Monthly - News & Updates

March 2024 | Issue 24

Archive

In This Month's Newsletter:

  • Skill UP! - Training Opportunities
  • Upcoming Events 
  • Learn Something New About the MIIS
  • Resource Spotlight
  • Tips from the Help Desk

Skill UP!

Training Opportunities

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*New* MIIS Message Center


This webinar will cover how to navigate and use the new MIIS Message Center, a functionality that will be coming soon!



Wednesday March 27th, 2pm-3pm

Register Here

Couldn't attend our last webinar?

Watch the recording here:

Managing Duplicate Patients and Immunizations

This training provides an overview of managing the duplicate patient and immunization queues.

Storage/Handling Worklist


Providers that order state-supplied vaccines must report any vaccines that become lost or expired to the MDPH through the MIIS Vaccine Module in Storage/ Handling Worklist

View the Resource

Upcoming Events

 Annual Massachusetts Adult

Immunization Conference (MAIC)



Join us! For the 29th Annual

Massachusetts Adult Immunization

Conference, on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024. The conference is in-person only.


Registration is currently open. Please visit the MA Adult Immunization Coalition (MAIC) website for up to date information.


For all event information provided by the Immunization Division please click the button below.

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Flu Coverage Report



The Flu Coverage Report gives

providers the flexibility to generate a

report that examines coverage for the

current influenza season from July to

June. 


A user can select the report to be run for a single flu year.

  • Flu year is defined as the period between July 1st and June 30th of the following year.
  • The Flu Coverage Report is available for the current year and the 4 years prior to the current year.

Patients are determined by selecting one or more age ranges from a multiselect picklist of preset groupings. At least one age group is required. All age groups are selected as a default. 


The As of Date is used to calculate the person’s age for the date entered. The date must fall on or within the start/end date of the selected flu season.

This report is generated as an Excel document which can be accessed by navigating to Reports and selecting Delivered Reports

For more information, please view the Coverage Reports Mini Guide.


Tips from the Help Desk

Is your organization closing or no longer requiring MIIS access?


To deactivate your site in the MIIS, an Access Administrator at your site will need to submit a “Deactivate Organization” request. This can be completed by logging into the MIIS, selecting “My Site” in the upper right-hand corner, then “Site/User Management,” and then “Deactivate Organization.” If you are the Access Administrator for multiple sites, there will be a dropdown menu in which you can select the organization that you would like to deactivate. After selecting the organization, click “Submit.” Once you have submitted the request, a member of the Help Desk team will reach out to confirm that the site is closed and no longer administering vaccines before approving the request. If there was previous email or phone communication that this site is closing and no longer administering, we will approve the request once submitted.


Additionally, if the closing site is currently enrolled in the State Vaccine program, please contact the Vaccine Unit at 617-983-6828 or dph-vaccine-management@massmail.state.ma.us to un-enroll your site prior to submitting the deactivation request. Please note that all immunizations must be reported to the MIIS per the legislation. M.G.L. Chapter 111, Section 24M and Regulations.


If you have additional questions about deactivating your organization, please feel free to contact the Help Desk at MIISHelpDesk@mass.gov.

MIIS Help Desk: miishelpdesk@mass.gov | MIIS Resource Center resourcecenter.miis.dph.mass.gov | Virtual Gateway: https://sso.hhs.state.ma.us/

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