EpicCare Link is a secure, web-based application used at Baylor Medicine to allow community partners to access patient charts, review results and consult notes, and place orders. It is intended to securely connect referring practitioners and staff to access patient information in Baylor Medicine’s electronic health record system, Epic. Request secure, convenient access now.
EpicCare Link Information and FAQs
With Baylor Medicine EpicCare Link, you can:
- Maintain continuity of patient care with your Baylor Medicine patients.
- Send referrals electronically to avoid delays in patient care.
- Upload care documents to patient charts.
- View patient’s radiology images from Baylor Medicine’s PACS.
- Request and access release of information.
- Care Everywhere is Epic Systems’ interoperability application, which allows users from other organizations to access patient charts within Epic. The functionality extends to a few other EMR systems such as Athena, NextGen, eCW, etc. if the organization is signed up on a Health Information Exchange.
- EpicCare Link is Epic’s browser-based extension, which can be used by community providers and care facilities for the continuation of care.
- Identifying the Site Administrator: The Site Administrator will be the main point of contact and will be able to request access for other users.
- First Name
- Last Name
- Name of Practice & Address
- Phone Number
- NPI (in case of providers)
- Once the Site Administrator’s access is setup, an email will be sent to the user with their login information.
- Upon login, the Site Administrator will be able to request access for other users in Baylor Medicine EpicCare Link.
- Identifying the Site Information: Please list your clinic practice information in this section (the originating site of referrals).
- Identifying clinical staff and providers in the practice who require access to Baylor Medicine EpicCare Link.
- Determining the access needed for the users: View-only or Place referrals
- The Site administrator will be able to request the required level of access for the list of identified users, and users will be notified via email when their access is granted.
EpicCare Link provides view-only access to the patient's full Baylor Medicine health record, including lab results, diagnostic test results, procedural information, progress notes, medications, allergies, medical history, and more.
Users who have a relationship to the patient (such as referring physician or staff) will have access to the patient’s health record for 10 days following the user’s first log-in to EpicCare Link. Users can also manually search for the patient using certain required criteria after the initial 10-day period.
Once the account request has been received, you will be contacted by a Baylor team member at the email address specified in the request.
After the account has been established, you will receive a notification email with quick reference guides to orient you in EpicCare Link.
No, there is no cost to access Baylor Medicine’s EpicCare Link portal. EpicCare Link is a web-based service that does not need any additional installation on your servers or computers.
No, users are not allowed to share their username and password with anyone else, as specified in the Terms and Conditions of using EpicCare Link. Patient health information confidentiality requires each individual user to have their own username and password.