Immunize Washington

2025 Immunize WA Awards

Nominations for the 2025 Immunize WA Awards will start June 2nd, recognizing clinics that achieve immunization coverage criteria for childhood, adolescents, and 9 and -year-olds for HPV dose initiation.

Immunize WA Awards

New award level

In 2023, the Washington Immunization Information System forecasting changed to reflect that 9- and 10-year-olds are due for HPV vaccine. Many clinics have embraced this change and started making strong recommendations to this age group.

To reflect this new recommendation, the Health Plan Partnership, a cooperative alliance of the Department of Health, Health Care Authority, HPV Free Task Force, Within Reach, and all the major health plans in Washington, is excited to announce a new award level for the Immunize WA provider recognition program. This new award level is for dose initiation of HPV vaccine for 9- and 10-year-olds.

Clinics with a rate of 25% or higher for one dose of HPV in this age group will receive a certificate and window cling that honors their efforts with a cancer prevention ribbon.

Want to check your immunization rates? 
Watch this short video on how to run coverage rate reports.

Want to improve immunization rates? 
Email our immunization team for help at immunizewa@doh.wa.gov. We have three options that include continuing education for nurses and medical assistants and/or Maintenance of Certification Part IV for pediatricians and family practitioners.

Timeline Guide
IQIP/Immunize WA Timeline Guide (PDF)

About the Health Plan Partnership & Immunize WA

The Health Plan Partnership, putting together the annual Immunize WA Awards, is a cooperative alliance of the Department of Health (DOH), Health Care Authority, Governor Jay Inslee, and all the major health plans in Washington.

2024 marks the tenth year the Health Plan Partnership has hosted the Immunize Washington Awards. This program recognizes clinics that reach immunization rates of 70 percent or higher in child and adolescent patient populations and now those that reach 25 percent or higher immunization coverage by initiating the first dose of HPV for 9 and 10-year-olds. View the resources below to learn how to improve immunization rates and become a recognized Immunize WA Awardee in 2025!

For questions please email immunizewa@doh.wa.gov.

What is Immunize Washington?

Immunize Washington is a partnership between public health, health plans and other organizations that aims to:

Increase immunization rates at the clinic level by using best practice tools and the Washington State Immunization Information System (IIS).
Support activities to provide on time vaccination to children and adolescents.
Encourage clinics to measure their immunization rates so they know where they are doing well and areas to improve.
Engage in immunization quality improvement activities.
Help Washington meet national goals for child and teen vaccines.