Iowa Code Title IV. Public Health [Chs. 123-158] § 135D.4. Iowa health information network--principles--technical infrastructure requirements

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.

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.

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.