Strategies for Increasing Childhood Influenza Vaccination
| . | Strategy . |
|---|---|
| Clinician/care team | Offer strong, presumptive influenza vaccine recommendation |
| Bundle recommendation for influenza vaccine with recommendations for other needed vaccines | |
| Use consistent messaging across care team members | |
| Identify influenza vaccine champion(s) | |
| Practice/health systems | Review influenza vaccination status at all visits |
| Bundle influenza vaccine with other needed vaccines | |
| Vaccinate at all visit types (eg, well child, acute care visits) | |
| Vaccinate in all health care settings (eg, hospital, emergency department, subspecialty practice) | |
| Increase access to influenza vaccine (eg, expanded hours, vaccine-only clinic) | |
| Provide evidence-based information to patients and families (eg, office-based educational handout) | |
| Offer scripting for staff and messaging for patients and families to address common questions, including frequent misconceptions and relevant contraindications and precautions, including allergies | |
| Consider an early or expedited allergy referral for patients with a potential flu vaccine allergy to ensure timely vaccination when appropriate | |
| Send influenza vaccine reminder or recall messages | |
| Use electronic health record-based tools to identify and classify high-risk patients for targeted outreach | |
| Use standing orders for influenza vaccine | |
| Implement influenza vaccine prompts or clinical decision support | |
| Perform audits and share feedback reports | |
| Integrate electronic health record with regional or state immunization information system and automate reconciliation of electronically received influenza vaccine administration data | |
| Community/public health | Partner with stakeholders to support vaccine initiatives within the community, including school-based programs and pharmacies |
| Engage with communities affected by health disparities to develop tailored strategies that promote trust, encourage dialog, and increase access to preventive services |
| . | Strategy . |
|---|---|
| Clinician/care team | Offer strong, presumptive influenza vaccine recommendation |
| Bundle recommendation for influenza vaccine with recommendations for other needed vaccines | |
| Use consistent messaging across care team members | |
| Identify influenza vaccine champion(s) | |
| Practice/health systems | Review influenza vaccination status at all visits |
| Bundle influenza vaccine with other needed vaccines | |
| Vaccinate at all visit types (eg, well child, acute care visits) | |
| Vaccinate in all health care settings (eg, hospital, emergency department, subspecialty practice) | |
| Increase access to influenza vaccine (eg, expanded hours, vaccine-only clinic) | |
| Provide evidence-based information to patients and families (eg, office-based educational handout) | |
| Offer scripting for staff and messaging for patients and families to address common questions, including frequent misconceptions and relevant contraindications and precautions, including allergies | |
| Consider an early or expedited allergy referral for patients with a potential flu vaccine allergy to ensure timely vaccination when appropriate | |
| Send influenza vaccine reminder or recall messages | |
| Use electronic health record-based tools to identify and classify high-risk patients for targeted outreach | |
| Use standing orders for influenza vaccine | |
| Implement influenza vaccine prompts or clinical decision support | |
| Perform audits and share feedback reports | |
| Integrate electronic health record with regional or state immunization information system and automate reconciliation of electronically received influenza vaccine administration data | |
| Community/public health | Partner with stakeholders to support vaccine initiatives within the community, including school-based programs and pharmacies |
| Engage with communities affected by health disparities to develop tailored strategies that promote trust, encourage dialog, and increase access to preventive services |