Information can only be requested through Care Everywhere for providing treatment to a patient. Information may not be requested specifically for research purposes, except when limited to participant safety as described below. To clarify, UW Health has confirmed with Epic that information acquired through a query (when Health Link automatically asks Care Everywhere what documents/information are available) or through a download (when a clinician, in order to provide treatment to a patient, asks Care Everywhere to obtain the document/information it said was available) CAN be used for research purposes because it is already viewable in the EMR and was requested originally for treatment purposes. It may be acceptable to query or download from Care Everywhere for treatment or care coordination for a research participant. For example, a patient has an adverse event documented at a non-UW Health facility that requires a study provider (a clinician) to download information to determine if they should discontinue study drug for safety reasons.
Updates on Research Uses of Care Everywhere
June 20, 2024