Core Government & Data Authority
Alabama Medicaid & ALOHR HIE
ALOHR is the technical foundation that makes IRIP possible. Alabama Medicaid provides the crucial claims data that trains the risk stratification models.
- Bidirectional Sync: Every IRIP encounter enriches the shared ALOHR state record.
- Data Governance: Holds a primary seat on the IRIP data governance committee.
- Post-2030 Host: The identified permanent institutional home for IRIP operations.
Alabama Dept. of Public Health
ADPH provides the vital statistics required to determine whether IRIP's risk scores accurately predict mortality, infant mortality, and morbidity events.
- Outcome Validation: Integrates birth and cause-of-death records.
- HPSA Data: Anchors IRIP's rural population geographical segmentation.
- Surveillance Context: Feeds communicable disease and behavioral risk surveys into models.
Academic & Research Partners
UAB Research
$1.2M Contract Evaluation Partner
UAB's School of Public Health validates IRIP's risk models against population benchmarks and conducts the formal 5-year CMS program evaluation. UAB Clinical departments provide advisory support for alert thresholds.
Auburn Univ. RHI
$400k Field Validation Partner
The Rural Health Institute serves as the field validation arm, utilizing existing relationships in the Black Belt to facilitate usability testing, provider feedback, and facility onboarding support.
Faulkner University
Clinical Workforce Partner
The College of Health Sciences contributes simulation training expertise. Their programs provide clinical training content that IRIP's workforce modules will track, serving as a pipeline for informatics recruitment.
Regional Hubs & Network
The 5 Regional IT Hubs
Five regional referral centers serve as the physical hosts for IRIP's IT hubs. They provide network connectivity and institutional credibility to serve rural facilities.
- UAB Health System Central Corridor
- Huntsville Hospital North Alabama
- USA Health South Alabama / Mobile
- East Alabama Health East Corridor
- DCH Health System West / Black Belt
52+ Rural Facility Network
The ultimate beneficiaries. Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and FQHCs across 58 counties.
The Consumers of Intelligence
Facilities are onboarded based on closure-risk and current HIE connectivity. By Year 5, this network transforms individual expenditures into a shared-service subscription model, securing long-term viability.
Technology Vendor Partners
Microsoft
Azure Government for FedRAMP cloud infrastructure and Microsoft Sentinel for SIEM security operations.
Epic Systems
Open FHIR API integration for larger hub networks. Supported by Epic's state health department program.
Meditech
The most common EHR in rural CAHs. Formal partnership ensures connectivity without expensive custom development.
Mirth Connect
NextGen's open-source HL7 integration engine for legacy system translation. Proven in complex Medicaid environments.
Review the complete partnership and data governance structures in the official submission.
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