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IDPH
Receives
Funding to Advance e-Health Initiative
Posted 16 March
2010
The Iowa Department
of Public Health (IDPH) has been awarded $8,375,000 over the next four
years to plan and implement Iowa’s statewide Health Information
Exchange (HIE). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
(ONC) announced the funding through the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Iowa e-Health is a public and private collaboration with a mission of
improving health care quality, safety and efficiency through the use of
health information technology (health IT). Often, patients taken to the
emergency room are unable to tell health professionals about the
medications they’ve taken or recent conditions for which they’ve been
treated. Health IT offers an opportunity to improve patient care
through the collection of patient health information in electronic
health records that can be shared with other care providers through the
statewide health information exchange.
“This information is vital for professionals to provide effective care
that can save lives,” said IDPH Director Tom Newton. “Regardless of
whether you receive care across the street or across the state, medical
professionals will have the ability to access your important health
information instantly through the secure statewide health information
exchange.”
Iowa e-Health is working closely with Iowa Medicaid Enterprise and the
Iowa Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (HITREC)
to align planning and implementation activities. Iowa Medicaid
Enterprise will provide incentives to qualified providers for
“meaningful use” of heath IT. The HITREC, administered by Iowa
Foundation for Medical Care, will provide technical assistance to Iowa
providers adopting health IT and connecting to the statewide health
information exchange.
The Iowa Legislature created the Electronic Health Information
Executive Committee and Advisory Council in 2008 to work with IDPH to
plan and promote health IT in Iowa. Building on a preliminary strategic
plan approved by the State Board of Health in July 2009, Iowa e-Health
is currently creating the Iowa e-Health Strategic and Operational Plan.
This plan will describe the governance; finance; technical
infrastructure; legal and policy; and business and technical operations
for developing the statewide health information exchange.
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