SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HealthEx today announced it is now live with support for MyChart Central’s community authorization, letting patients bring together records from the Epic health systems linked to their account in a single step. HealthEx, an Individual Access Services (IAS) Provider under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), is among the first consumer platforms to offer the feature, which is currently available to any participating TEFCA IAS apps. HealthEx and Epic jointly presented a prototype of this functionality at HIMSS in August 2026.
“Patients often receive care across multiple Epic health systems, and MyChart Central’s community authorization lets them connect all of those records with a single sign-in,” said Priyanka Agarwal, MD, MBA, co-founder and CEO of HealthEx. “That makes it easier for patients to bring their health history together in one place and share it with the providers, health plans, digital health apps, or AI platforms they trust.”
“People shouldn’t have to pick between convenient access or control of their sensitive data,” said Tarab Ansari, patient experience policy lead at Epic. “MyChart Central’s community authorization does both: one sign-in, one consent, and the patient stays in control. It’s their data, and they decide where it goes.”
MyChart Central's community authorization turns separate logins into one, providing the following capabilities:
- One sign-in - When patients connect an Epic health system through HealthEx, they can choose to sign in with their Epic ID, and approve data sharing on MyChart Central. With a passkey, they can do it without remembering a password.
- One consent, many organizations - Patients can use MyChart Central to authorize data sharing from multiple linked healthcare organizations in a single workflow. HealthEx then connects to each one with no further steps.
- Records ready on return - Each health system that the patient chooses to share data with appears already connected when the patient returns to HealthEx.
Once a user uses HealthEx to access their Epic records, these records join the rest of the patient’s history in HealthEx Wallet, giving digital health partners a fuller picture with fewer steps.
Community authorization is available today at Epic health systems participating in MyChart Central. The launch is the latest step in HealthEx’s work to simplify how patients connect their records, following identity verification and configurable welcome screens that remove steps for partners.
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