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Monitoring the COVID-19 immunisation programme through a national immunisation Management system - England's experience.
Tessier, Elise; Edelstein, Michael; Tsang, Camille; Kirsebom, Freja; Gower, Charlotte; Campbell, Colin N J; Ramsay, Mary; White, Joanne; Andrews, Nick; Lopez-Bernal, Jamie; Stowe, Julia.
  • Tessier E; UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ UK. Electronic address: Elise.Tessier@ukhsa.gov.uk.
  • Edelstein M; Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel. Electronic address: michael.edelstein@biu.ac.il.
  • Tsang C; UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ UK. Electronic address: Camille.Tsang@ukhsa.gov.uk.
  • Kirsebom F; UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ UK. Electronic address: Freja.Kirsebom@ukhsa.gov.uk.
  • Gower C; UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ UK. Electronic address: Charlotte.Gower@ukhsa.gov.uk.
  • Campbell CNJ; UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ UK. Electronic address: Colin.NJ.Campbell@ukhsa.gov.uk.
  • Ramsay M; UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ UK. Electronic address: Mary.Ramsay@ukhsa.gov.uk.
  • White J; UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ UK. Electronic address: joannemshivji@gmail.com.
  • Andrews N; Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel. Electronic address: Nick.Andrews@ukhsa.gov.uk.
  • Lopez-Bernal J; UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ UK. Electronic address: Jamie.LopezBernal2@ukhsa.gov.uk.
  • Stowe J; UK Health Security Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ UK. Electronic address: Julia.Stowe@ukhsa.gov.uk.
Int J Med Inform ; 170: 104974, 2023 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2165398
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

In England routine vaccinations are recorded in either the patients General Practice record or in series of sub-national vaccine registers that are not interoperable. During the COVID-19 pandemic it was established that COVID vaccines would need to be delivered in multiple settings where current vaccine registers do not exist. We describe how a national vaccine register was created to collect data on COVID-19 vaccines.

METHODS:

The National Immunisation Management System (NIMS) was developed by a range of health and digital government agencies. Vaccinations delivered are entered on an application which is verified by individual National Health Service number in a centralised system. UKHSA receive a feed of this data to use for monitoring vaccine coverage, effectiveness, and safety. To validate the vaccination data, we compared vaccine records to self-reported vaccination dose, manufacturer, and vaccination date from the enhanced surveillance system from 11 February 2021 to 24 August 2021.

RESULTS:

With the Implementation of NIMS, we have been able to successfully record COVID-19 vaccinations delivered in multiple settings. Of 1,129 individuals, 97.8% were recorded in NIMS as unvaccinated compared to those who self-reported as unvaccinated. One hundred percent and 99.3% of individuals recorded in NIMS as having at least one dose and two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were also self-reported as having at least one and two doses, respectively. Of the 100% reporting at least one dose, 98.3% self-reported the same vaccination date as NIMS. A total of 98.8% and 99.3% had the same manufacturer information for their first dose and second dose as that which was self-reported, respectively.

DISCUSSION:

Daily access to individual-level vaccine data from NIMS has allowed UKHSA to estimate vaccine coverage and provide some of the world's first vaccine effectiveness estimates rapidly and accurately.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Vaccines / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Int J Med Inform Journal subject: Medical Informatics Year: 2023 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Vaccines / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Int J Med Inform Journal subject: Medical Informatics Year: 2023 Document Type: Article