Specialty Societies Advancing Adult Immunization
In 2021, the CDC awarded a cooperative agreement to CMSS to partner with seven medical specialty societies and 40 health systems under a $41.5 million program to demonstrate that specialists — geriatricians, pulmonologists, cardiologists, oncologists, and others — have an essential role in protecting high-risk adult patients through vaccination.
Seven societies.
One shared mission.
Each society worked with up to eight health systems in diverse geographic and demographic settings, implementing vaccine quality improvement projects tailored to their specialty’s unique clinical context.
Reach and Impact
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Participating Health Systems
Recent Publications
“It’s not a method to convince patients to get a vaccine. Instead it creates a space to have those respectful discussions, to learn about patient motivations, to develop trust.”
The Specialty Societies Advancing Adult Immunization (SSAAI) program is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award to the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) totaling $41,508,742 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor endorsement by, CDC/HHS or the U.S. Government.