To ensure individuals in Connecticut have a complete, consolidated vaccination record, if your electronic health record (EHR) established a bi-directional interface with CT WiZ, you can utilize the Query and Response (Q&R) functionality.
- Review the CT WiZ QPB Technical Specifications for guidance on the bi-directional Q&R interface with CT WiZ using QBP and RSP.
- This will enable you to utilize Q&R for vaccination records and forecasts.
- If you have not yet established bi-directional exchange with CT WiZ, visit: CT WiZ Onboarding
- Important Reminders:
- Per State law, providers are required to electronically report all vaccinations for all ages to CT WiZ.
- Confidentiality of the data in CT WiZ is protected by State law. Per State law, only authorized users access CT WiZ.
- Please review the user access types for a description of who can access CT WiZ records for their parents, or for their students if they are a School Nurse.
Tips for querying CT WiZ:
- Contact your EHR vendor or your practice manager on how to query from your EHR.
- Querying generates traffic for CT WiZ and your EHR which may impact or slow performance of both systems.
- Use non-regular and non-peak hours
- Only Q&R patients that are needed
- Do not Q&R for multiple patients at the same time (higher volume queries – schedule or send on non-peak hours, if possible)
- For batch queries, each patient should contain the current date and time in the MSH.7. Date/Time Of Message, don’t use the same date and time for all the batch file.
When querying CT WiZ, if you do not receive the record, please note:
- The records represent only data that has been reported to and/or entered into the CT WiZ.
- Patient may not have been reported/entered yet by the clinic in CT WiZ.
- Patient may not be an exact match (may have another name or demographics and could be a duplicate patient).
- Patient possibly was vaccinated out of state, and CT WiZ has not established the interface with that state's Immunization Information System yet.
- Patient possibly vaccinated by a federal provider clinic in Connecticut, and CT WiZ has not established the interface with that federal clinic yet.
- Note: CT WiZ continues to establish secure interfaces as allowed per state law. CT WiZ Electronic Data Interfaces.