The EPIC project has devised a means by which care workers can share c
lient information between different professions and different location
s through the use of a common domain information model for the client
dossier, the client reference dossier and the EPIC message. This appro
ach will be tested by its application to the assessment, planning and
delivery of care to individual elderly clients in the community with t
he intention of extending and applying it to other aspects of the busi
ness of the community care service and other client groups in the futu
re.