EpicCare Link

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If you don’t remember your username, anyone else at your group who is able to log into EpicCare Link can find your username in the My Groups activity. If no one else is able to log in, or you are the only user at your group, contact us at (619) 205-6336.

If this is your first time logging in, you should have received an email with your initial password. If you did not receive that email, check your spam folder. If you still can’t find that email, a Site Administrator for your group can assign you a new temporary password from the My Groups activity. If no one else is able to log in, or you are the only user at your group, contact us at (619) 205-6336.

In order to use the Forgot Password feature on the login screen, you must have previously logged into EpicCare Link and answered challenge questions. You can answer challenge questions by logging in, clicking Menu and then Settings. In the Challenge Questions activity, you will first be prompted for your current password. You can then select two questions and answer them. You can change these questions and answers anytime in the future.

After five failed login attempts, your account is locked. Your Site Administrator is not able to unlock accounts, so please contact us at (619) 205-6336.

EpicCare Link provides registered users with secure access to their patients’ electronic health record information:

• Provides a more transparent flow of information between physicians.

• Makes it easier for external physicians to place referrals and orders.

• Gives community providers access to review the patient's chart.

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To access EpicCare Link you need a PC or Macintosh computer, a high speed or DSL internet connection (dial-up not recommended) and current browser edition of Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. EpicCare Link uses industry standard encryption technology ensuring that only you and our staff have access.

San Ysidro Health is providing EpicCare Link at no cost. EpicCare Link is a web-based service that requires no installation on your servers or computers.

EpicCare Link provides view-only access to the patient's San Ysidro Health medical record, including lab results, diagnostic test results, hospitalization records, procedural information, discharge instructions, progress notes, medications, allergies, medical history and more.

Providers who have been identified in the San Ysidro Health electronic health records system (Epic) as the patient's primary care provider (PCP) will have access to the health record for as long as the provider is listed as the patient’s PCP.

Other users with a temporary relationship to the patient, such as consulting and referring physicians, their staff, a regulatory agent, or a provider at a community facility (e.g., a nursing home) will have access to a patient's record for 90 days following the user’s first login to EpicCare Link.

Please speak to your physician liaison to request access.

Please contact us at (619) 205-6336 to report a problem. Be sure to indicate to the helpdesk that you are working with EpicCare Link so the ticket will be sent to the correct team.

Once the request is submitted, it generally takes two weeks to process the account, upon which the user’s account information will be emailed to the email address specified in the request.

Once the account request has been approved and processed, you will receive your user name and password via email. Please make sure to enter an accurate email address in the request form to ensure the receipt of your username and password.

San Ysidro Health has physician liaisons available to provide training for EpicCare Link. In addition, tools are available to provide tips and suggestions as you navigate EpicCare Link. There are some targeted education materials in the Quick Links section of EpicCare Link.

Access is managed by one or more site administrators per group. Ideally a group will have at least two administrators, so there is a primary contact and a backup to prevent lockouts. These users are typically practice or office managers, supervisors or directors.

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Site administrators have the ability to:

• Deactivate users that no longer need access to EpicCare Link or have left the organization.
• Reset a password for a user that is unable to log in to EpicCare Link after five failed login attempts.
• Unblock a user’s two-factor authentication.
• Request access for new users by submitting the new account request for new users within the application. 

Site administrators are required to:

• Review First Access Reports on a regular basis to monitor appropriate use and who is accessing patient records.
• Review their team's access on a quarterly basis and complete site verification within 30 days. This review only takes a few minutes and only one of your site administrators needs to review and confirm their users’ access status. If site verification is not completed within 30 days, users from your group will be unable to access the system until verification is completed.

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We require the following personal identifiers: birth date, social security number, the address of where you physically work, phone number, email address, job title or role, and National Provider Identifier (NPI) if applicable.