U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Vaccination Programs: Provider Reminders

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: March 2015

Workgroups: Immunization and Infectious Diseases Workgroup, Health Communication and Health Information Technology Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends provider reminders — alone or with other interventions — to increase vaccination rates in people of all ages and from different populations or settings. These reminders inform health care providers when people are due for specific vaccines and can include:

  • Notes posted in people’s charts 
  • Alerts in electronic medical records
  • Letters sent by mail or e-mail
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Objectives related to this resource (6)

Reduce the proportion of children who get no recommended vaccines by age 2 years — IID‑02
Target met or exceeded
Maintain the vaccination coverage level of 1 dose of the MMR vaccine in children by age 2 years — IID‑03
Little or no detectable change
Maintain the vaccination coverage level of 2 doses of the MMR vaccine for children in kindergarten — IID‑04
Little or no detectable change
Increase the coverage level of 4 doses of the DTaP vaccine in children by age 2 years — IID‑06
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of people who get the flu vaccine every year — IID‑09
LHI label
Getting worse
Increase the proportion of adults age 19 years or older who get recommended vaccines — IID‑D03
Developmental

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2015). Vaccination Programs: Provider Reminders. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/vaccination-programs-provider-reminders