Providing HIE services in Iowa since 2017.
At CyncHealth Iowa, we believe securely sharing health data with authorized users can transform healthcare — improving patient outcomes, saving time for providers, and minimizing costs across the healthcare system. We operate the Iowa Health Information Exchange using a public/private governance model, bringing together providers, payers, policymakers and public health and human services to deliver better healthcare experiences.
Providing HIE services in Iowa
since 2017.
since 2017.
At CyncHealth Iowa, we believe securely sharing health data with authorized users can transform healthcare — improving patient outcomes, saving time for providers, and minimizing costs across the healthcare system.
We operate using a private/public governance model, bringing together providers, payers, policy makers and public health and human services to deliver better healthcare experiences.
CyncHealth Iowa
connects providers and managers of patient care.
We’ve built a strong network of public and private partners in the state who’ve helped us create a unique solution tailored to the needs of Iowans.
Because we know stronger connections means confident clinical decisions and healthier Iowans.
CyncHealth Iowa Services
Provider Portal
Direct Secure Messaging
Public Health Reporting
Patient and provider time is precious. Providers need accurate information quickly to treat patients effectively. The Provider Portal integrates various healthcare information systems to show patient health data in near real-time. Patients receive better care with more complete information at a provider’s fingertips.
CyncHealth offers Direct Secure Messaging (DSM), which ensures health information flows efficiently and securely between healthcare entities and providers, even across different EHR systems.
CyncHealth automatically transmits relevant patient data from electronic health records to public health agencies, giving them timely information and enabling them to determine if action is needed. Reporting and tracking various infectious diseases helps public health get an idea of the health of their community. This transmission helps to alleviate reporting burden on providers, accelerates the detection of potential outbreaks, and supports more effective disease control efforts.
Analytics as a Service
Interoperability Solutions
Bed Dashboard
Streamline information sharing and enhance efficiency across the health ecosystem with CyncHealth Reporting. Receiving timely, accurate, complete, and consistent information improves the effectiveness of care coordination. CyncHealth’s reporting services leverage data received from clinical facilities to show:
With secure access to aggregated health information, CyncHealth participants can feel confident in the data. We are technology agnostic, focusing more on the completeness and accuracy of important health information than on the brand of technology used to collect it. We do this by ensuring interoperability regardless of Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendor, health system, or data standards.
In healthcare, time is of the essence. Providers must be able to know the physical and staffed capacity of other facilities without having to cold-call. The Bed Dashboard is a digital tool showing hospital bed capacity, helping providers get patients the placements they need.
Provider Portal
With complete information, the Provider Portal also saves you money in the long run by reducing duplicative testing, readmissions, and misuse of the Emergency Department. This powerful platform makes documentation easy, shows comprehensive patient profiles and medical history, and equips clinicians to make better decisions.
This service is available for providers and payer participants.
Direct Secure Messaging
As a health information service provider (HISP), CyncHealth provides Direct Secure Messaging utilizing the Direct Standard™, a technical standard for exchanging health information between health care entities (e.g., primary care physicians, specialists, hospitals, clinical labs) for sending messages in a trusted network. Direct is secure, easy-to-use, inexpensive, and approved for use by nationally recognized experts and organizations. Direct utilizes identity-proofing to ensure messages are only accessible to the intended recipient, per the protection regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
CyncHealth’s DSM product provides a HISP Services solution with 2 options:
- Webport (aka Webmail) solution that is web based and can be accessed by users who have gone through the process of creating an account and reviewed the training. This option is provided as part of participation with CyncHealth at no additional cost.
- DirectXDR solution integrates DSM with the Electronic Health Record (EHR) so that DSM can be sent and received as the user is in the EHR. This is available to CyncHealth participants at an additional annual cost and can be set up usually within approximately 2 weeks.
To learn more about HISP Direct Secure Messaging, please reach out to your account manager or accountmanagement@cynchealth.org
Public Health Reporting
CyncHealth automatically transmits relevant patient data from electronic health records to public health agencies, giving them timely information and enabling them to determine if action is needed. Reporting and tracking various infectious diseases helps public health get an idea of the health of their community. This transmission helps to alleviate reporting burden on providers, accelerates the detection of potential outbreaks, and supports more effective disease control efforts.
Syndromic Surveillance also helps to identify at-risk populations with real-time alerts so targeted interventions can occur. The result? More informed decisions for a healthier community.
Electronic Lab Reporting
Automatic laboratory result reporting is possible with CyncHealth! Electronic Lab Reporting (ELR) helps notify the state of any infections or reportable diseases to help curb potential outbreaks. This interoperability between hospitals, public health departments, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) makes for healthier communities!
