Barriers to Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Uptake in a Pediatric Inpatient Healthcare Setting After Implementation of Clinical Decision Support

Swaminathan Kandaswamy; Erin Masterson; Reena Blanco; Pareen Shah; Patricia Lantis; Srikant Iyer; Andi Shane; Stephanie Jernigan; Evan Orenstein

doi:10.3233/SHTI220116

Barriers to Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Uptake in a Pediatric Inpatient Healthcare Setting After Implementation of Clinical Decision Support

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 Jun 6:290:452-456. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220116.

Authors

Swaminathan Kandaswamy¹, Erin Masterson², Reena Blanco^{1

2}, Pareen Shah^{1

2}, Patricia Lantis^{1

2}, Srikant Iyer^{1

2}, Andi Shane^{1

2}, Stephanie Jernigan^{1

2}, Evan Orenstein^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

PMID: 35673055
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI220116

Abstract

Every heatlhcare encounter is an opportunity to provide both acute care and health maintenance to children. A Clinical Decision Support (CDS) intervention was instituted in a tertiary pediatric health system to improve influenza vaccination rates during the 2019-2020 season among eligible children receiving care in an acute care inpatient healthcare setting. This study explores reasons for low vaccine uptake following implementation of a CDS aimed at improving vaccine administration as well as identifying possible solutions to improve flu vaccine coverage.

Keywords: Clinical Decision Support; Preventive Health Services Implementation Science.

MeSH terms

Child
Decision Support Systems, Clinical*
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Influenza Vaccines*
Influenza, Human* / prevention & control
Inpatients
Seasons
Vaccination

Substances

Influenza Vaccines

Grants and funding

R03 HS027689/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States