Assessment
Feedback Incentives Exchange (AFIX)
Assessment
Tips Assessment
requires not only the ability to interpret assessment findings but also
the ability to use observational skills to determine particular office
processes that may be facilitating the administration of immunizations
(strengths) or obstructing immunization administration (areas of opportunity).
Both measured
and observed information should be presented to the provider.
A
significant amount of work is required to prepare
for an assessment and must be completed before
arriving at the provider’s office. When you
are finished with your assessment make sure that
you leave the work area clean and neat and leave
the charts in a neat pile or re-file as agreed upon
with the office staff.
Measured
Information (Quantitative Data): |
What are
your assessment findings?
- Coverage
Levels
- Missed
Opportunities
- Late
Starts
- Vaild
vs. Invalid Contraindications
- Drop-
offs
Observed
Information (Qualitative Data): |
What did you observe in the office?
- Immunization
information displayed for patients?
- Current
ACIP schedule available to staff?
- Staff
questioning parents on immunization status or reviewing immunization
histories?
- Other
barriers to immunizations
What did
you observe in the record review?
- Immunizations
recorded in standardized place and method?
- Records
well organized and legible?
- Immunization
status assessed and documented at acute care encounters?
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