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ReviewTherapeutic advances in vaccines and immunotherapy2020

The digital immunization system of the future: imagining a patient-centric, interoperable immunization information system.

Katherine M Atkinson, Salima Saleem Mithani, Cameron Bell, Taylor Rubens-Augustson, Kumanan Wilson

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Review in Therapeutic advances in vaccines and immunotherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Digital transformation and the Immunization agenda 2030.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2025
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  8. Systematic documentation of the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Katherine M AtkinsonDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, CANImmunize Inc, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Salima Saleem MithaniClinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Cameron BellCANImmunize Inc, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Taylor Rubens-AugustsonCANImmunize Inc, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Kumanan WilsonClinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y4E9, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1741-7705

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To ensure the effectiveness of increasingly complex immunization programs in upper-middle and high-income settings, comprehensive information systems are needed to track immunization uptake at individual and population levels. The maturity of cloud systems and mobile technologies has created new possibilities for immunization information systems. In this paper, we describe a vision for the next generation of digital immunization information systems for upper-middle and high-income settings based on our experience in Canada. These systems center on the premise that the public is engaged and informed about the immunization process beyond their interaction with primary care, and that they will be a contributor and auditor of immunization data. The digital immunization system of the future will facilitate reporting of adverse events following immunization, issue digital immunization receipts, permit identification of areas of need and allow for delivery of interventions targeting these areas. Through features like immunization reminders and targeted immunization promotion campaigns, the system will reduce many of the known barriers that influence immunization rates. In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, adaptive digital public health information systems will be required to guide the rollout and post-market surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

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health information systemshealth technologyimmunizationpublic health practice

Identifiers

PMID33681700
PMCPMC7900792

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