The site, called My Turn, allows users to plan and register vaccinations to be notified via SMS or email if they are not already eligible. At this time, the feature is only available to health care workers and people 65 and older in Los Angeles and San Diego.
Officials plan to make it available nationwide in early February.
Government Gavin Newsom said at a news conference Monday afternoon that the tool is more than just a notification system or a booking system with state clinics, as other states do.
“It offers providers the ability to have all the data shared automatically, not only with the state, but ultimately also to share the data quickly with the federal government,” Newsom said.
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It will eliminate unnecessary paperwork and old systems that many clinics and vaccine providers struggle with, he said.
It will also enable them to enter more immediate data on the number of shots fired, which he said would address a “reporting delay”, which could indicate fewer vaccines were administered.
“It’s just as good as the clinics and provider network are good. It gets more robust as more people come online … As more and more clinics sign up, use more and more opportunities, more and more capacity is made available, at least on this platform versus other mechanisms and platforms to find out when it’s your turn, ‘the governor said.
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