How to Participate

To participate in the Bay Area Regional Immunization Registry, ask your healthcare provider if they participate in BARR. You and your child's immunizations will automatically be entered into the registry when you or your child is seen by a participating provider. Benefits for parents and the community include:

• Consolidates into one record all of the immunizations you or your child has received.
• Provides an accurate, official copy of your or your child’s immunization history for personal, daycare, school or camp entrance requirements.
• Helps ensure that your or your child’s immunizations are up-to-date.
• Provides reminders and/or recalls to let you know when you or your child is due/overdue for an immunization.
• Protects against over-immunization.

Participation in the immunization registry is voluntary. You have the right to choose to:

• Participate in the registry.
• Review your or your child’s immunization information, ask questions, and correct errors.
• Obtain, upon request, the names and addresses of those health care providers with whom immunization information has been shared.
• Choose to not receive reminder or recall notices.
• Choose to not participate in the registry.

For additional information about participating in the immunization registry, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions for Parents in English and Spanish and download the "Keeping Track of Your Shots - What You Should Know" Brochure.

For Parent disclosure statements for participating in the immunization registry, please see the attached documents in English and Spanish.

Healthcare Providers

The Bay Area Regional Immunization Registry is an electronic immunization information system that gives providers shared access to the full shot records of Bay Area children in both public and private sectors. Immunization registries provide many benefits such as:

• Easy access to patient immunization records, including immunizations that were given by other practices and clinics. The immunization registry tracks contraindications and precautions for each patient.
• Reduced staff record-keeping. The registry is able to print California Immunization Records (yellow card) when patients lose it or need it for school or child care.
• Makes it easy to keep track of new vaccines and changing immunization schedules.
• Generates practice data needed for HEDIS reporting, vaccine usage reports, and immunization rates for your practice.
• Generates lists of patients who are overdue for immunizations. Prints postcards to notify patients of immunizations needed.
• Tracks vaccine inventory by lot number and manufacturer.
• Registries can also play a key role in contributing to vaccine safety.
• Registry User Testimonial from Medical Office Staff

For every $1.00 spent of immunization registries, $2.00 will be saved. In the Bay Area, $3,244,895 is spent annually to maintain an immunization registry resulting in a savings of $6,489,790 annually in cost offsets. Cost savings clearly outweigh the cost of an immunization registry in the Bay Area. For additional information about participating in the registry, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions for Providers, download the Immunization Registry Benefits brochure or download the Provider Benefits brochure.

Join other providers in participating in the Bay Area Regional Immunization Registry and enjoy the benefits that it offers. BARR staff will supply the software and its maintenance, train, and support your staff, and assist you with reports at no cost to you. For a demonstration or further information, contact us at 1-800-578-7889 or barrhelpdesk@hhs.co.scl.ca.us

Technical Requirements

User Interface Tier

Browser: Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6 with default Internet Options
Operating Platform: Pentium PC, Windows 98/NT4/Me/2000/XP with latest critical updates. A faster PC will have faster response time.
Connection: Broadband or 56K Dial-up via Internet or local area network
Web Server: Internet Information Server 5, Active Server Pages

Business Logic Tier

Operating System: Windows 2000 Server
Application Engine: COM+

Data Service Tier

Server: SQL Server 2000
Operating System: Windows 2000