Upp Technology adds Vaccine Provider Registration System to irms software suite

Upp Technology, a leader in public health software solutions, announced today at the Public Health Preparedness Summit, that it has enhanced its suite of irms software with the addition of the irms Vaccine Provider Registration System. The new provider management solution is already running in multiple states and the company expects to announce the deployment of this system in another four states within the first quarter of 2010.

Built on Upp’s irms|EM™ Emergency Management system, the irms Vaccine Provider Registration System efficiently allows healthcare providers, medical practitioners and pharmacies to register their organizations with the state and order vaccinations through an online Web portal. Using the embedded irms Decision Support System, the software automatically analyzes state-wide provider data along with state, regional, county and jurisdictional data to apportion the available vaccinations. Allocations are made in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control’s immunization prioritization policy.

Vaccine providers can electronically approve orders through the irms Web portal with the option to accept the allocations or adjust quantities. Approved orders are sent electronically to vaccine distributors directly or via the CDC's VACMAN system. Providers can also use the online Web portal to record the doses administered and destroyed for easy and accurate reporting back to the CDC.

Multiple vaccines can be allocated systematically to regions based on availability, demographics and other important criteria. The system also recalculates vaccine allocations as additional supply becomes available, demographics change, or providers are added or removed.

The software automatically records all vaccination movements, activities and transactions within the system for easy and accurate reporting back to the CDC. Multiple custom reports can be created to provide state official with a real-time understanding of state-wide vaccination inventories and a global view of the state-wide provider network for a more accurate understanding of the provider landscape.