What is the difference between "" and || in a HL7 message? - ANSWER-"" is a delete field, as where || is just null.
What is the difference between a
... [Show More] delete field and a null field? - ANSWER-A delete field will delete the information stored on a record, as where a null indicates no new information sent, so it will not update that field.
What is the difference between resubmit and retrigger? - ANSWER-Resubmission creates a new message on the data queue and control queue; retriggering creates a new message entirely, and is useful in situations where you've adjusted an interface's config and want to test it.
What does the detailed message report show? - ANSWER-Errors associated with the message along with metadata like timestamps and processing information. You can also jump to many different actions from this report.
What are the three levels at which an error can be logged? - ANSWER-Daemon, message, and local.
What is a local-scoped error? - ANSWER-An error with only part of a message. The rest may have been processed successfully.
What is a daemon-scoped error? - ANSWER-An error that indicates a problem with the interface config, and might require stopping of the interface for resolution.
What is the HL7 format for a date? - ANSWER-YYYYMMDD
What does it mean when an error shows as "deleted"? - ANSWER-The error is no longer valid, so either the analyst worked it/made the corrections, or it was manually deleted by the analyst.
Is there a way to reinstate errors after they have been listed as deleted? - ANSWER-Yes. You can undelete errors.
What are the 3 methods for data migration of interface objects? - ANSWER-Data Courier, Interface Moving Utilities (for new objects) and manual build/migration.
What online tool can you use to document details about issues you encounter? - ANSWER-Sherlock.
What are some of the main differences between the Record Viewer in Hyperspace and the BLD/PuTTY side viewer (EAVIEWID)? - ANSWER-Hyperspace embeds hyperlinks to jump to fields/database items; Hyperspace embeds links to other related records (can jump to other records). EAVIEWID will let you view multiple contacts on a single record at once; EAVIEWID will let you view multiple records at the same time.
When should you use each of the 3 data migration methods? - ANSWER-Data Courier for tables and WQs; Interface Moving Utilities for new interface objects; manual migration for changes to existing objects.
When is Identity Duplicate Checking performed? - ANSWER-When an interface that CAN create patients does not find a match on an ID and ID Type.
What are the four possible outcomes from duplicate checking and recommended result of those outcomes? - ANSWER-No match -- new patient created, message filed
Low-threshold match(es) -- new patient created, message filed
Single high-threshold match -- message filed to that patient
Multiple high-threshold matches -- fatal error logged, message not filed.
When is patient validation performed? - ANSWER-When any patient-based incoming interface finds the patient record by ID and ID type.
What are the three types of validation an interface can use? - ANSWER-Basic, advanced, and Identity Duplicate Checking.
Which Identity Duplicate Checking threshold is used for patient validation? - ANSWER-High-threshold.
What is the defining criteria between whether or not an interface performs IDC? - ANSWER-If the interface can create a patient.
What two things does Identity need to identify a patient? - ANSWER-ID and ID Type.
Must an ID be unique across the entire system? - ANSWER-No.
In what master file are the patient's IDs and ID types stored? - ANSWER-EPT.
Must you receive an ID type over the interface to find a record in Epic? - ANSWER-No. An ID Type can be defaulted, or a programming point can be used to find an ID Type.
Can a translation table support many-to-one mappings? - ANSWER-Yes, but only single-directional translation tables.
What must be done once changes have been made to a custom override in order for those changes to take effect? - ANSWER-The interface must be stopped and restarted. Note: "Compile and commit" function typically handles this.
When would you use the profile variable usage report versus the profile variable audit report? - ANSWER-The profile variable usage report compares the usage of a profile variable across multiple interfaces; the profile variable audit report tracks changes to profile variables on any specific interface.
What is the INTF_USER profile variable for? - ANSWER-It is the user associated with interface audit trail entries, if no other user is present in the message. Note: Most interfaces have a more specific user defaulted for this within the profile variables; you [Show Less]