What is Epic’s “Share Everywhere,” and how should patients use it?

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Written By Liz Salmi

Have you ever found yourself in need of sharing your medical record with other people, like new doctors or even family members?

A little more than half of people receiving healthcare in the United States do so at a health system using an electronic health record (EHR) software made by Epic. The patient-facing side of this software is an online “portal” named MyChart (which may be renamed to match your health system, such as “My UC Davis Health“).

One of the best kept secrets about MyChart is there is a feature called “Share Everywhere“ that makes it possible to share your records with people outside of your health system.

I decided to make a short tutorial about how to use Share Everywhere and answer the following questions:

  • How does Share Everywhere work?

  • What can you share?

  • Who can you share with?

  • Can you truly share your medical information everywhere?

Liz Salmi

Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.

https://thelizarmy.com
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