Author/Source:Texas Department of State Health Services
ImmTrac is the Texas immunization registry, a free service from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). It is a secure, confidential registry that stores children’s, Texas first responders’, and first responder family members’ vaccine information electronically in one centralized system.
ImmTrac contains over 73 million immunization records for more than 5.8 million Texas children younger than 18 years of age. This valuable information comes from a variety of sources including private health-care providers, public health clinics; Medicaid claims administrators, the Bureau of Vital Statistics (VSU), and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) clinics. Regardless of the number of sources, each client’s immunization information is consolidated into one electronic record.
Authorized professionals such as doctors, nurses, and public health providers can access clients’ vaccination histories. The Registry is a major component of the DSHS initiative to increase vaccination coverage across Texas.
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