This page is specific to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Promoting Interoperability Program and hospitals, critical access hospitals, and healthcare providers pursuing related measures and objectives. Promoting Interoperability (formerly Meaningful Use) is a national initiative to implement information technology for the ultimate purpose of improving patient care. The approach has historically been presented in three distinct stages and includes several public
Stage 1: Data collection & sharing (implementation of electronic health record systems) - achieve during federal fiscal year (FFY) 2011-2013*
Stage 2: Advanced clinical processes - achieve during FFY 2014-2015*
Measure: The eligible provider (EP) is in active engagement with a PHA to submit immunization data and receive immunization forecasts and histories from the public health immunization registry/immunization information system (IIS).
Bidirectional exchange is available and required to achieve the objective. Contact the IRIS Help Desk at 800-374-3958 ext. 3 or 4, if a bidirectional exchange has not yet been established.
Active Engagement with IRIS can be met by:
Testing and Validation: The EP is in the process of testing and validation of the electronic submission of data. EPs must respond to requests from the PHA or, where applicable, the CDR within 30 days; failure to respond twice within an EHR reporting period would result in that EP not meeting the measure.
Production: The EP has completed testing and validation of the electronic submission and is electronically submitting production data to the PHA or Clinical Data Repository.
Objective: Capability to submit electronic data on reportable (as required by state or local law) lab results to PH agencies and actual submission in accordance with applicable law and practice.
Objective: The eligible hospital, CAH, or eligible provider is in active engagement with a public health agency to submit case reporting of reportable conditions
Objective: Capability to submit electronic syndromic surveillance data to PH agencies and actual submission in accordance with applicable law and practice.
Objective: the eligible hospital or CAH is in active engagement with a public health agency to submit data to one or more public health registries
Capability to identify and report cancer cases to a public health central cancer registry, except where prohibited, and in accordance with applicable law and practice.
This measure is NOT applicable for hospitals or critical access hospitals.
The Iowa Cancer Registry is working with Iowa HHS and CyncHealth to assist healthcare providers meet Promoting Interoperability Program objectives in Iowa.
If you are interested in learning more about reporting cancer cases to the Iowa Cancer Registry, please contact the Iowa Cancer Registry Operations Director, Suzanne Bentler at suzanne-bentler@uiowa.edu
The Iowa Newborn Screening Information System (INSIS) is a secure, web-based system for reporting demographics and newborn hearing screening results in Iowa. This specialized registry option is available to eligible birthing facilities who conduct these types of newborn screenings and follow-up testing. INSIS has the capacity to receive newborn demographics and hearing screening data electronically from electronic health records using HL7 messaging. For more information, contact ccid@idph.iowa.gov
CyncHealth provides the infrastructure and other services for Iowa’s health information network. Please visit the CyncHealth web site for more information: CyncHealth
