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JUNE 24, 2026

AIRA is also accepting submissions for the September edition of SnapShots. This is a great opportunity to highlight your team's work, share valuable insights, and contribute to the ongoing conversation within the IIS community.

Submission Deadline: Monday, July 13, 2026

To submit content for consideration, please email your article or idea to [email protected]. Questions? Contact Gabriella Wagoner at [email protected].

Need inspiration? Explore past editions of SnapShots in the AIRA Repository.

We look forward to hearing about the impactful work happening across the IIS community and reviewing your submissions!

Artificial Intelligence is dominating headlines—but what does it mean for public health today?

While many organizations are still working to understand AI’s role in daily operations, the world of software development is already being transformed by rapidly advancing technologies. This creates a growing gap between perception and reality, one that we will address by sharing our analysis of market signals, along with perspectives informed by our experience building next-generation public health platforms.

Drawing on industry trends and firsthand experience modernizing and supporting public health systems, STChealth will provide a practical lens into how advancing technology is shaping the tools, infrastructure, and data ecosystems organizations rely on every day.

Join STChealth on Tuesday, July 14 from 1-2 p.m. ET to gain clarity on the current landscape, understand where meaningful adoption is happening, and learn how to position your organization for what’s next.

Register for this session to learn more about:

• How the market is actually using AI today, and where adoption is accelerating across public health
• Key signals pointing to major shifts in how future-ready public health systems will be built, integrated, and supported
• What these trends mean for your organization’s technology strategy, operational resilience, and long-term readiness

AIRA has built the Patient Matching – Extract pilot to advance Measurement and Improvement (M&I) data quality activities across member jurisdictions. While traditional M&I patient matching evaluates real-time HL7 transactions using synthetic test records, the Extract method provides a complementary diagnostic view by analyzing production data for duplicate patient records.

What Your Jurisdiction Receives

• Actionable List of Possible Duplicates: A list of potential duplicate record pairs to review and merge, providing an immediate mechanism to resolve duplicate patient records
• Placeholder/Bad First Names Report: A compiled list of invalid entries or placeholder data within the first name field to implement targeted data quality corrections
• Invalid/Bad Phone Numbers Report: An isolated list of improperly formatted or “bad” phone numbers to quickly improve contact information integrity

Participation Expectations and Timeline

The pilot will run from July 13 through July 31. Participating jurisdictions are expected to complete the following activities during this period:

• Attend the project kick-off call
• Perform the production data extract, run the command line tool locally, and upload the resulting aggregate data to qDAR
  • Office hours will be provided to assist with the extraction and tool execution process
• Manually review assigned duplicate pairs and provide finalized feedback templates to AIRA
• Attend the final pilot wrap-up call and complete a brief post-pilot evaluation questionnaire

Interested in participating or have questions? Please contact Shelby Sandstrom at [email protected].

Please join us at our IIS Data Analyst Collaborative (IDAC) meet-up, an opportunity for IIS data analysts to share, discuss, and learn from their peers. During these one-hour discussion-based meetings, participants have a chance to ask questions, discuss their experiences, share their successes, and more!

July’s IDAC session will discuss the metrics involved in calculating RSV coverage rates and work towards defining a consensus method in preparation for the upcoming season.

Who attends: Anyone who supports the extraction, analysis, and interpretation of immunization data in their jurisdiction is invited to participate.

When: July 16, from 1 to 2 p.m. ET

Interested in participating and have not registered yet? Simply click the button below! This event will be capped at 50 participants.

Do you find yourself wondering what others are doing with their IIS data? Chat with fellow data analysts on AIRA’s Forum.

Please email Jody Dial at [email protected] if you have a topic request for a future IIS Data Analyst Collaborative!

Join us for the upcoming AIRA Members and Partners meeting on Monday, July 20, from 2 to 3 p.m. ET. AIRA Members and Partners quarterly meetings provide important updates from AIRA and partner organizations and are a great way to get a high-level overview of the activities going on within the IIS and immunization community.

Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with calendar links for easy access. If you can’t make it, a recording will be available in the AIRA Repository. We hope you’ll join us on July 20!

Join Docket on July 23 from 1 to 2 p.m. ETfor an interactive session spotlighting Docket® For Schools. During this session, attendees will receive a demo of Docket’s School and Childcare Module for IIS. During the demo, Docket will address common pain points:

• Provisioning access for school nurses, registrars, and other stakeholders
• Ensuring consistent reporting of student immunization compliance
• Identifying at-risk students and student cohorts
• Monitoring on-time report submissions
• Navigating both HIPAA and FERPA

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AIRA will release an updated version of Security Guidance Considerations for Immunization Information Systems (IIS) for community review in early July. The updated guidance incorporates input from subject matter experts, an advisory panel representing the IIS and public health communities, and current cybersecurity best practices.

To ensure the guidance is practical, relevant, and responsive to the needs of today's IIS environments, AIRA will be seeking feedback from IIS jurisdictions, implementers, public health partners, and other IIS community members. Community input will play an important role in shaping the final document.

To participate in the upcoming review or to learn more, contact Tesha Lucas at [email protected].

AIRA members can submit and review information requests—a circulation of questions to, and answers from, the community. Recent information requests can be found by using the “Information Requests” filter in the AIRA Repository.

Information requests are viewable only by individual members and individuals affiliated with member and partner organizations. Recent information requests can be found by using the “Information Requests” filter in the AIRA Repository. Just log in to view these valuable resources! If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

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