data Load
Prepares the EHR for IIP testing.
What is IIP Testing?
- IIP Test Plan v11.0 (June 2024) for Health IT vendors which supports advanced capabilities in immunization interoperability and data quality
- A collaborative initiative led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA), Drummond Group and HIMSS
- A no-cost immunization capabilities testing method enabled by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- An approved testing method for (f)(1) Transmission to immunization registries certification criteria within the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Health IT Certification Program
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Products tested:
- PCC EHR – V9.5.4 Build 22340/Clinical Version V9.5.4 Build 22340
- PCC EHR – V9.7.1 Build 23046/Clinical Version V9.7.1 Build 23054
Passed IIP Test Plan v10.0 (March 2023) with notable exception.
Product tested: Office Practicum OP Version 20
Passed with notable exception: IIP Test Plan 7.6 (August 2019)
Products tested: Cerner FirstNet (Immunizations) Version 2 and PowerChart Immunizations Version 10
Passed with notable exception: IIP Test Plan 5.6 (December 2017)
Product tested: Qvera Interface Engine Version 3.0.44 Build 8640
Passed without exception: IIP Test Plan 5.6 (October 2017)