Epic CLN 251/252 Exam Review 2022/2023
Chronicles-like a filing cabinet – ANSWER
Epic's database management system.
Master files, INI
Master... [Show More] files are like drawers – ANSWER
Chronicles is divided into __________ like patient and diagnosis. Each has a three-letter identifier called _________.
900 – ANSWER
There are over ________ master files in Epic.
Records - ANSWER
File folders inside the drawers are called:
Contacts
Example: Encounter – ANSWER
Pieces of paper inside the folder which track discrete data over time.
Item – ANSWER
A question on a paper form
Value - ANSWER
An answer filled in on a paper form
Question mark (?) –
ANSWER Displays a list of records in this master file in Text.
Shift + F7 – ANSWER
In text, to exit the record from any screen.
Shift + F5 – ANSWER
In text, to display help text for an item.
Page Up – ANSWER
In text, to go to preceding screen in a record.
Equal sign = - ANSWER
In text, open the most recently accessed record
Opt – ANSWER
In text, to jump to initial main menu
User Record (EMP) – ANSWER
What record must be created in order for a person to log into Epic?
Provider Record (SER) - ANSWER
What record must be created for a person or resource that meets certain clinical criteria?
Schedulable, clinically documents in patient charts, refers to/from – ANSWER
What criteria might be met for a user who is also a provider?
User Template (EMP) - ANSWER
What record can be created to ease setup and maintenance for groups of users with similar job roles and set up needs?
Role Record (E2R) - ANSWER
What record controls the layout and ground rules of Hyperspace? How do I get activities?
Security Class (ECL) – ANSWER
Which records control access to activities and functionality in Epic? What am I allowed to do?
1. In Basket, 2. Reporting Workbench, 3. Shared – ANSWER
2. Which three types of security class should be assigned to every user?
EpicCare – ANSWER
Which type of security class should be assigned to every user of clinical tools?
Inpatient – ANSWER
Which type of security class should be assigned to every user or clinical tools in an inpatient/hospital setting?
Applications like Stork, Beacon etc. – ANSWER
Which types of security class might be assigned to clinical users of specialty modules?
Login dept, user ID, Password, Link to provider, link to template – ANSWER
Which items in the user record have unique values that can't be set in a user template?
Profile (LPR) – ANSWER
Which record control options within activities? Now that I'm in an activity, what's it like?
User template>EpicCare Security Class>Department>Location>Service Area>System Definitions - ANSWER
List the entities in the profile hierarchy from most specific to most general.
Chart Review tab, Preference list, Reports – ANSWER
Which options within activities are controlled by profiles?
From most specific to most general, item by item some items are all or nothing. - ANSWER How does the system search the profile hierarchy to create a compiled profile?
Print Groups (LPG) – ANSWER
Which records are the building blocks of reports?
Workflow Engine Rule (LOR) – ANSWER
What record can give end users different tools based on context, such as patient age or encounter type?
Navigators (LVN) – ANSWER
Which records are created to guide clinicians through workflows efficiently?
Section, topic, template – ANSWER
Name the three parts of a navigator.
Session Information Report
Epic>Help>Session Info Report>click show report and print group ID – ANSWER
To identify a report and its print groups
Compiled Profile – ANSWER
Collection of profile settings that will impact the user. Takes values from different profiles and fuses them together into one.
Most general and broadest level to impact the most people. Then build for exceptions at more specific levels. - ANSWER
The most efficient level to start profile build?
Rule of Specificity - ANSWER
All lists are linked to the most specific level will be compiled for the user.
Designing and building facility structure – ANSWER
What is one of the first steps in Implementation?
Facility Structure – ANSWER
What forms the backbone of your administrative build?
where patients are being seen, where users are working and what settings should apply
ANSWER Without facility structure you would be unable to determine:
Facility record: impacts other organizational settings.
System Definitions: impact clinical settings
Profile is linked to system definitions not the facility record. – ANSWER
• What's the difference between facility record and system definitions?
System definitions
Example: when users are required to re-enter user ID/password and how patient's age appears etc. – ANSWER
a large collection of varied system choices that affect everyone who uses Epic regardless of profile, dept, service area or any other definition. Facilities decide this when Epic is installed and it doesn't change.
Navigators – ANSWER
Guides clinicians through a workflow. Designed to organize a workflow in a logical format.
Templates, topics, sections – ANSWER
Navigators are composed of 3 types of records: [Show Less]
