Epic Link
Community Providers
Community providers are organizations including but not limited to:
- Primary care/specialty physicians and advanced practice professionals
- Urgent care clinics
- Free-standing emergency departments
- Dialysis centers
With Epic Link, as a referring community provider or staff member, you can:
- Easily make referrals online
- Have secure access to your patients' health records
- Receive results and notifications in real time
- Send HIPAA-compliant messages to University Health providers
- See specialists' referrals, discharge instructions, lab results, diagnostic test results and more
Post-Acute Care
Epic Link for post-acute facilities
Post-acute entities that interact with University Health discharging facilities can apply for Epic Link access that allows them to accept and deliver secure communications electronically.
With Epic Link, nurses, managers and physicians at post-acute facilities can:
- Electronically accept discharge placement requests sent from University Health
- Have view-only access to your patient’s health records while they’re at University Health
- Securely send HIPAA compliant messages to University Health
Request Access
Request access for new sites or new users by submitting an online form. After receiving your request, we will send you the necessary paperwork to complete. Return the paperwork to us, and upon verification, access will be granted.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Epic link?
Epic Link is a secure web portal that connects providers to information stored in University Health's electronic medical records for our shared patients.
Through Epic Link, providers can enter referrals to specialists, order labs and/or imaging to be performed at University Hospital and view patient records with whom they have an existing relationship.
Key features of Epic link
- Ability to review records for patients with an existing relationship
- Referral submission and status tracking
- Includes referrals to specialists and orders for labs/imaging
- Event notification to providers of important clinical events (e.g., inpatient admission/discharge, ED visit, lab results, etc.)
- Secure health messaging
How does Epic Link work?
Epic Link provides registered users with secure access to their patients’ electronic health record information and test results from University Health as well as other functionality noted above.
Epic Link uses industry-standard encryption technology, ensuring access is only available to those authorized to view patient data.
To access Epic Link, registered users will need a computer with an internet connection. Demonstrations are available to organizations interested upon request.
Is there a fee for using Epic Link?
Is training required to use Epic Link?
Will Epic Link interface with my EHR?
Can community users both send and receive referrals within epic link?
Can community users download/print from epic link to load results into their own EHR?
How can I reset my password?
How do I sign up for Epic Link?
Access is granted at an organizational level and requires the completion of an Access Agreement and Privacy & Security Questionnaire by an authorized representative of the organization, as well as a Confidentiality Agreement and User Request Form for each individual user that will need access.
Request access for new sites or new users by submitting an online form.