Virginia might abandon vaccine scheduling software amid persistent problems
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Avula said the developer, a subsidiary of the nonprofit Maryland Partnership for Prevention, hasn’t explained why it can’t provide a solution (the company did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday). In late February, the company’s CEO was called to testify before state lawmakers in Massachusetts after several high-profile system failures, according to reporting by the Boston Herald. One key benefit of PrepMod is its connectivity to the Virginia Immunization Information System, where the state registers COVID-19 vaccines. Data from VIIS is also transferred to the federal government, which uses the number of administered vaccines, in part, to determine Virginia’s future allotments. That makes connectivity especially critical, but Avula said it’s possible that the state could scrap PrepMod completely if its own system includes the necessary features.