Registries Can Benefit Providers, Plans and Purchasers:

- Consolidate immunizations from all providers into one record.
- Provide a reliable immunization history for any child, whether a new or continuing patient.
- Provide definitive information on immunizations due or overdue.
- Provide current recommendations and information on new vaccines.
- Produce reminders and recalls for immunizations due or overdue.
- Provide official school, camp and day care immunization records.
- May reduce a practice's paperwork, saving time and money.
- Facilitate introduction of new vaccines or changes in the vaccine schedule.
- Help manage vaccine inventories.
- Generate coverage reports for managed care (e.g., HEDIS) and other organizations.
- Reinforce the concept of the medical home.

(Source: Development of Community--and State--based Immunization Registries. Report of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) approved January 12, 1999.)

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