It is important for all health professionals that the information they access on Netcare is up to date.
Primary and Preventative Health Services (formerly Alberta Health) has reported to ACP that immunization records are not always being uploaded into the Electronic Health Record (Netcare) in a timely fashion by some pharmacy teams.
Pharmacy teams are advised to review their submissions and verify that all records appear in Netcare. If any records are missing, pharmacy teams should submit them using the correct product identification numbers (PINs) to ensure completeness.
All immunizations must be reported to Alberta’s provincial immunization repository (ImmARI) per the Immunization Regulation.
- For publicly funded vaccines, it is important that immunization information submitted through Alberta Blue Cross is linked to the appropriate PIN to ensure accuracy of the data. See Benefact 1287 for further details.
- For privately purchased vaccines, immunization information must be submitted using the Netcare Immunization Direct Submission Mechanism (IDSM) or another approved direct submission mechanism.
