Epic Narrator

Epic Narrator refers to an Epic activity that brings together documentation tools for specific clinical situations. It enables clinicians to record information, review relevant patient events, acknowledge orders, and document medication administrations within a focused workflow. For example, code narrator activities support rapid documentation during emergency events by bringing together tools for flowsheet documentation, order acknowledgment, medication administration, and review of the patient timeline. This type of code narration may be configured for situations such as emergency department care, code blue events, or rapid responses, with specific code narrators organizing the documentation required for each. In this context, healthcare narration tools such as Epic Narrator help reduce the need to move between multiple activities while supporting complete and timely documentation.

Epic is a broad suite of healthcare software that supports clinical, administrative, and patient-facing workflows. Its applications include the electronic health record, patient engagement through MyChart, revenue cycle and administrative functions, interoperability capabilities, analytics, and other Epic tools. Epic Hyperspace is Epic’s end-user client, while Hyperdrive is its web-based end-user client application. Healthcare organizations may use these applications across hospitals, clinics, specialty practices, and affiliated organizations, including Epic Community Connect environments.

Imprivata is a specialized, long-standing partner for organizations that use Epic to support secure, efficient access to clinical workflows. Imprivata has long supported Epic workflows through its Epic integrations, including single sign-on, fast user switching, reauthentication, and specialty narrator workflows. A recent update to Connector for Epic Hyperdrive extends passive Epic Narrator support to organizations whose Epic usernames differ from their Imprivata Enterprise Access Management (EAM) usernames, including organizations with non-LDAP configurations such as Epic Community Connect affiliates. This update allows all organizations with EAM to use Epic’s Passive Narrator workflow with proximity cards. Clinicians can authenticate to the appropriate Epic workflow more efficiently and with less disruption while maintaining individual accountability. Imprivata’s broader Epic integrations also support single sign-on, multifactor authentication, and reauthentication for workflows that require additional identity assurance, such as electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS).

More broadly, Imprivata is a strategic partner for healthcare organizations seeking to strengthen identity security for healthcare environments without adding unnecessary friction to care delivery. Imprivata helps healthcare staff and clinicians securely access shared workstations, mobile devices, virtual applications, medical devices, and other systems using capabilities such as proximity badges, passwordless authentication, biometrics, and multifactor authentication. For administrators, Imprivata provides tools to manage access policies, support compliance, protect patient privacy, and maintain auditability across complex environments. For clinicians, these capabilities can simplify access, reduce repeated credential entry, support faster user switching, and help them move efficiently through clinical workflows while preserving the security and accountability healthcare organizations require.