Electronic Case Reporting
CyncHealth, in partnership with IA Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC can submit E-case reporting (eCR) for 208 reportable conditions to local public health departments across the state of Iowa on your behalf. Eliminating the burden on providers, this near real time reporting capability will allow Public Health officials to conduct contract tracing, offer services, or provide other public health actions as needed.
This service is available for providers and public health professionals.
Analytics as a Service
- All Encounters
- ED Visits
- Demographics
- Lab
- Services (Imaging)
This service is available to providers, payers, researchers, universities, and accountable care organizations (ACOs).
Interoperability Solutions
With secure access to aggregated health information, CyncHealth participants can feel confident in the data. We are technology agnostic, focusing more on the completeness and accuracy of important health information than on the brand of technology used to collect it. We do this by ensuring interoperability regardless of Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendor, health system, or data standards.
Although interoperability is at the core of all CyncHealth solutions, we take special care to ensure:
- Data specifications: We ensure shared data meets or exceeds the most current version of the CyncHealth Data Specifications. These are approved by governing entities representing all participants and include the most recently published United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) data standards in effect.
- Providers using certified EHR technology send data according to USCDI standards.
- Payers send claims data according to X12 electronic data interchange standards.
- Data quality and completeness: By focusing on the data’s reliability, CyncHealth ensures a comprehensive view of health information to enhance decision-making for all participants.
- Data sharing: We have a number of ways to provide aggregated data back to participants, including, but not limited to:
- Various file formats utilizing all supported file transport protocols
- Open-source and/or custom software solutions
- Application Program Interface (APIs)
- Bi-directional interface connections
This service applies to all participant types.
Bed Dashboard
This service is available for providers.
CyncHealth Iowa Participants
Facility
- Abbe Center for Community Mental Health
- Ackley Medical Center
- ACMH Skilled Nursing
- Adair County Health System
- Adair County Medical Clinic – Greenfield
- Adair County Medical Clinic – Stuart
- Algona Clinic
- All Care Health Center
- Area Substance Abuse Council
- ASAC-Area Substance Abuse Council
- Audubon County Memorial Hospital & Clinics
- Avera Floyd Valley Healthcare
- Avera Hegg Health Center
- Avera Holy Family Hospital
- Avera Lakes Regional Healthcare
- Avera McKennan (Avera Merrill Pioneer)
- Avera Osceola Regional Health Center
- Avera Regional Health Services of Howard County
- Avera Sioux Center Health
- Avera Spencer Municipal Hospital
- Bancroft Clinic
- Bedford Family Health Center
- Boone County Hospital
- Britt Medical Clinic
- Broadlawns Medical Center
- Buchanan County Health Center
- Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
- Burgess Health Center
- Cass County Memorial Hospital
- Certinell
- Cherokee Regional Medical Center
- CHI Health Mercy – Corning
- CHI Health Mercy – Council Bluffs
- CHI Health – Missouri Valley
- Chickasaw County Public Health
- Clarinda Regional Health Center
- Clarke County Hospital
- Clive Behavioral Health Hospital
- Community Health Center of Fort Dodge
- Community Health Centers
- Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa,Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa,Inc.
- Community Memorial Hospital – Sumner
- Compass Memorial Healthcare
- Council Bluffs Fire Department
- Crawford County Memorial Hospital
- Crescent Community Health Center
- Dallas County Hospital
- Davis County Hospital and Clinics
- Decatur County Hospital
- Dunes Surgical Hosptial
- Earlham Medical Clinic
- Eastern Iowa Health Center
- Family Medicine of Mt. Pleasant, PC
- Family Practice Clinic – Emmetsburg
- Family Practice Clinic – Graettinger
- Family Practice Clinic – West Bend
- Floyd County Medical Center
- Franklin General Hospital
- Franklin Medical Center – Hampton
- Garner Medical Clinic
- Garner Rehab Clinic
- Genesis Medical Center – Davenport, East Rusholme Street
- Genesis Medical Center – Dewitt
- Genesis Medical Center – Jackson County Regional Health Center
- Genesis Medical Center – West Central Park
- George C. Grape Community Hospital
- Greater Regional Medical Center
- Great River Health
- Greene County Medical Center
- Grundy County Memorial Hospital
- Guthrie County Hospital
- Guttenberg Municipal Hospital
- Hancock County Health System
- Hansen Family Hospital
- Hawarden Regional Healthcare
- Health Trust Physicians Clinic
- Heartland Oncology And Hematology
- Henry County Health Center – Great River
- Horn Memorial Hospital
- Horn Physicians Clinic – Holstein
- Horn Physicians Clinic – Ida Grove
- Horn Physicians Clinic – Mapleton
- Horn Physicians Clinic – Odebolt
