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To support the importance of promoting and prioritizing interoperability and exchange of patient immunization data across various healthcare platforms, Elation has established an electronic interface with the Colorado State Immunization Registry known as CIIS.

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What is the CIIS Immunization Registry Interface?

The CIIS Immunization Registry Interface allows connected practices to send vaccination information from their Elation EHR directly to CIIS; the Colorado Immunization Information System. Practices can also query CIIS for vaccination history or forecast.

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Why is the CIIS Immunization Registry Interface valuable?

With the CIIS Immunization Registry Interface, practices no longer need to separately log in to CIIS to enter vaccination records for their patients. Once the vaccination is recorded in Elation during the patient encounter, the information can be sent immediately from the patient’s chart in Elation to CIIS. You can also pull vaccination history for specific patients from CIIS to allow you to populate your patient’s clinical profile and make informed decisions for administering vaccines. This interface saves you time and allows you to streamline your vaccination workflows.

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How to establish interface between Elation & CIIS

The Elation Team will assist you with initiating interface with CIIS. To notify us of your interest, please click here to fill out our contact form, select “Immunization Registry” as the Request Type, and send the following information to Elation:
  1. Confirmation that you have a Colorado Public Health Reporting (CoPHR) account.
  • If you do, you should be able to login here. If you do not have an account, you will need to register here before interfacing can begin.
  1. Send us your 4 letter CIIS facility ID
  2. Tell us if your practice administers COVID vaccines
  3. Who will be the point of contact with CIIS for testing?

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How to submit vaccination data to CIIS using Elation

When submitting data for vaccines administered by your practice, do not choose “Other Manufacturer” as this is not allowed by CIIS. You must select a manufacturer from Elation’s database. If you do not see the manufacturer you are looking for, click here to contact support or use the “I need help” button from your Elation account to notify us.
You will use the Vaccine Form in the patient’s chart to document the vaccination data and submit it the data to CIIS. Learn more about how to use the Vaccine Form using the Vaccination Documentation Guide .
All submissions are one-time only. If you need to edit any vaccination data after it is sent to the Immunization Registry, you will need to update the data in both the patient’s chart and the Immunization Registry directly.

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How to query for vaccination history/forecast using CIIS

You can query for vaccination history/forecast directly within a patient’s chart by following the instructions listed in the ‘Querying for vaccination history and/or forecast using an Immunization Registry Interface’ section of the Vaccination Documentation Guide.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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How can I tell if the vaccination record was successfully submitted to the immunization registry?

You can log into your State’s registry to review vaccination records submitted from Elation to the registry through the interface from time to time. If you have questions about a specific vaccination record, please send the patient ID and the name of the immunization to the Support Team and we can look into the vaccination record.

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How can I edit or delete a vaccination record from the registry using Elation?

At this time, vaccination records submitted through Elation can only be edited or deleted within the registry. If you do make a change to or delete the vaccination record in the registry, we also recommend making the same change in Elation.

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I am running into errors when using the “Check Registry” or the “Check Forecast” buttons. What should I do?

Follow the instructions in the ‘Managing querying errors’ section of the Vaccination Documentation Guide.