EPIC TRAINING COG170 COGITO
FUNDAMENTALS PRACTICE MODULE 2026
CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION AND
REPORTING WORKFLOWS
◉ The 7 types of component records available in Radar:
Answer: GraphLink
Message Board
Native HTML
Report Listing
Table
Tranche (This type is not currently used)
◉ For Data Source there are 3 available options:
Answer: recent Reporting Workbench reports, favorite reports, and
saved results.
◉ SlicerDicer is a data-first reporting tool.
Answer: This means that when you first open up a data model, you
start with the entire population, and then add appropriate criteria to
hone in on the most important data. Your population starts with a
,base and is refined using criteria. The available criteria come from
the list of filters.
◉ Criteria are often the first pieces of a population that a user
modifies. Criteria refine a population to only the desired records. A
user will usually add new criteria by clicking Browse in their
Population to select from the available criteria. Two options for
browsing criteria:
Answer: Favorites: each user can add criteria to their list of favorites
by clicking the star that appears when they hover over an option.
All: a list of every available criterion in this data model.
◉ Which options does the criterion button allow in a SlicerDicer
session?
Answer: Add sequential criteria, which returns records where one
record precedes another
Add overlapping criteria, which returns records where all criteria
are met simultaneously
Specify date range, which allows each criterion to use its own date
range, which returns records where one record precedes another
◉ A requester asks for data that you will create in SlicerDicer that
involves information being returned for patients that were not
readmitted within a week after being discharged. Which example of
criteria is this?
, Answer: Exclusive criteria
◉ A request comes in for data that lists patients who were
diagnosed with lung cancer that were both frequent smokers and
mild smokers. What type of criteria is this considered that will be
created for the SlicerDicer session?
Answer: Inclusive Criteria
◉ Data lineage, the flow of data from one database to another:
Answer: First, Epic users enter data into Chronicles, usually through
Hyperspace. Then, every night, Clarity ETL (Extract, Transform, and
Load) transfers data from Chronicles to Clarity. Last, Caboodle ETL
transfers data from Clarity to Caboodle the same night as Clarity
ETL.
◉ The structure of Chronicles includes:
Answer: Chronicles is first divided into master files. Master files
contain information about a broad subject. For example, the patient
master file contains all patients' medical records in Epic. Other
examples include master files for medications, procedures, orders,
notes, and departments. Each master file contains records. Records
contain information about individual entities within a master file.
For example, a record in the patient master file contains information
about a single patient. A record in the orders master file contains
information about a single order. Records contain contacts. Contacts
contain information about points in time for a record. or example,
FUNDAMENTALS PRACTICE MODULE 2026
CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION AND
REPORTING WORKFLOWS
◉ The 7 types of component records available in Radar:
Answer: GraphLink
Message Board
Native HTML
Report Listing
Table
Tranche (This type is not currently used)
◉ For Data Source there are 3 available options:
Answer: recent Reporting Workbench reports, favorite reports, and
saved results.
◉ SlicerDicer is a data-first reporting tool.
Answer: This means that when you first open up a data model, you
start with the entire population, and then add appropriate criteria to
hone in on the most important data. Your population starts with a
,base and is refined using criteria. The available criteria come from
the list of filters.
◉ Criteria are often the first pieces of a population that a user
modifies. Criteria refine a population to only the desired records. A
user will usually add new criteria by clicking Browse in their
Population to select from the available criteria. Two options for
browsing criteria:
Answer: Favorites: each user can add criteria to their list of favorites
by clicking the star that appears when they hover over an option.
All: a list of every available criterion in this data model.
◉ Which options does the criterion button allow in a SlicerDicer
session?
Answer: Add sequential criteria, which returns records where one
record precedes another
Add overlapping criteria, which returns records where all criteria
are met simultaneously
Specify date range, which allows each criterion to use its own date
range, which returns records where one record precedes another
◉ A requester asks for data that you will create in SlicerDicer that
involves information being returned for patients that were not
readmitted within a week after being discharged. Which example of
criteria is this?
, Answer: Exclusive criteria
◉ A request comes in for data that lists patients who were
diagnosed with lung cancer that were both frequent smokers and
mild smokers. What type of criteria is this considered that will be
created for the SlicerDicer session?
Answer: Inclusive Criteria
◉ Data lineage, the flow of data from one database to another:
Answer: First, Epic users enter data into Chronicles, usually through
Hyperspace. Then, every night, Clarity ETL (Extract, Transform, and
Load) transfers data from Chronicles to Clarity. Last, Caboodle ETL
transfers data from Clarity to Caboodle the same night as Clarity
ETL.
◉ The structure of Chronicles includes:
Answer: Chronicles is first divided into master files. Master files
contain information about a broad subject. For example, the patient
master file contains all patients' medical records in Epic. Other
examples include master files for medications, procedures, orders,
notes, and departments. Each master file contains records. Records
contain information about individual entities within a master file.
For example, a record in the patient master file contains information
about a single patient. A record in the orders master file contains
information about a single order. Records contain contacts. Contacts
contain information about points in time for a record. or example,
