Vaccine website updated

The New Mexico Department of Health announced Monday that its vaccination website at vaccinenm.org now enables users to complete their comprehensive personal profiles.

These profiles — which include personal medical conditions and employment information, along with other key data — allow the state to notify New Mexico residents when vaccine doses become available in their area.

“Our highest priorities remain the same: ensuring that vaccine goes to those who are most exposed to infected people or infectious materials and preventing vaccine from going to waste,” DOH Secretary-Designate Dr. Tracie Collins stated in a news release. “Vaccinenm.org allows us to contact New Mexicans and match them with local vaccination opportunities.”

Vaccinenm.org is a registration and inventory management system that enables healthcare partners to manage real-time vaccine demand while increasing distribution efficiency and minimizing waste.

Since its release two weeks ago, vaccinenm.org has seen more than 230,000 registrations, or one of every 10 residents.

For New Mexico residents who wish to register for the vaccine, the process is:

• Users submit basic contact information, including employment category and medical conditions.

• Users then are contacted and prompted to fill out additional demographic and insurance information, at which point their profile is complete. (Vaccinations are free, but providing insurance information helps support the cost of the vaccination program.)

• Users wait to receive a notification that they may schedule a vaccination. On the day of their appointment, they fill out a medical questionnaire about their current health.

The state also will launch a vaccine call center in the coming days that provides additional support for those who wish to register or ask questions about the process.