Florida SHOTS™: Keeping SHOTS in Check

Florida SHOTS staff have heard many anecdotal accounts that using the registry saves offices time in all tasks related to immunizations—from determining shots to be given to using the registry to store and print shot records. In order to quantify what actual time savings are, we timed immunization record-keeping-related tasks in participating Florida SHOTS offices.

Key Finding #1:
Median time to hand write a blue form is 2 1/2 minutes. Double that if a patient needs one for school and daycare. Updates also must be written at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, 4 years old, and 12 years old. Alternatively, you can use Florida SHOTS to search for, electronically certify, and print a 680 in less than a minute.

Observations of Integration of Florida SHOTS into Data Upload Office:
This office uses Florida SHOTS to get other providers’ records, add their records in (from shots given at their office), and print blue forms. If the child is up-to-date for their shots, they will go ahead and certify the record in Florida SHOTS, because it takes no additional time to certify it.

Check out the complete Time Savings Study Results.
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