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These are the tasks which need to be performed.

 Get legal agreements in place to cover data usage.

Laws in the US require that you have a Business Associate Agreement - a BAA. This needs to clearly outline what data you need access to and the valid reasons for doing so.

This is an agreement you need so that the hospital can share data with you.

Roles: Legal

 Get the specification of the interfaces - obtain the Implementation Guide from EPIC

EPIC is a complex system which is implemented differently at each healthcare facility. So it’s important that you get the implementation guide for the hospital you are interfacing with.

Why is every Epic system different?

Roles: Integration Engineer and Project Manager.

 Document your own data needs.

It will be necessary to explain to Epic what the data needs of your application are.

This is because you will need to guide Epic customer support staff through setting up the connection required for your application.

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Roles: Integration Engineer and Project Manager.

 Get the other side to co-operate - how do you get Epic to co-operate with you?

To motivate Epic to work with your organization a good technique is to work with a customer of Epic to get your first project done. This customer will have more influence with Epic to help get the co-operation you need to do your integration.

Roles: Business Sponsor

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