Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
T Grove Krause (
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Citation style for this article: Grove Krause T, Jakobsen S, Haarh M, M?lbak K. The Danish vaccination register . Euro Surveill. 2012;17(17)
ii=20155. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20155
Date of submission: 30 September 2011 <HR>Immunisation information systems (IIS) are valuable tools for monitoring vaccination coverage and for estimating vaccine effectiveness and safety. Since 2009, an advanced IIS has been developed in Denmark and will be implemented during 2012?14. This IIS is based on a database existing since 2000. The reporting of all administered vaccinations including vaccinations outside the national programme will become mandatory. Citizens will get access to data about their own vaccinations and healthcare personnel will get access to information on the vaccinations of their patients. A national concept of identification, a national solution combining a personal code and a card with codes, ensures easy and secure access to the register. From the outset, the IIS will include data on childhood vaccinations administered from 1996 and onwards. All Danish citizens have a unique identifier, a so called civil registration number, which allows the linking of information on vaccinations coming from different electronic data sources. The main challenge will be to integrate the IIS with the different electronic patient record systems currently existing at general practitioner, vaccination clinic and hospital level thereby avoiding double-entry. A need has been identified for an updated international classification of vaccine products on the market. Such a classification would also be useful for the future exchange of data on immunisations from IIS between countries.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 17, 26 April 2012
Perspectives
The Danish vaccination register
Perspectives
The Danish vaccination register
T Grove Krause (
- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation style for this article: Grove Krause T, Jakobsen S, Haarh M, M?lbak K. The Danish vaccination register . Euro Surveill. 2012;17(17)
ii=20155. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20155 Date of submission: 30 September 2011 <HR>Immunisation information systems (IIS) are valuable tools for monitoring vaccination coverage and for estimating vaccine effectiveness and safety. Since 2009, an advanced IIS has been developed in Denmark and will be implemented during 2012?14. This IIS is based on a database existing since 2000. The reporting of all administered vaccinations including vaccinations outside the national programme will become mandatory. Citizens will get access to data about their own vaccinations and healthcare personnel will get access to information on the vaccinations of their patients. A national concept of identification, a national solution combining a personal code and a card with codes, ensures easy and secure access to the register. From the outset, the IIS will include data on childhood vaccinations administered from 1996 and onwards. All Danish citizens have a unique identifier, a so called civil registration number, which allows the linking of information on vaccinations coming from different electronic data sources. The main challenge will be to integrate the IIS with the different electronic patient record systems currently existing at general practitioner, vaccination clinic and hospital level thereby avoiding double-entry. A need has been identified for an updated international classification of vaccine products on the market. Such a classification would also be useful for the future exchange of data on immunisations from IIS between countries.