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Michael S. Kobernick, MD, MS¹, Cynthia Taueg, MPH¹, Kenneth Coleman¹, and Jonnie Hamilton, NP². (1) Community Health Services, St John Health, 22101 Moross Road, PB II, Suite 365, Detroit, MI 48236, 248-506-1450, michael.kobernick@stjohn.org, (2) St John Health Community Health Services, Butzel School Based Health Center, 22101 Moross Road, PB II - Suite 365, Detroit, MI 48236

Immunizing children that live urban, poverty stricken areas is a challenge across the country. Michigan Medicaid HMO's struggle to report HEDIS immunization rates above 90%. In some areas the rates are in the 70% range. Michigan has developed a computerized registry in which clinicians are required to enter immunization data at the time of administration. St. John Health operates twelve school based health centers in the Detroit area to achieve a corporate mission objective of “health care that leaves no one behind”.

One school based health center has developed a program in which a staff member looks up the immunization status of each child in the school in the immunization registry. The names of children that are incomplete are provided to the school administration and the children are sent to the health center for immunization administration after appropriate permissions have been obtained. This program resulted in an immunization rate of 98% at this school.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to

• Describe the Michigan Immunization Registry
• Discuss the relationship between an inner city school based health center and the school administration.
• Understand Michigan Immunization rates. 4.Articulate the barriers to immunization among inner city children. 5.Understand how a partnership between a school based health center and the school administration used the Michigan Immunization registry to improve immunization rates to 98%.

Keywords: Immunizations, School-Based Programs

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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