OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH
Epic integrates clinical care and research to improve the patient experience, optimize patient care, and
enhance operational research efficiency. Clinicians’ documentation in your system creates a rich data set
to support research, discovery, and innovation.
Explore Study Feasibility
SlicerDicer enables researchers to explore
the feasibility of a study. They can apply
study-specific criteria to your entire patient
population to explore characteristics of a
potential study population.
Empower Patients
In MyChart, patients can indicate their
research-related preferences, such as areas
of research they might be interested in. They
can also review details about studies they’ve
participated in or might be eligible for.
Keep Research Studies Organized
Research study administrative records help
study teams stay organized. Information
such as the study status, NCT number,
ethics board approval number, and key staff
members can be found all in one place.
Recruit Participants
Point of care recruitment notifications let
clinicians know when a patient they’re
seeing is a potential candidate for a study.
Patients can also receive study participation
opportunities through MyChart.
Coordinators are automatically notified if
the patient is interested.
Collect Research Consents
Coordinators can use e-signatures to
capture a patient’s informed consent for a
study. Consent can be captured either
electronically through MyChart or Welcome,
or by uploading a signed paper form.
Track Participant Accrual Progress
Study teams can monitor their progress
towards participant accrual targets and
timelines on a dashboard.
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Collect Patient-Reported Outcomes
Patients can answer questionnaires for a
specific research study in MyChart.
Review Contraindicated Medications
When the study team is working in a patient
encounter, they can see any of the patient's
current medications that are
contraindicated for a research study.
Inform Clinical Staff
Non-research staff can see an indicator on
the patient's chart with information about
research studies the patient is participating
in, allowing them to follow up with
questions or concerns about the patient's
participation.
Record Adverse Events
Study teams can document and track
adverse events for their study patients.
Capture Study-Specific Data
Create forms to collect supplemental study-
specific data. Staff can complete forms
multiple times, allowing you to track
changes over time.
Support External Monitors
EpicCare Link enables external monitors to
access a read-only chart to review source
data in Epic for specific patients associated
with the study they are monitoring.
Stay Research Billing Compliant
Adjudicate research-related charges and
automate NCT number, condition codes,
and appropriate modifiers onto the claim to
reduce the manual per-patient effort
required to ensure compliant billing.
Access Community-Wide Data
Expand your research and discovery by
using Cosmos to explore EHR data on
hundreds of millions of patients.
Last Updated: January 26, 2024