4 th Annual National Immunization Program Immunization Registry Conference Atlanta, GA Thomas M. Moss State of Georgia

1. A1-Immunization Registries: Getting Started 101 GRITS – Synergy in Action 4th Annual National Immunization Program Immunization Registry Conference Atlanta, GA Thomas M. Moss State of Georgia Immunization Registry Manager

2. Synergy – Teamwork moving towards a common end. • In –in accordance with. • Action – The process of doing. “GRITS is a team working towards a common end in accordance with the process of creating an Immunization Registry.”

3. GRITS is aTEAMworking towards a common end in accordance with the process of creating an Immunization Registry. • The Team Owns The Team • Three C’s of a team member • Character – WIN within – The Personal Base – “Being” • Chemistry – WIN with others – The People Base – “Relationships” • Competence – WIN in whatever you do – The Performance base – “Doing”

4. The CORE TEAM in Georgia: • 2 – Registry Business Analysts • Tracy Ingraham – Team Lead State Required Enhancements • Lisa Roberts – Team Lead Data Exchange Interface • 1 – Registry Marketing & Training Consultant • Greg Richardson – Team Lead Communications • 2 – Registry Associates • Deborah Head – Team Support • Yolanda Oliver – Data Support • 1 – Policy, Rules, & Regulations Consultant • Mike Etheredge – Liason with DHR-OIT, GTA • 1 – Registry Manager • Tom Moss – Remove Barriers & Empower Core Team

5. The SALES TEAM in Georgia: • 12 – 18 Immunization Program Consultants • Territory Managers • Registry Sales • Registry Trainers • Registry Follow-up

6. The Business Subject Matter Experts (bSME’s) in Georgia: • Vaccine for Children Consultants • Immunization Education Consultants • Public Health Clinical Information System Consultants • American Academy of Pediatrics Consultants • Local / Regional Registry Consultants

7. The Technical Subject Matter Experts (tSME’s) in Georgia: • Tri-Zetto Group • RFP, Registry Consultants • EDS • Application Development • Environment Management • Level 1 & Level 2 Help Desk • Department of Human Resources-OIT • Database Administrators • Level 2 & Level 3 Help Desk • Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) • Network & Operations Management • Level 3 Help Desk

8. “A team built on the 3 C’s; Character, Chemistry, and Competence can conquer the challenge.”

9. GRITS is ateam working towards aCOMMON ENDin accordance with the process of creating an Immunization Registry. The Team Owns The Purpose • A Registry for healthy Children in the State of Georgia.

10. “It is for the Children”

11. GRITS is ateamworking towards a common end in accordance withTHE PROCESS OFcreating an Immunization Registry. The Team Owns The Process • Each Core Team member takes ownership, authority, and responsibility for their piece of the process.

12. Set Standards • National Immunization Program’s (NIP) Technical Work Group (TWG) Certification Standards • American Immunization Registry Association’s (AIRA) Programmatic Registry Operations Workgroup (PROW) Registry Standards of Excellence

13. Create a Living, Breathing Program Strategy • System Requirements Strategy • System Develop Strategy • Application Release Strategy • Operations Support Strategy • Organization / User Support Strategy • Training Strategy • Deployment Strategy • Marketing Strategy

14. Continuously Monitor Progress • Re-evaluate your Strategies • Do not fear changing strategies • Evaluate using AIRA PROW Standards of Excellence Worksheets

15. Celebrate • Recognize your victories, celebrate. • Recognize anything and everything that keeps the process moving forward, celebrate. • Recognize your failures, celebrate. • Learn from your failures, celebrate. • Celebrate

16. “Don’t waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It’s okay to fail. If you’re not failing, you’re not growing.” - H. Stanley Judd

17. GRITS is ateamworking towards a common end in accordance with the process of creating an IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY. The Team Owns The Registry • The 3 P’s of Ownership • Pride – WIN within – The Personal Base – “Being” • Professionalism – WIN with others – The People Base – “Relationships” • Production – WIN in whatever you do – The Performance base – “Doing”

18. I am PROUD to state that in 5 Months we have grown from: • ZEROClients to 1,262,250 Clients • ZERO Immunization Records to 7,459,611 Immunization Records

19. Dade Catoosa Towns 1-2 Fannin Rabun Murray Union Whitfield Gilmer Walker Habersham White Lumpkin Stephens Chattooga Gordon Pickens 2-0 Dawson 1-1 Banks Franklin Hart Hall Floyd Cherokee Bartow Forsyth Jackson Madison Elbert Barrow Polk Gwinnett Oglethorpe Cobb Paulding 10-0 Oconee 3-1 3-4 Clarke De Kalb Rockdale Haralson Wilkes Lincoln Walton 3-5 Fulton Douglas 3-2 Carroll Morgan Clayton Greene Taliaferro Newton Columbia 3-3 McDuffie 6-0 Henry Fayette Warren Coweta Butts Richmond Putnam Heard Jasper Hancock Spalding Glascock Pike Lamar 4-0 Jefferson Baldwin Burke Meriwether Jones Troup Monroe Washington Upson Bibb 5-2 Wilkinson Jenkins Screven Crawford Harris Johnson Talbot Twiggs Emanuel Peach Muscogee Taylor 7-0 Bleckley Laurens Houston Bulloch Marion 5-1 Treutlen Candler Chattahoochee Effingham Macon Pulaski Schley Dodge Dooly Evans Wheeler 9-1 Toombs Stewart Webster Sumter Bryan Tattnall Chatham Wilcox Crisp Telfair Quitman Liberty Terrell Jeff Davis Randolph Lee Ben Hill Long Appling Turner Dougherty Clay Irwin Coffee Bacon Wayne 8-2 Mc Intosh Worth Calhoun Tift Pierce Early Glynn Baker Berrien Atkinson 9-2 9-3 Mitchell Brantley Colquitt Miller Cook Ware Lanier Seminole 8-1 Camden Clinch Charlton Lowndes Decatur Grady Thomas Brooks Echols PROFESSIONALISM Statewide Pilot Districts & Counties May 2003 – Aug 2003 Phase I Districts & Counties Sept 2003 – Dec 2003 Phase II Districts & Counties Jan 2004 – Dec 2004

20. Our PRODUCTION matches our Philosophy “In all things seek a path to keeps you moving forward.”

21. The Team of the Georgia Registry of Immunization Transactions and Services