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Immunization Programs and Partnerships Oregon SAFENET  SafeNet is designed to link low income Oregon residents with health care services (including immunizations) in their communities; assist in identifying and prioritizing needs of callers with immediate, multiple health care concerns; match provider callers with appropriate information concerning options; track and document service gaps; provide follow-up and advocacy to insure that clients statewide are able to access available services. Oregon Immunization ALERT Our statewide child immunization information system that tracks children's vaccinations provided in the public and private sectors. ALERT is the result of a public/private partnership with Oregon Health Systems in Collaboration, the Office of Medical Assistance Programs and the Oregon Partnership to Immunize Children. VFC - Vaccines for Children Providing free vaccines for children birth through age 18 in certain groups - Medicaid/Oregon Health Plan enrollees, uninsured, American Indian/Alaskan native. Vaccine is made available through public and private providers. Also provides parental and provider education and technical assistance. OPIC - Oregon Partnership to Immunize Children As Oregon's statewide childhood immunization coalition, OPIC facilitates the collaboration of public and private partners to protect the State's children against vaccine-preventable diseases. Annual activities include a Media/Education Campaign with partner Oregon Safenet, an Awards Luncheon, and issue oriented Roundtable meetings featuring national, state and local immunization experts. Perinatal Hepatitis B Program The perinatal hepatitis B program works to support local health departments as they take the lead role in coordinating perinatal hepatitis B prevention activities in their respective jurisdictions. The program also ensures that all maternity patients are screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and that infants born to HBsAg positive mothers are given the proper biologicals at birth. IRIS - Immunization Record Information System IRIS, the Immunization Record Information System, is the data system used to record all immunization services provided by 27 local health departments throughout the state. It contains detailed information normally found in clients? medical records; data about shots given is exported to Immunization ALERT on a regular basis. IRIS is a module of the Office of Family Health's (OFH) FamilyNet system, which includes modules for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and early childhood programs; modules for other OFH programs will be added in the future. |
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