EPIC WILLOW EVALUATION EXAM TIPS QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔what can you do to reduce search results when adding an order - ✔✔Include brand
name or product form to narrow the search
✔✔What does a stop sign in the order composer indicate? - ✔✔There is missing or
required information
✔✔(***) - what does this mean? - ✔✔this is a "wildcard" which is a placeholder, you will
need to replace *** with specific instructions
✔✔Admin instructions - ✔✔Patient‐specific administration instructions (such as where
to apply a topical cream)
✔✔Prod. Admin. Inst - ✔✔Read‐only, product‐specific administration instructions (such
as "Shake well" or "Protect from light"). End users are not able to edit this.
✔✔Note to Pharmacy - ✔✔Communicate details to pharmacy that are not
administration instructions (such as "Please use NS, not D5, for this mixture" or
"Already received a dose at home today").
✔✔Can you edit the product admin instructions? - ✔✔No
✔✔what is the Medications ﴾ERX﴿ master file? - ✔✔The Medications ﴾ERX﴿ master file
contains a record for every medication product available.
When you are selecting a product from your search results, you are selecting a
Medication ﴾ERX﴿ record.
✔✔True or false: The ERX masterfile is global and shared across all hospitals and
clinics in your organisation. - ✔✔True. If two pharmacists in two different hospitals go to
the Database tab, they will see the same set of records.
If the same ERX record is ordered in two different hospitals, it will look and behave the
same way.
✔✔True or false: An order can be verified without a package - ✔✔False. Because
NDCs are required by payers and CMS, and because they can have such a large
impact on how medications are dispensed and charged for, an order can't be verified
without a package. If a pharmacist enters an order without a package, the order will not
autoverify.
✔✔What is IPS? - ✔✔The process by which the system picks a package for liquids is
called Intelligent Package Selection (IPS).
, IPS tries to pick a package based on:
- The volume of each dose
- The packages available in dispense locations that serve the patient
✔✔What is IMS? (for solids) - ✔✔Intelligent Medication Selection (IMS) tries to find a
combination of strengths for a single
ingredient solid that allows for the:
- Closest dispense location
- Smallest number of different strengths in a dose
- Smallest total number of tablets, capsules or suppositories in a dose
✔✔True or false: You should include a products strength when searching for a single
ingredient solid medication. - ✔✔False - do NOT include the strength when searching
for a single ingredient solid medication as this will not use IMS
✔✔What is IMS? (for IVs) - ✔✔Intelligent Medication Selection (IMS) tries to find the
right "dispensable" ERX record
✔✔What is an order panel? - ✔✔A panel (sometimes referred to as an order panel) is a
single orderable that expands into multiple individual orders.
✔✔what is the difference between "sign" and "sign and verify" ? - ✔✔Sign: Orders are
automatically verified and become active.
Sign & Verify: Takes you to the Verify Orders activity to manually verify each order
before
becoming active.
✔✔In the providers window, What is the difference between the ordering provider and
authorizing provider? - ✔✔Ordering provider - Person on whose behalf you are entering
the orders
Authorizing provider - Indicates who is ultimately responsible
✔✔A physician wants to assign a newly admitted patient to them, so they can start
treating this patient. What are the first steps that the physician needs to take? - ✔✔In
patient list default home activity, Enter the patients name in "search all admitted" box >
right click > assign me > they will appear in 'my patients' list.
✔✔In a patient chart, what is the Summary activity ? - ✔✔Real‐time reports that display
relevant information about the patient all in one place. Information displayed in the
Summary activity will vary by user due to different needs.
✔✔In a patient chart, what is the Chart review ? - ✔✔Provides access to all
documentation from a patient's historical encounters (such as
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔what can you do to reduce search results when adding an order - ✔✔Include brand
name or product form to narrow the search
✔✔What does a stop sign in the order composer indicate? - ✔✔There is missing or
required information
✔✔(***) - what does this mean? - ✔✔this is a "wildcard" which is a placeholder, you will
need to replace *** with specific instructions
✔✔Admin instructions - ✔✔Patient‐specific administration instructions (such as where
to apply a topical cream)
✔✔Prod. Admin. Inst - ✔✔Read‐only, product‐specific administration instructions (such
as "Shake well" or "Protect from light"). End users are not able to edit this.
✔✔Note to Pharmacy - ✔✔Communicate details to pharmacy that are not
administration instructions (such as "Please use NS, not D5, for this mixture" or
"Already received a dose at home today").
✔✔Can you edit the product admin instructions? - ✔✔No
✔✔what is the Medications ﴾ERX﴿ master file? - ✔✔The Medications ﴾ERX﴿ master file
contains a record for every medication product available.
When you are selecting a product from your search results, you are selecting a
Medication ﴾ERX﴿ record.
✔✔True or false: The ERX masterfile is global and shared across all hospitals and
clinics in your organisation. - ✔✔True. If two pharmacists in two different hospitals go to
the Database tab, they will see the same set of records.
If the same ERX record is ordered in two different hospitals, it will look and behave the
same way.
✔✔True or false: An order can be verified without a package - ✔✔False. Because
NDCs are required by payers and CMS, and because they can have such a large
impact on how medications are dispensed and charged for, an order can't be verified
without a package. If a pharmacist enters an order without a package, the order will not
autoverify.
✔✔What is IPS? - ✔✔The process by which the system picks a package for liquids is
called Intelligent Package Selection (IPS).
, IPS tries to pick a package based on:
- The volume of each dose
- The packages available in dispense locations that serve the patient
✔✔What is IMS? (for solids) - ✔✔Intelligent Medication Selection (IMS) tries to find a
combination of strengths for a single
ingredient solid that allows for the:
- Closest dispense location
- Smallest number of different strengths in a dose
- Smallest total number of tablets, capsules or suppositories in a dose
✔✔True or false: You should include a products strength when searching for a single
ingredient solid medication. - ✔✔False - do NOT include the strength when searching
for a single ingredient solid medication as this will not use IMS
✔✔What is IMS? (for IVs) - ✔✔Intelligent Medication Selection (IMS) tries to find the
right "dispensable" ERX record
✔✔What is an order panel? - ✔✔A panel (sometimes referred to as an order panel) is a
single orderable that expands into multiple individual orders.
✔✔what is the difference between "sign" and "sign and verify" ? - ✔✔Sign: Orders are
automatically verified and become active.
Sign & Verify: Takes you to the Verify Orders activity to manually verify each order
before
becoming active.
✔✔In the providers window, What is the difference between the ordering provider and
authorizing provider? - ✔✔Ordering provider - Person on whose behalf you are entering
the orders
Authorizing provider - Indicates who is ultimately responsible
✔✔A physician wants to assign a newly admitted patient to them, so they can start
treating this patient. What are the first steps that the physician needs to take? - ✔✔In
patient list default home activity, Enter the patients name in "search all admitted" box >
right click > assign me > they will appear in 'my patients' list.
✔✔In a patient chart, what is the Summary activity ? - ✔✔Real‐time reports that display
relevant information about the patient all in one place. Information displayed in the
Summary activity will vary by user due to different needs.
✔✔In a patient chart, what is the Chart review ? - ✔✔Provides access to all
documentation from a patient's historical encounters (such as
