New York City-based identity verification company Clear has launched two integrations with Epic that allow health systems to verify outside providers accessing patient records and clinicians prescribing controlled substances.
In a Nov. 9 news release, the company annouced that its CLEAR1 identity platform is now available through Epic Toolbox for EpicCare Link and electronic prescribing of controlled substances.
The EpicCare Link integration allows health systems to verify community and affiliated providers during onboarding. Providers can establish accounts by confirming their identities using a selfie and government-issued identification, replacing processes that may involve paper forms and manual reviews.
The integration was first announced in August 2025 and is now live in Epic Toolbox’s Identity Verification for EpicCare Link category.
The second integration supports identity verification for clinicians authorized to prescribe controlled substances. Health systems can use CLEAR1 to verify clinicians when they register to prescribe and authenticate their identities at the time of prescribing.
CLEAR1 has received Drummond certification, confirming that its identity proofing, two-factor authentication, biometric verification and other capabilities meet applicable Drug Enforcement Administration requirements for electronic prescribing of controlled substances.
The prescribing integration is available in Epic Toolbox’s End User Authentication category.
“Secure access shouldn’t have to come at the expense of a delightful onboarding experience,” Kristin Milano, associate vice president of cybersecurity at New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, said in the news release. “Clear’s integration with EpicCare Link creates an opportunity to make identity verification easier for referring providers and their staff while maintaining the trust and security these workflows require.”
Clear said its platform allows users to complete an initial identity verification using a government-issued ID and subsequently reverify their identities using a selfie.
The company said the integrations are intended to address fragmented identity verification processes across healthcare, including clinician onboarding, system access, account recovery and prescribing workflows.
Clear already provides identity verification services to health systems nationwide. The company did not disclose how many organizations have implemented the two new Epic integrations.
