Health System Spotlight with Oregon Health and Science University: Improving Immunization Access for Older Adults-Health System Spotlight: Oregon Health and Science University

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Brianna Terima and John from Oregon Health and Science University explained how they improved immunization access for older adults by offering Medicare Part D vaccines in their clinic. They identified a barrier where patients neglected to go to an external pharmacy for vaccines, leading to low uptake. By collaborating with the pharmacy team, they designed a workflow to prescribe and administer vaccines during the clinic visit. They created dummy orders in the electronic health record and communicated through a dedicated team's channel. This approach increased convenience and patient satisfaction while maintaining clinic workflow. Data showed increasing uptake of vaccines like Shingrix and Tdap. Their future plans include proactively reaching out to patients for needed vaccines and ensuring correct billing and documentation.

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On the April 2024 SSAAI Quality Improvement and Data Leads call, Jonathan Soffer and Bryanna De Lima from Oregon Health & Science University presented on their quality improvement initiative to improve vaccination rates for Medicare Part D patients by arranging for pharmacy delivery of vaccines to the patients during their appointments in the clinic. The attached slide deck includes a screen shot of an example of a dummy order in OHSU’s electronic health record, which was not included in the recorded presentation.

Keywords

immunization access

older adults

Medicare Part D

pharmacy collaboration

vaccine uptake