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Add Type
Indicates how data is stored across contacts. No add data is stored at the level,
response each time is stored at the contact level, and lookback data remains the same
until changed.
Analytical Reports
Reports written from Clarity data. These reports are looking for trends over time, use
relatively complex logic and/or formulas, and are not vital to immediate patient care.
Cache
Caché is a third-party product from InterSystems Corporation. It is a database
management system (DBMS) optimized for the rapid development and deployment of
high-performance, massively scalable web and client/server applications. Epic's
proprietary DBMS, Chronicles, is programmed in Caché.
Chronicles
Developed specifically for healthcare facilities, Chronicles is the complete database
management system that underlies all of Epic's applications. Each application builds
upon the Chronicles unified data model to create inpatient, outpatient, clinical, financial,
and administrative data sets.
Clarity Compass
Allows you to look up and generate documentation for all Clarity tables.
Cogito Ergo Sum
A web-based interface that facilitates the Clarity process through centralized
administrative settings and end-user functionality.
Contacts
The third level in the Chronicles hierarchy, it tracks time-sensitive data.
Crystal Reports
Crystal Reports is a third-party product from SAP BusinessObjects. Crystal Reports is
used to create reports with the data in the Clarity DBMS.
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