Connecting Affiliates
Are you a provider or hospital interested in joining a shared community record?
Contact Epic and we'll put you in touch with the Epic host organization nearest you.
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Use the EpicCare Link affiliate portal to extend read-only record access to referring physicians. EpicCare Link makes it easy to refer and follow inpatient progress. It's also a good stepping stone to the future adoption of a shared Epic EMR.
Epic provides large organizations with structured methods for extending a shared electronic record system to affiliated physician practices and community hospitals. Participating in an Epic shared record solves many of the challenges community providers have with Meaningful Use and interoperability. It does so in a way that's better for patients and less expensive to implement.
You share patients. It makes sense to share their records. Care quality and continuity are the most obvious benefits of a single shared record, but patients also appreciate the self-service conveniences of MyChart, which can be made available to patients seen in community physician offices. A complete community care record contributes to safer care in the hospital, and conversely, a complete hospital record in the physician's office builds trust and improves follow-up.
Sharing costs less and is less risky. Depending upon the pricing and subsidy decisions at the host organization, community physicians can have all the benefits of a shared record at a lower cost than implementing a free-standing EHR. They also have the benefit of piggybacking on the technical resources of the host organization, which simplifies hosting, support and upgrades. Small practices can be confident that they are joining a successful implementation and avoid the risks of starting from scratch. Referral workflows are as simple as sending e-mail and require no costly interfaces.
Details for community practices:- Makes use of our pre-built Model System to extend the best clinical content, order sets and workflow navigators of our customer community.
- Shares clinical data freely with appropriate providers, but privately partitions finances and scheduling.
- Includes turnkey e-learning content for self-guided user training and assessment.
- After configuration, enables rollout to as many as 2 practice sites per business week.
- Supports specialists with appropriate order sets and documentation tools.
- Includes one-time and monthly licensing options for end users.
- Takes advantage of a structured build that can be fitted to individual hospitals with minimal configuration... in as little as 48 days.
- Supports closed-loop medication workflows via Epic's integrated inpatient pharmacy system.
- Uses, in many cases, the existing external interfaces of the host organization. Adheres to HL7 standards for others.
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