135D.4 Iowa health information network — principles — technical infrastructure requirements.
1. The Iowa health information network shall be administered and governed by a designated entity using, at a minimum, the following principles:
a. Be patient-centered and market-driven.
b. Comply with established national standards.
c. Protect the privacy of consumers and the security and confidentiality of all health information.
d. Promote interoperability.
e. Increase the accuracy, completeness, and uniformity of data.
f. Preserve the choice of the patient to have the patient’s health information available through the record locator service.
g. Provide education to the general public and provider communities on the value and benefits of health information technology.
2. Widespread adoption of health information technology is critical to a successful Iowa health information network and is best achieved when all of the following occur:
a. The network, through the designated entity complying with chapter 504 and reporting as required under this chapter, operates in an entrepreneurial and businesslike manner in which it is accountable to all participants utilizing the network’s products and services.
b. The network provides a variety of services from which to choose in order to best fit the needs of the user.
c. The network is financed by all who benefit from the improved quality, efficiency, savings, and other benefits that result from use of health information technology.
d. The network is operated with integrity and freedom from political influence.
3. The Iowa health information network technical infrastructure shall provide a mechanism for all of the following:
a. The facilitation and support of the secure electronic exchange of health information between participants.
b. Participants without an electronic health records system to access health information from the Iowa health information network.
4. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to impede or preclude the formation and operation of regional, population-specific, or local health information networks or the participation of such networks in the Iowa health information network.
2015 Acts, ch 73, §4, 9
Section is effective March 31, 2017; Code editor received notice from the Iowa department of public health that assumption of administration and governance of the Iowa health information network by the designated entity occurred on that date; 2015 Acts, ch 73, §9
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