ACP receives three-year federal grant to increase adult immunization rates

The CDC awarded ACP with an initial $175,000 grant for 2012-2013 to create a three-year evidence-based program to increase adult immunization rates in five states.

Working with ACP chapters in Arizona, Delaware, Northern Illinois, Maryland and New York, the program will assist up to 100 internal medicine practices in implementing strategies for improving adult immunization rates toward the federal government's goals for 2020, including seasonal influenza immunization of 80% to 90% of adults. The three-year program will focus on increasing adult immunization rates and clinical team education, practice assessment and performance feedback, increasing clinician recommendation of immunization to patients, and implementation of standing order protocols from attending physicians.

More information about the program is available online.