CLN 251-252 CONFIGURING THE EPIC
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Report (LRP) - ANSWER "Displays information", sharable, appears in many different
activities, made up of print groups (LPG), built in text
Profile (LPR) - ANSWER "Details within activities", shareable, can control 1000+
settings including Chart Review tabs (LQT), Note speed buttons for SmartText (ETX),
Reports (LRP), and more, can be assigned at six different levels in a hierarchy, built in
text
Navigator (LVN) - ANSWER "Guide through a workflow", shareable, Templates (LVN) >
Topics (LVN) > Sections (LVN), usually assigned in a Workflow Engine Rule (LOR),
built in Classic
Workflow Engine Rule (LOR) - ANSWER "Details based on context" "including More
Menu, Activity Tabs, Navigators, Sidebar, Storyboard", acronym to remember: MANSS,
shareable, If = condition: conditions evaluate properties (e.g. patient age or login
department specialty) against values using operators, nested conditions have AND
relationship, Then = directive: Sets the "details", built in classic
Role (E2R) - ANSWER "Layout and behavior", shareable, determines max number of
workspaces, use last login department, startup activities (E2N), timeout interval and
action, toolbars and buttons (E2U), built in classic
Security Class (ECL) - ANSWER "Access", shareable, point: individual piece of
functionality (e.g. key), types of security: in basket, shared, reporting workbench,
EpicCare, Inpatient, class: grouping of points (e.g. key ring), built in classic
Provider (SER) - ANSWER "Education", one per person/thing, who needs one?
Scheduled with patients, Completes clinical documentation/has credentials, Authorizing
provider, Referrals to/form (acronym to remember: SCAR), built in text
User (EMP) - ANSWER "Log in", one per person, determines ID/password, default login
department (DEP), link to template (EMP), link to provider (SER) if needed. User
template (EMP): Contains shared settings for similar users, built in classic
Chronicles - ANSWER Epic's database management system. Analogy- Filing cabinet
Hyperspace - ANSWER Epic's front-end user interface
, Text - ANSWER Text based, back end interface with Chronicles data, used solely by
administrators for creating, editing and analyzing records
Master Files - ANSWER INI. Each master file stores all the data about one type of thing.
Analogy- Drawers within filing cabinet
Records - ANSWER Each record stores information about one specific entity in the
master file. Analogy- Folder. Each record has a name and identification number
Contacts - ANSWER A date specific snapshot of the data within a record that allows for
changes to the record to be effective on a specific date. Analogy- Dated sheets of paper
in the folder. For patients think of each encounter
Item - ANSWER A question prompt on a standardized form
Value - ANSWER An answer
Item numbers that always stay the same - ANSWER .1 ID and .2 record name
Single response - ANSWER Only one value can be entered
Multiple response - ANSWER Can enter multiple values for one item
INI - ANSWER Master file
Login Service Area - ANSWER For profile settings common to everyone who works in a
particular billing region or group of hospitals and/or clinics, regardless of job duties.
EMR System Definitions - ANSWER For global profile settings that apply to every
clinical user in your system unless overridden at a more specific level.
Compiled Profile - ANSWER Represents the collection of profile settings that will impact
a user
Rule of Specificity - ANSWER Settings that are at a more specific level take precedence
over the same settings at a more general level
Reports - ANSWER Incorporated into several activities across clinical applications.
Examples: Schedule reports, synopsis views, chart review reports for each type of
encounter, available reports in the patient lists
Orders-related Settings - ANSWER Orders preference lists, default order mode, such as
verbal, which order types require an associated diagnosis, whether the system tries to
have ordering and/or authorizing provider appear by default when placing an order,
when validation extensions are checked when signing an order
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Report (LRP) - ANSWER "Displays information", sharable, appears in many different
activities, made up of print groups (LPG), built in text
Profile (LPR) - ANSWER "Details within activities", shareable, can control 1000+
settings including Chart Review tabs (LQT), Note speed buttons for SmartText (ETX),
Reports (LRP), and more, can be assigned at six different levels in a hierarchy, built in
text
Navigator (LVN) - ANSWER "Guide through a workflow", shareable, Templates (LVN) >
Topics (LVN) > Sections (LVN), usually assigned in a Workflow Engine Rule (LOR),
built in Classic
Workflow Engine Rule (LOR) - ANSWER "Details based on context" "including More
Menu, Activity Tabs, Navigators, Sidebar, Storyboard", acronym to remember: MANSS,
shareable, If = condition: conditions evaluate properties (e.g. patient age or login
department specialty) against values using operators, nested conditions have AND
relationship, Then = directive: Sets the "details", built in classic
Role (E2R) - ANSWER "Layout and behavior", shareable, determines max number of
workspaces, use last login department, startup activities (E2N), timeout interval and
action, toolbars and buttons (E2U), built in classic
Security Class (ECL) - ANSWER "Access", shareable, point: individual piece of
functionality (e.g. key), types of security: in basket, shared, reporting workbench,
EpicCare, Inpatient, class: grouping of points (e.g. key ring), built in classic
Provider (SER) - ANSWER "Education", one per person/thing, who needs one?
Scheduled with patients, Completes clinical documentation/has credentials, Authorizing
provider, Referrals to/form (acronym to remember: SCAR), built in text
User (EMP) - ANSWER "Log in", one per person, determines ID/password, default login
department (DEP), link to template (EMP), link to provider (SER) if needed. User
template (EMP): Contains shared settings for similar users, built in classic
Chronicles - ANSWER Epic's database management system. Analogy- Filing cabinet
Hyperspace - ANSWER Epic's front-end user interface
, Text - ANSWER Text based, back end interface with Chronicles data, used solely by
administrators for creating, editing and analyzing records
Master Files - ANSWER INI. Each master file stores all the data about one type of thing.
Analogy- Drawers within filing cabinet
Records - ANSWER Each record stores information about one specific entity in the
master file. Analogy- Folder. Each record has a name and identification number
Contacts - ANSWER A date specific snapshot of the data within a record that allows for
changes to the record to be effective on a specific date. Analogy- Dated sheets of paper
in the folder. For patients think of each encounter
Item - ANSWER A question prompt on a standardized form
Value - ANSWER An answer
Item numbers that always stay the same - ANSWER .1 ID and .2 record name
Single response - ANSWER Only one value can be entered
Multiple response - ANSWER Can enter multiple values for one item
INI - ANSWER Master file
Login Service Area - ANSWER For profile settings common to everyone who works in a
particular billing region or group of hospitals and/or clinics, regardless of job duties.
EMR System Definitions - ANSWER For global profile settings that apply to every
clinical user in your system unless overridden at a more specific level.
Compiled Profile - ANSWER Represents the collection of profile settings that will impact
a user
Rule of Specificity - ANSWER Settings that are at a more specific level take precedence
over the same settings at a more general level
Reports - ANSWER Incorporated into several activities across clinical applications.
Examples: Schedule reports, synopsis views, chart review reports for each type of
encounter, available reports in the patient lists
Orders-related Settings - ANSWER Orders preference lists, default order mode, such as
verbal, which order types require an associated diagnosis, whether the system tries to
have ordering and/or authorizing provider appear by default when placing an order,
when validation extensions are checked when signing an order
