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ArticleJournal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA

Comparisons of immunization records between a community pharmacy, a regional registry, and a health system.

Jason H Lam, Serinna Singh, Grace M Kuo

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Article in Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jason H Lam
Serinna Singh
Grace M Kuo
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Predoctoral Research Training in Maternal and Pediatric PharmacologyT35HD064385 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BEST, BROOKIE MANNING · 2010 to 2021
$376k
NICHD NIH HHS T35 HD064385
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo compare the completeness of immunization records for 6 vaccines between a community pharmacy database, a regional immunization information system (IIS), and a health system's electronic health record (EHR).

methodsIn a community pharmacy immunization program, 2 pharmacists and a community pharmacy resident performed a needs assessment for 6 vaccines (tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine for adults or diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine for children and adolescents, zoster vaccine live, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, hepatitis B vaccine series, and human papillomavirus vaccine) for more than 2400 patients from August 2016 to March 2017. This was a retrospective study to review immunization records for 243 patients. Inclusion criteria included patients from the community pharmacy immunization program who also had at least 1 medication prescribed by an academic health system provider. Immunization records for 6 vaccines were collected from the community pharmacy database, the regional IIS, and the EHR.

resultsA total of 186 of 243 patients (77%) had additional immunization records in the regional IIS or EHR that were not found in the community pharmacy database. Among those 186 patients, 108 (58%) had additional immunization records for 2 or more unique vaccines. In total, 378 additional immunization records were identified for the 6 vaccines. For all 6 vaccines, the regional IIS and EHR possessed more complete immunization records than the community pharmacy database (P < 0.05 for HPV and P < 0.001 for the remaining 5 vaccines).

conclusionOur study showed that immunization records were more complete in a regional IIS and health system EHR compared with a community pharmacy database. If all 3 sources were used by the pharmacist during the needs assessment, the community pharmacy team would have made fewer vaccine recommendations, which would have reduced the potential for duplicate or inappropriate vaccines.

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PMID30409502
PMCPMC6446561
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