MIIC News Flash

A quarterly newsletter for all active Minnesota Immunization Information Connection (MIIC) users with important updates and other information to support their MIIC participation.

February 2026

In this issue:

• MIIC modernization
• MIIC in use: Data for the 2025 Annual Child Care Immunization Report
• Learning corner: What is MIIC data quality?
• MIIC data quality assessment: MIIC is #1 in data quality!
• Data quality: Alias explanation
• Release notes

Past issues:

November 2025

• MIIC DUA content updates
• Special topic: Alternatives to looking up employee records
• Data quality corner: Respiratory vaccines
• Learning corner: Overview of process for unmerging
• Release note: Assessment report average updates
• Data: 2024-2025 infant RSV coverage update
• Provider spotlight: CentraCare St. Cloud Hospital

July 2025

• MIIC perseverance amidst uncertainty: What to expect
• Communication changes related to data exchange in FY26
• Improve your immunization quality, request a consult through MDH
• Data corner: Know your MMR coverage rates and steps to improve them
• Learning corner: Utilizing client follow-up to identify MMR doses
• Release notes: Several improvements and fixes added to MIIC
• Provider spotlight: Julie Johnson

February 2025

• Adult Td/Tdap immunization coverage in Minnesota
• Historical immunizations? Here's how to report them
• Complete data better supports immunization activities
• Want your practice to improve immunization coverage rates? IQIP can help!
• Learning corner: Forecaster 101
• Release updates: Production releases on security and infrastructure
• Provider spotlight: Steven Rudolph

January 2025

• Help us improve health equity – share your voice!
• Where can you find MIIC data?
• Providers, we need your help with improving reminder/recall campaigns
• Results are in: MIIC’s data is top tier
• MIIC help desk: Login issue requests
• Learning corner: Allowable uses of MIIC and MIIC data
• Release updates: Assessment report
• Provider spotlight: Kelsey Peterson

October 2024

• Timely and accurate data: It never gets old!
• New COVID-19 and influenza codes
• Watch out: Bad alias records
• Restricted access MIIC record: What it means and what to do?
• Child cares utilization of MIIC
• Planning for nirsevimab administration this year?
• Learning Corner: Pending Clients
• Release updates
• Provider spotlight: Hollie Blilie

July 2024

• DUA at a glance
• DUA user guidance
• MIIC administrator - what do we mean?
• Monitor ACKs/data exchange feeds
• What can you do with the 'manage my account' function? Here are some tips!
• Provider spotlight: Victoria Standley, Sanford Health

May 2024

• Webinar series alert!
• Implement “start at age 9” approach in your clinic: HPV Vaccination Strategies webinar
• Calling all school nurses before summer break
• Know your MMR schedules to improve rates
• Promote actions that can be used to improve rates
• Not sure how to enter non-U.S. vaccines? We’ve got you covered!
• What’s new with the MIIC application?
• Learning Corner: Utilize MIIC Client Follow-Up to improve MMR vaccination rates!
• Provider spotlight: Rice County Public Health’s Angie Nagel

January 2024

• Speedy data submissions
• Learning corner: Data timeliness
• Test data: Think before you send it!
• Monitor data submission with the Vaccine Summary Report
• New recommended ages for HPV in MIIC
• MIIC data and statistics: What's available and where to find it
• New year, new MIIC Data Use Agreement
• Attention MIIC Administrators: Additional annual User Agreement implemented
• Long-Term Care users: Upcoming immunization webinar
• Provider spotlight: Mohammed Selim, Data Quality Advocate