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Can I collect health information from participants in Iowa? What are the requirements?

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Collecting Health Information in Iowa

In Iowa, health data can be collected, maintained, and disseminated only in accordance with Iowa and federal law [1.1]([1.1]).

Patient Confidentiality

The department shall protect patient confidentiality. Confidential records or parts of such records collected as a part of this process shall be kept confidential [1.1]([1.1]).

Mental Health Information Disclosure

Except as specifically authorized in subsection 4, section 228.3, 228.5, 228.6, 228.7, or 228.8, or for the purposes of care coordination as defined in section 135D.2 if not otherwise restricted by federal law or regulation, a mental health professional, data collector, or employee or agent of a mental health professional, of a data collector, or of or for a mental health facility shall not disclose or permit the disclosure of mental health information [2.1]([2.1]).

Healthy Families Programs

The Iowa department of public health shall establish a healthy opportunities for parents to experience success (HOPES) – healthy families Iowa (HFI) program to provide services to families and children during the prenatal through preschool years. The program shall be designed to promote optimal child health and development, improve family coping skills and functioning, promote positive parenting skills and intrafamilial interaction, and prevent child abuse and neglect and infant mortality and morbidity [3.4]([3.4]).

Requirements

To collect health information in Iowa, you must ensure that you are complying with all relevant laws and regulations, including those related to patient confidentiality and mental health information disclosure. Data required to be submitted pursuant to this chapter shall be sent by agencies and health care providers, or their representatives, to the Iowa department of public health by the means and time frame specified by the department [1.2]([1.2]). If you are collecting health information as part of the HOPES-HFI program, you must follow the program’s requirements [3.4]([3.4]).

Therefore, to collect health information from participants in Iowa, you must comply with all relevant laws and regulations, including those related to patient confidentiality and mental health information disclosure. Additionally, if you are required to submit data, you must do so by the means and time frame specified by the Iowa department of public health [1.2]([1.2]).

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Iowa