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Initiatives aimed at enhancing digital integration between hospitals and territories are limited, and there is still a gap in the development of automated systems for identifying patients who could benefit from vaccinations directly offered from hospitals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Adult frail patients who access the hospital will be recruited over 4\u202fyears, following the acquisition of informed consent. With the assistance of a privacy-preserving automated algorithm, electronic hospital and vaccination records will be utilized to assess eligibility for vaccinations against <jats:italic>SARS-CoV-2<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Herpes Zoster<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Influenza<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Streptococcus pneumoniae,<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Hepatitis B<\/jats:italic>. Eligible patients will be invited to schedule a vaccination appointment and will be asked to fill in a questionnaire evaluating patient-reported experience measures (PREMs). Outcomes of interest are the feasibility of the pathway, patients\u2019 satisfaction and concerns with it, and its impact on vaccination coverage.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Ethics and dissemination<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study has been approved by the ethics committee of the \u201cFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli\u201d -FPG- (<jats:email>comitato.etico@policlinicogemelli.it<\/jats:email>), with approval number 5819. Furthermore, it has been published on <jats:ext-link>ClinicalTrial.gov<\/jats:ext-link> with the approval number NCT06127563. 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