Nemours has a strong interest in improving the delivery and coordination of health care to children. As part of this effort, Nemours has developed NemoursLink, which will provide community-based primary care providers (PCPs), referring providers, and school nurses secure electronic access to select portions of their patients’ medical records. NemoursLink is a confidential, easy-to-use Internet-based tool that can be used by our community providers and school nurses from their offices. NemoursLink allows school nurses a read-only view into the student’s records.

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With NemoursLink, participating school nurses can see most things that happen when a Nemours provider treats a child. For example, the school nurse can see:

• notes from the doctor (including letters indicating if a child needs to miss school or physical education class)
• treatment plans (for conditions from allergies and asthma to heart conditions and recent infections)
• medicines and how to use them
• lab and imaging reports

For enhanced privacy, the nurse can’t see any records from behavioral health/psychiatric visits or adolescent encounters.

Before anyone can see a child’s health record, parents have to sign a consent form and return it to the school nurse or a Nemours provider. It allows approved school nurses to see a child’s medical record. For additional safety, Nemours keeps track of everyone who uses our records system — and what they view.

The consent form states that the permission will expire on June 30 of the current school year, unless otherwise specified. If the student will attend summer school, the parent can choose to specify August 15 as an expiration date. A new form will have to be signed for the next school year.

Not at all — it’s completely up to the parents to decide whether or not to participate. If you’re interested, simply ask your child’s school nurse or Nemours provider for a Student Health Collaboration consent form.

The more school nurses know, the more they can do to help. NemoursLink connects them to information from the Nemours experts who care for your child. Please note that your input is very important. Stay in touch with the school nurse. Tell him or her right away if your child’s care plan or medicine changes — and anything else you think they should know.

For schools, there is no direct charge by Nemours for accessing our records system. The only costs would be any updates, if needed, to computers, browsers, or access lines. For parents, the Student Health Collaboration is completely free.

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A wide range of schools are currently taking part in our program, with more on the way. As of now, our record-sharing program is only available in Delaware schools, but we hope to expand the program in the future.