Florida SHOTS™: Keeping SHOTS in Check

Florida SHOTS is pleased to announce the development of an online Parent Portal (scheduled for fourth quarter 2010), which will allow health-care providers to give their patients direct, free, online access to their own shot records. Patients will be able to log onto the secure server at www.flshots.com and print electronically certified copies of D.H. Form 680 from their home computers. No office visit or call is required. Start electronically certifying your 680s now in preparation for this exciting tool.

Preparing D.H. Form 680s for your patients will be easier than ever before with the Parent Portal; however, patients can only access electronically certified 680s, so it is crucial that you electronically certify every patient’s shot record. continue reading

Q: How do I set Florida SHOTS preferences so our office can produce electronically certified 680s?

A: After logging into the Florida SHOTS registry, your local account administrator must select “Personnel List” under “Administration” in the left menu. On the “Personnel Maintenance” screen:

• Set up permissions for individuals whose names will be used to electronically sign the new 680 Forms (“Certify Form 680”).
• Set up permissions for users who will need access to issue the certified forms (“Create Certified Form 680”).

You already know Florida SHOTS saves you time when you search, certify, and print 680s electronically. But did you know that the registry provides the only electronic D.H. Form 680 authorized by Florida law?* Use Florida SHOTS as your one-stop resource for your practice’s electronic immunization data.

Link your software to the registry through data upload and automatically import shot records and vaccination histories to Florida SHOTS. Then make sure when it’s time to print you use a state-issued D.H. Form 680—the only blue form accepted statewide for entry to school and other childcare programs. Your patients will thank you!

* Legal Authority: Sections 1003.22, 402.305, 402.313, Florida Statutes; rules 64D-3.046, 65C-20.011, Florida Administrative Code

Healthcare providers aren’t the only ones who benefit from Florida SHOTS’ electronically-certified DH680. Schools that are enrolled can easily access student immunization records to get a child into the classroom fast.

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Creating an electronically-certified DH680 (bluecard) is simple and fast - two things you need. 

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