RX205 Exam 2024 Questions and Answers
Chronicles
Epic's database management system, stores all information (filing cabinet)
Master File (INI- initials of master file type)
a storage entity in Chronicles used to organize a particular type of record: patient, provider, payor,
diagnosis (drawer of filing cabinet)
EPT
Patient master file
SER
Provider master file- represents specific individual's type of provider, credentials, ordering and/or
authorizing. linked to user's EMP record
EPM
Payor master file
EDG
Diagnosis master file
Record
a specific entity within a master file (folder in drawer)
Item
a prompt for a piece of information (question- DOB, name, specialty)
Value
the specific information for an item (answer- 5/18/78, Fred, pediatrics)
Data Type
indicates the type of data that can be stored in a field- date, time, predefined list, free text
No-add item
values that do not change over time (DOB)
Response Each Time item
values that change over time (marital status, phone number, address)
Contact
snapshot of record at one point in time. like multiple pieces of paper in a file, it tracks different values
over time (calls to the clinic, several different encounters)
, opt
brings you back to the initial (main) menu
PgUp
move to the previous screen/menu. from the 1st screen of record, page up exits the record
= , enter
re-opens last accessed record at the master file prompt
?
get a list of records at any master file prompt
Shift + F5
get help text about an item
Shift + F7
exits a record from any screen
PgDn
from the final screen of record, page down exits the record. Or moves to the first item of the next
screen
Tab
moves to the NEXT field on the screen
Left Arrow
previous field- moves to the field to the left
Up & Down Arrows
moves to the field above or below the current field, or up and down in a list
F1
deletes a value or an entire line of text
F2
erases everything from the cursor to the end of the field, which is good for partially deleting
characters in free text fields
F3
restores a field to the value that was there when you moved the cursor into the field (does not work
in all fields)
Home, Up Arrow
scrolls to the TOP of the list
Chronicles
Epic's database management system, stores all information (filing cabinet)
Master File (INI- initials of master file type)
a storage entity in Chronicles used to organize a particular type of record: patient, provider, payor,
diagnosis (drawer of filing cabinet)
EPT
Patient master file
SER
Provider master file- represents specific individual's type of provider, credentials, ordering and/or
authorizing. linked to user's EMP record
EPM
Payor master file
EDG
Diagnosis master file
Record
a specific entity within a master file (folder in drawer)
Item
a prompt for a piece of information (question- DOB, name, specialty)
Value
the specific information for an item (answer- 5/18/78, Fred, pediatrics)
Data Type
indicates the type of data that can be stored in a field- date, time, predefined list, free text
No-add item
values that do not change over time (DOB)
Response Each Time item
values that change over time (marital status, phone number, address)
Contact
snapshot of record at one point in time. like multiple pieces of paper in a file, it tracks different values
over time (calls to the clinic, several different encounters)
, opt
brings you back to the initial (main) menu
PgUp
move to the previous screen/menu. from the 1st screen of record, page up exits the record
= , enter
re-opens last accessed record at the master file prompt
?
get a list of records at any master file prompt
Shift + F5
get help text about an item
Shift + F7
exits a record from any screen
PgDn
from the final screen of record, page down exits the record. Or moves to the first item of the next
screen
Tab
moves to the NEXT field on the screen
Left Arrow
previous field- moves to the field to the left
Up & Down Arrows
moves to the field above or below the current field, or up and down in a list
F1
deletes a value or an entire line of text
F2
erases everything from the cursor to the end of the field, which is good for partially deleting
characters in free text fields
F3
restores a field to the value that was there when you moved the cursor into the field (does not work
in all fields)
Home, Up Arrow
scrolls to the TOP of the list
