Name
The North Carolina Healthcare Association (NCHA) Adolescent Confidentiality Management Task Force + NC Legislature = A Recipe for Moving Epic to Help Standardize Care for NC Teens
Date & Time
Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Location Name
Winston 1B
Topic
Regulatory
Organization
ECU Health
Speakers
Dean Miner, ECU Health
Description

Learn how concerns over NC Bill 519—which could reduce teen privacy protections—led to the formation of an NCHA Task Force. This Task Force developed a roadmap to improve and standardize teen confidentiality management across 10 Epic health systems, including ECU, Duke, UNC, Novant, CaroMont, Wake Med, Atrium/Wake Forest Baptist, Carolina East, Cape Fear Valley, and First Health. Discover how the Task Force focused on improving the sharing of non-confidential information with parents while preserving teen privacy, by promoting the adoption of five key Epic tools: 1. “Hide from Proxy” medication orders, 2. “Do not share results” with patient and proxy lab orders, 3. “Full Access” proxy accounts for parents of medically complex teens, 4. Electronic ROI requests via MyChart Proxy, and 5. Visibility of non-confidential appointments for proxies. These enhancements aim to improve parent satisfaction and support teen health management while maintaining privacy protections.