Welcome to the monthly QIO eNews. We provide you with the latest tools, resources, and learning opportunities that can be shared with your staff, residents, patients, and community members.
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is an annual observance held in August to highlight the importance of routine vaccination for people of all ages. Use these resources to help you discuss routine vaccinations with your patients during NIAM and throughout the year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also offers numerous education and training programs for healthcare personnel on a variety of topics:
You Call the Shots: Vaccines Web-based Training Course - This interactive, web-based immunization training course consists of a series of modules that discuss vaccine-preventable diseases and explain the latest recommendations for vaccine use.
COVID-19 Vaccine Training: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know - This module will provide healthcare providers with information about COVID-19 vaccine Emergency Use Authorization and safety, approved COVID-19 vaccines, and guidelines around vaccine storage, handling, administration, and reporting.
Vaccines Pink Book Webinar Series – Includes education on topics such as Principles of Immunization, General Best Practices Guidelines Parts 1 and 2, Vaccine Safety, Vaccine Storage and Handling, Vaccine Administration, and many more.
Health: Immunization: Adult Data – This interactive dashboard contains immunization rates for adults age 19 to 100 (as of March 2024) in counties across Indiana.
Health: Immunization: MyVaxIndiana - MyVaxIndiana is a user-friendly concept that allows Hoosiers to directly access immunization records from any computer through the use of a personal identification number (PIN).
Please contact your health care provider, local (county) health department, or pharmacy to schedule an appointment to receive vaccines. Find a provider who is enrolled in the publicly funded vaccine program in your county.
What You Need to Know About Recommended Vaccines for Adults
Qsource offers many resources, like podcasts, webinars, newsletters, and more, that can help provide guidance, support, and understanding as we take care of our residents, patients, and community. Take a listen to our many podcasts, just in case you missed it!
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This material was prepared by Qsource, a/an Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of CMS or HHS, and any reference to a specific product or entity herein does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity by CMS or HHS. 24.QIO.08.040
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