Reducing Missed Opportunities for Immunizations

Delivering Adolescent Vaccinations in the Medical Home: A New Era?

“…Missed opportunities for vaccinations 55,56 (health care visits at which a patient is eligible to receive a vaccination but does not receive one) are particularly important, because adolescents have fewer visits than do younger children. In addition, some providers still recommend biennial preventive visits for adolescents, although most current guidelines recommend annual preventive visits.…”

“…57 Although rigorous studies have noted only limited success with interventions to eliminate missed opportunities in children 55,56 and adults, 58 interventions to reduce missed opportunities may still be more feasible than other strategies that require more resources.…”

Sick-Visit Immunizations and Delayed Well-Baby Visits

“…2 Missed opportunities to give any or all due shots at provider visits are 1 reason that children fail to have adequate immunization levels. [3][4][5] Such missed opportunities to immunize are a global issue, with many nations and care systems facing problems of similar scope. 6 As an example, 1 recent US study found that 64.5% of undervaccination up to age 2 years was attributable to missed opportunities, whereas another recent study in India found that 79.6% of undervaccination up to age 6 years was related to missed opportunities.…”

Predictors of Pneumococcal Vaccination Uptake in Hospitalized Patients Aged 65 Years and Over Shortly Following the Commencement of a Publicly Funded National Pneumococcal Vaccination Program in Australia

“…As such, it is important that doctors are advocates of vaccination, particularly for the high-risk sub-group in our study. [37][38][39][40] …”