Creating a Sustainable Vaccine Delivery Practice

Prim Care. 2020 Sep;47(3):407-418. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2020.05.009. Epub 2020 May 28.

Abstract

Providing vaccines places a significant logistical and financial burden on an office but is important in providing care to patients. Start the process by finding a vaccine champion, choosing a primary and backup vaccine coordinator, and creating a team in the office to promote and administer vaccines. Follow best practices when storing and monitoring vaccines. Create office policies for ordering vaccines in a fiscally sound manner, accepting deliveries, and managing inventory. Have backup processes in place to avoid preventable errors when administering vaccines. In addition, bill vaccine administration codes appropriately to collect the full reimbursement that is due.

Keywords: Vaccine billing; Vaccine delivery practice; Vaccine logistics.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Vaccination Movement / psychology
  • Documentation
  • Drug Storage / methods
  • Drug Storage / standards
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Inservice Training / organization & administration
  • Patient Care Team / organization & administration*
  • Policy
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Primary Health Care / organization & administration*
  • Primary Health Care / standards
  • Professional-Patient Relations
  • Vaccines / administration & dosage*
  • Workflow

Substances

  • Vaccines