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Arkansas Struggles in Upgrading Its Immunization Registry
All Kids Count II
- Annual birth cohort: 35,000
- Geographic area: State of Arkansas
- Legislation: 1995 law establishes a statewide registry and mandates reporting of immunizations for individuals under age 22, with access to health professionals; 1997 amendment authorizes registry access to those other than health care professionals
- Percentage of immunizations given in private sector: 30 percent
- Other sources of funding: Federal, state
Upgrading Technology: In Arkansas, the health department staff faced the challenge of migrating the immunization registry from the health department's legacy Wang mainframe computer to an NT file server. While the technology costs of such a move are very high, so are the human costs. The conversion to "Wang-free by 2003," the adopted motto, placed a large demand on information technology staff time and skills, resulting in high staff turnover, as well as hours lost to the untrained staff that replaced them and costs to pay outside consultants to fill the void.
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