The New Jersey Immunization Information System is an electronic immunization registry, available from the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, which provides ability to record all immunizations and automatically remind and recall patients when specific vaccines are due or past due. The system is currently installed at 130 sites statewide with new sites coming on-line each week.
New users sign a confidentiality attestation prior to training and then are issued a password.
In addition, new users receive an e-mail account through which correspondence regarding the Registry is sent. There are currently more than 500 users trained on the system and new users are trained weekly. All children born in New Jersey, for whom a consent form has been signed, are entered into the Registry via this method. When immunization schedules are changed or new vaccines are added to the schedule, the Registry automatically reassess all children in a practice. This enables easy access to immunization records if a patient moves frequently among participating providers statewide.