1. LINKS SCHOOL NURSE MODULE April 14, 2016
Presented by:
Louisiana Office of Public Health-Immunization Program

2. Agenda LINKS Overview School Nurse Module Q and A What is LINKS
Accomplishments

3. Louisiana Immunization Network for Kids Statewide

4. LINKS Role Statewide, population based system Public / Private Sector
Pertinent Data
Demographics
Immunization information
Public Health EP Tool
School Nurse/Headstart Reporting/Child Care Center Reporting
One of the quickest ways to address the weaknesses in the public health infrastructure is to utilize existing systems. LINKS was a perfect fit for this because it is a population-based database. Therefore, it is already designed to handle large amounts of data and it can organize and process both demographic information and immunization information.

5. Provider Enrollment Over 3000 providers using LINKS, including:
Public (parish health units, community health centers)
Private (private physicians, hospitals)
HMO
School based health clinics
Schools/Headstart Centers
Military

6. School Nurse/Headstart Module
Piloted in January 2005
Goals of module:
Provide schools nurses and Headstart with access to registry to view immunization records
Streamline annual reporting process by utilizing registry to collect data
Allow school nurses and Headstart to add missing immunization data  enhance value of registry
Simplify management of process by automating all reporting

7. Benefits of School Nurse Module
More complete information available for schools and headstart facilities, immunization consultants and state to use for follow up
Updated demographic and patient records collected in registry – enhances data in registry for all users
Facilitates efficient process management for state reporting:
Follow up
Enforcement of deadlines
Final aggregation of data
Assists in further identification of pockets of need in state
School nurses/Headstart Centers invest in LINKS value and advocate for other providers to enroll as users → recruitment

8. Benefits of School Nurse Module
Registry offers legible, credible consolidated data to view  Universal Certificate, Vaccination Summary
Registry tools help nurses to forecast for needed shots and follow up in a timely manner
Streamlined data compilation process for annual reports
Using LINKS, Schools/Headstart Centers save time used to track student immunization records
Providers (private and public) save time copying records for school use

10. SNM-2 BASIC SCENARIOS STUDENT/PATIENT ALREADY IN LINKS
STUDENT/PATIENT NOT IN LINKS

12. Enter a part of the school name to search
Select your school

13. Enter First Initial and DOB and run search for child

20. SCHOOL NURSE ACTION REPORT

21. School Roster Report

22. Summary
Additional tools are added regularly to increase the value of LINKS for providers
LINKS has ability to streamline various aspects of immunization service delivery
Vaccine management and reporting
Forecasting, reminder/recall
Generating state reports
Contact your regional immunization consultant if you are not already enrolled