Management Tools

Administrators and Users

Querying and reporting are the main functions of the Data Bank. But to carry out these two essential functions smoothly and consistently requires underlying administrative support.

Therefore, every registered health care organization maintains a Data Bank Administrator account. Administrative functions performed by this individual, Data Bank Administrator — and, to a limited extent, by authorized users — ensure that the Data Bank operates efficiently to meet your querying and reporting needs.

The Role of the Data Bank Administrator

The Data Bank Administrator role creates the authority for one person in each organization to manage Data Bank activities. In particular, the Data Bank Administrator is responsible for creating and maintaining user accounts for all individuals in the organization who are querying or reporting. Other responsibilities and options of the Data Bank Administrator are summarized below.

The Role of the Data Bank User

The main role of Data Bank users is to query and report; however, they also perform some administrative functions in maintaining and managing their own accounts. User options are summarized below.

Note: To query or report, the Data Bank Administrator must create a separate user account for his or her own use.

Who Does What?

Table 1 summarizes and compares options for Data Bank Administrators and users. For more detailed information about specific options, click the links in the table.

Table 1 – Data Bank Administrators and User Options

	Data Bank Administrators	Data Bank Users
Query, Report, and View Query/Report Responses	No (unless assigned a separate user account)	Yes See: About Querying, About Reporting
Create User Accounts	Yes	No
Edit and Delete User Accounts	Yes See: Update Profile Information	No
Update (Your Own) User Account	Yes See: Update Profile Information	Yes
Create, Edit, and Delete Passwords	Yes See: Manage User IDs and Passwords	No
Reset Active or Expired Passwords	Yes See: Manage User IDs and Passwords	Yes See: Manage User IDs and Passwords
View Data Bank Correspondence	Yes	Yes
Maintain IQRS Credit Cards	Yes See: Maintain Credit Cards	No
Authorize Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)	Yes	No
Maintain Agent Information and Relationships	Yes See: About Authorized Agents, Designate an Authorized Agent, Deactivate an Authorized Agent	No
Maintain Notification Preferences	Yes See: About Notification Preferences	Yes See: About Notification Preferences
View Historical Queries and Reports	No	Yes
Enroll and manage practitioners in Continuous Query (PDS)	No	Yes See: Renew a Continuous Query (PDS) Enrollment, Update a Practitioner Profile in Continuous Query (PDS), Cancel a Continuous Query (PDS) Enrollment
Activate Continuous Query (PDS)	Yes See: Activate Continuous Query (PDS)	No
View Billing History	No	Yes See: View Billing History
Create and Maintain Practitioner Database	No	Yes See: About Practitioner Database, Create and Maintain a Practitioner Database
Renew Registration	Yes See: Renew Registration	No