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MAY 2014 UPDATE

Current Status of the NCIRD IIS Strategic Plan

Since its launch in November 2013, the IIS Executive Board has met numerous times to develop and deliver 

recommendations to CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) regarding 

suggested refinements to and prioritization of the IIS Strategic Plan. NCIRD carefully considers the Board’s input 

when making appropriate updates to the operational version of the plan in order to reflect its evolution as a living 

document. We will periodically share short summaries of these ongoing updates with the IIS community. 

From November 2013 through May 2014, updates to the NCIRD IIS Strategic Plan include multiple 

edits and refinements to the focus area names, descriptions, goals, and initiatives (including combining 

selected initiatives and realigning others). The operational version of the NCIRD IIS Strategic Plan currently 

presents short-, mid-, and long-term goals across five focus areas, with 12 underlying initiatives that 

have been prioritized within each focus area. The current focus area names, descriptions, and associated initiatives

are shown in the table below.

NCIRD IIS Strategic Plan Highlights (* indicates items updated as of May 2014)

Focus Area Name Description Associated Strategic Initiatives 

Vision, strategy, policy, standards, accountability, 

and shared services developed by NCIRD and 

the IIS community (including state and local 

immunization programs) working with HHS and 

other federal agencies, the Executive Office of 

the President and Congress

• National Immunization Information Management 

Vision and Strategy

• National Immunization Information Management 

Policy and Metrics

Sustainability

Long-term funding and resources to maintain 

immunization information management on a 

nationwide scale

• IIS Value, Funding and Cost Optimization

• Development of IIS Shareable Products Catalog 

and Sharing Mechanism*

• IIS Program Capacity Building Plan*

Services for immunization providers, clinic 

populations, and catchment area management, in 

support of data exchange with IIS and clinical 

decision support at the point of care* 

• Developing Immunization Clinical Decision Support 

as a Service, and Reporting/Analytic Services*

• Data Quality Services*

• Immunization-centric EHR Certification

Services for public health officials and 

organizations in support of immunization 

programs, informatics, surveillance and coverage

• National Immunization-centric EHR Interoperability 

Standards and IIS Certification*

• Data Analytics

• National Immunization Program Workflow and 

Services Standards

Data exchange across the information 

immunization management ecosystem, including 

data quality and technical and semantic 

interoperability services developed in 

collaboration with state and local partners

• Nationwide Model(s) and Policy for IIS-IIS and 

EHR-IIS Interoperability and Cross-Jurisdictional 

Data Exchange*

Next Steps

During the spring/summer of 2014, Board members are developing more detailed recommendations for NCIRD to 

refine initiative approaches and define metrics/measures of success. After their input is received and considered,

NCIRD will disseminate another summary presenting any resulting updates to the IIS Strategic Plan. 

For any questions/concerns regarding this document, please contact IISExecutiveBoard@cdc.gov. 

IIS Strategic Plan Update May 2014

IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IIS)

Nationwide 

Leadership

Service 

Delivery* 

Capacity & 

Infrastructure*

Interoperability

/ Data Mgmt.