135.155 - IOWA ELECTRONIC HEALTH -- PRINCIPLES -- GOALS.

        135.155  IOWA ELECTRONIC HEALTH -- PRINCIPLES --
      GOALS.
         1.  Health information technology is rapidly evolving so that it
      can contribute to the goals of improving access to and quality of
      health care, enhancing efficiency, and reducing costs.
         2.  To be effective, the health information technology system
      shall comply with all of the following principles:
         a.  Be patient-centered and market-driven.
         b.  Be based on approved standards developed with input from
      all stakeholders.
         c.  Protect the privacy of consumers and the security and
      confidentiality of all health information.
         d.  Promote interoperability.
         e.  Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and uniformity of data.

         3.  Widespread adoption of health information technology is
      critical to a successful health information technology system and is
      best achieved when all of the following occur:
         a.  The market provides a variety of certified products from
      which to choose in order to best fit the needs of the user.
         b.  The system provides incentives for health care
      professionals to utilize the health information technology and
      provides rewards for any improvement in quality and efficiency
      resulting from such utilization.
         c.  The system provides protocols to address critical
      problems.
         d.  The system is financed by all who benefit from the
      improved quality, efficiency, savings, and other benefits that result
      from use of health information technology.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2008 Acts, ch 1188, §24
         Referred to in § 135.156