Other Items of Interest
WIC (Women, Infants & Children)MIHP (Maternal Infant Health Program)
Newborn Home Visits
Stepping Stones to School
CSHCS (Children's Special Health Care Services
Health Services for Children Entering Kindergarten
Blood Lead Screening
Hearing and Vision Screening
Contact Us
Call 1-800-432-4121 for information or to make an appointment.Immunizations
All adults and children are welcome to receive vaccines to protect against Polio, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Chickenpox, Pneumonia, Hepatitis B, Haemophilus Influenza Type B (Hib), Meningitis and Influenza. A fee may be charged or a donation requested for each individual who is immunized. Medicaid is accepted. We offer immunization clinics in each of our county offices twice per month. Call 1-800-432-4121 to make an appointment.Downloads:
Current Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents published by the CDC.
Current Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults published by the CDC.
MCIR (Michigan Care Improvement Registry)
MCIR is a state of the art childhood immunization record-keeping system for children who receive immunizations anywhere in the state of Michigan. It consists of six regional database servers connected via the state's existing wide-area network. Authorized users (physicians, health care providers, health departments, day care centers, schools and camps) can retrieve up-to-date immunization information from MCIR and submit data as it becomes available.The MCIR not only maintains a child's immunization history, it will also provide a list of due and overdue immunizations, evaluate a child's immunization status to recommend future dose dates, and generate reminder notices for upcoming and overdue immunizations.
Parents who wish to exclude their child's immunization records from the MCIR can sign an "opt out" form available through your local health care provider or the Health Department. The form allows the State to make your child's record inaccessible to authorized users until you rescind the object in writing at a possible time in the future. Immunization records will be kept on the system until a child turns 20, thereby allowing parents to obtain a complete immunization record for college entry.
If you have further questions regarding MCIR, you may request more information from Health Department of Northwest Michigan, your health care provider, or Linda VanGills, Region #5 Administrator, District Health Dept. #10 at (616) 873-2193.
Visit the state's MCIR website.
Here is a list of local health care providers who participate in the MCIR:Antrim County
Bellaire Family Health Center
Elk Rapids Family Practice
Kalkaska Family Practice
Emmet County
Petoskey Pediatrics
Petoskey Child Health Association
Dr. Todd Decker
Little Traverse bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Little Traverse Primary Care
Dr. Suzanne Wehrenberg
Charlevoix County
Pine River Medical
Boyne Area Medical Center
Beaver Island Rural Health Center
East Jordan Family Health Center
Otsego County
Dr. Colleen M. Vallad-Hix
Dr. Steven Kaufman
Dr. Becky Ashley
Dr. Robert Mee
Med-Care Walk-In Clinic
Related Links
Downloads:"Brick Book"
Health Care Professional's Guide to the Michigan Communicable Disease Rules
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MDCH Lice Manual
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(617kb)Scabies Prevention Manual
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(3.3 MB)Related Sites
American Academy of PediatricsBabyCenter
Center for Disease Control
Community Health Accreditation Program
DeVos Children's Hospital Regional Poison Center
Health Finder Links
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Mayo Clinic
Michigan Attorney General
Michigan Electronic Library
Michigan Department of Community Health
WIC Nutrition Education on the Web
Women's Health
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