Smart Electronic Medical Records
National Immunisation Register
Set up
User must have system administrator privileges and Healthlink must be installed.
- Open Tools, Organisations, Our Practices
- Select your Practice
- Go to the NIR section of settings
- Set NIR Participation to True
- Enter the NIR Birth Cohort start date (children born after this date will be eligible to be enrolled on the NIR).
NIR Status Query
Access is available from any computer
1. Click on the NIR Icon on the toolbar
2. Select the patient using the Find Patient Screen
3. Confirm the search type (usually just press OK)
Incoming Query Response
1. View Response in Mail Screen
2. “Match” or “Add New patient”
3. Update immunisation history and tasks as appropriate
4. File report
Incoming Nomination
If you wish to accept a nomination:
1. “Match” or “Add New patient”
2. Select “Accept Nomination”
3. File report
If you wish to reject a nomination:
1. “Reject Nomination”
2. File report
Incoming Request to Vaccinate
“Match” or “Add New patient”. Click the right option from:
– Accept
– Cancel if not required / already completed
– Unable to accept (no longer preferred provider)
Incoming Query Response
1. View Response in Mail Screen
2. “Match” or “Add New patient”
3. Update immunisation history and tasks as appropriate
4. File report