- Humboldt County Memorial Hospital
- Immanuel
- Immanuel Pathways (PACE) – Central Iowa
- Infinity Health
- Iowa Falls Clinic
- Iowa Specialty Hospital – Belmond
- Iowa Specialty Hospital – Clarion
- Iowa Total Care
- Jefferson County Hospital
- Kanawha Medical Clinic
- Keokuk County Health Center
- Knoxville Hospitals and Clinics
- Kossuth Regional Health Center
- Linn County Public Health
- Loring Hospital
- Lucas County Health Center
- Madison County Healthcare System
- Mahaska Health Partnership
- Malvern Medical Clinic
- Manning Regional Healthcare Center
- Mary Greeley Medical Center
- MCMH Surgical Services
- MCMH Women’s Health Services
- MercyCare – Cedar Rapids
- Mercy Hospital Iowa City
- Mercy Iowa City Rehabilitation Hospital
- MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center
- MercyOne Centerville Medical Center
- MercyOne Clinton Medical Center
- MercyOne Clive Rehabilitation Hospital
- MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center
- MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
- MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
- MercyOne Elkader Family Medicine
- MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
- MercyOne Monona Family Medicine
- MercyOne Monroe County Hospital
- MercyOne New Hampton Family Medicine
- MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
- MercyOne Newton Medical Center
- MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center
- MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
- MercyOne Palo Alto County Health System
- MercyOne Primghar Medical Center
- MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center
- MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
- MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center
- Methodist Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital
- Mitchell County Regional Health Center
- Molina HealthCare of Iowa
- Monroe County Hospital Clinic
- Montgomery County Memorial Hospital
- My Care Community Coordinated By Linn County Public Health
- Myrtue Medical Center
- Orange City Area Health System
- Ottumwa Regional Health Center
- Pathways Behavioral Health Systems
- Pella Regional Health Center
- Peoples Community Health Clinic, Inc – Waterloo
- Pocahontas Community Hospital
- Primary Health Care, Inc
- Red Oak Medical Clinic
- Regional Medical Center
- Ringgold County Hospital
- River Hills Community Health Center
- Rosecrance Jackson Centers
- Sanford Health
- Sanford Sheldon Medical Center
- Shenandoah Medical Center
- Siouxland Community Health Center
- Siouxland Mental Health Services
- Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center – Burlington
- Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center – Fort Madison
- Spencer Municipal Hospital
- St. Anthony Regional Health & Nursing Home
- Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
- Stewart Memorial Lake City
- Story County Medical Center
- Susan Allison Outpatient Clinic
- Tanager Place
- The Iowa Clinic
- UnityPoint Health – Allen Memorial Hospital
- UnityPoint Health – Blank Childrens Hospital
- UnityPoint Health – Finley Hospital
- UnityPoint Health – Grinnell Regional Medical Center
- UnityPoint Health – Iowa Lutheran Hospital
- UnityPoint Health – Iowa Methodist Medical Center
- UnityPoint Health – Jones Regional Medical Center
- UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown
- UnityPoint Health – Methodist West Hospital
- UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids
- UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s, Sioux City
- UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Sioux City
- UnityPoint Health – Trinity Bettendorf
- UnityPoint Health – Trinity Muscatine
- UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center
- University of Iowa Health Care
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Van Buren County Hospital
- Van Diest Family Health Clinic – Webster City
- Van Diest Family Health Clinic – Fort Dodge
- Van Diest Family Health Clinic – Jewell
- Van Diest Family Health Clinic – Stratford
- Van Diest Medical Center
- Veterans Memorial Hospital
- Villisca Family Health Center
- Villisca Medical Clinic
- Virginia Gay Hospital
- Washington County Hospital & Clinics
- Waverly Health Center
- Wayne County Hospital
- Wesley Medical Clinic
- Winneshiek Medical Center
- WinnMed Medical Center
Payers
- Iowa Total Care
- Molina Healthcare of Iowa
- Wellpoint Iowa, Inc.
CyncHealth Iowa Board of Directors
Matthew Donahue, MD
State Epidemiologist and Deputy Medical Director
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Norman Edgington
Data Governance and Systems Coordination Bureau Chief
Iowa Medicaid, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Lee Carmen
Chief Information Officer
University of Iowa Healthcare
Betsy Danforth Richey, MPH, PhD
Senior Director of Data and Technology
Iowa Primary Care Association
Richard Stone, PhD
Associate Professor
Iowa State University
Christina Taylor, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Value Based Care
Clover Health
Health information should follow patients.
Patient care should never be compromised because providers don’t have the information they need to care for them.
