Immunization Record One (IRO) is a smartphone app that provides a universal digital platform to maintain and securely exchange vaccine records with doctors, schools, and other relevant organizations.

Simply download the app from Google Play or Apple Store and start your journey to a healthier future.

IRO is being designed with privacy and security as fundamental requirements, including secure authentication with your fingerprint, encryption, and PIN-controlled sharing.

Your child's immunization information is kept locally on your phone, rather than being stored in a centralized database, which minimizes the risk that your child's health information could be accessed without your permission or exposed through a database breach.

It costs the parents US$1 per child annually, which is a fraction of the cost for a single cup of coffee.

Each school district will pay US$1 per student annually, which is less costly than the amount of time and labor required to manually update students’ vaccine record in the school immunization database.

You can simply transfer the information from your doctor’s electronic record to your new phone.

Your child's IRO record can travel with you. You won't have to start over simply because you changed doctors.

No. IRO is intended to complement healthcare records, not replace them.

IRO only contains immunization records and basic patient demographics. It does not contain other potentially sensitive information about your child’s health.

Your healthcare provider remains the authoritative source for clinical care and vaccination decisions.

IRO is intended to help families understand their child's immunization history and identify vaccines that may be due. Vaccination recommendations should always be confirmed with your child's healthcare professional.

IRO is designed to allow parents to securely share appropriate immunization information with schools and other authorized organizations, helping reduce the need for paper documentation.

Information in state databases is often missing. An individual child's record can be incomplete when:

1. Historical vaccinations were never entered into the database.

2. The child received vaccines in another state.

3. The child changed providers and the new provider didn't transfer historical records.

4. Demographic information was incorrect or insufficient for matching.

Most importantly, over half of doctors are not reporting all the required fields.

Even the nation's most mature state immunization registries are provider-reported systems. They are robust public-health infrastructure, but families cannot access this information.

IRO is intended to integrate with major electronic health record systems and immunization information systems through appropriate interoperability standards and interfaces.

IRO's initial focus is children, where complete immunization records are particularly important for healthcare, education, and public health. The underlying platform could eventually support immunization records throughout life.