Epic Clinical Informatics Certification Exam Prep:
Comprehensive Q&A Study Guide with Answer Key and
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,Epic Clinical Informatics Exam Prep – Correct Answers &
Rationales
Below is a comprehensive answer key with rationales for each question, including the
question stem and all multiple-choice options.
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1. ORDER SET: a comprehensive list of orders for a certain diagnosis or for a certain
workflow being completed in a hospital setting.
Question: What is a comprehensive list of orders for a certain diagnosis or for a certain
workflow being completed in a hospital setting?
Answer: Order Set
Rationale: An Order Set (PRL master file) is a collection of orders grouped for a specific
diagnosis, condition, or workflow. It can contain SmartGroups and Sections and is used
for larger workflows.
,2. Templates (LVN), Topics (LVN), and Sections (LVN): Navigators are composed of
three basic records. What are they?
Question: Navigators are composed of three basic records. What are they?
Answer: Templates (LVN), Topics (LVN), and Sections (LVN)
Rationale: A navigator is built from three record types: Navigator Templates (which can
contain multiple topics), Navigator Topics (which hold navigator sections), and Navigator
Sections (which hold the actual documentation content).
3. Workflow Engine Rules: This rule can configure patient workspaces to make them
more efficient for the user to navigate. The rule runs every time a clinician opens a
patient workspace so that the workspace can be altered in real time to fit clinicians'
workflow needs.
Question: What rule configures patient workspaces in real time to fit clinicians' workflow
needs?
Answer: Workflow Engine Rules
Rationale: Workflow Engine Rules run each time a clinician opens a patient workspace.
They can alter activity tabs, available navigators, sidebar tabs/behavior, the More
Activities menu, and default activity based on conditions.
4. MyChart: Epic's patient portal application that provides patients with convenient
access to their health information, as well as the ability to schedule appointments,
communicate with providers, and pay medical bills.
Question: What is Epic's patient portal application?
Answer: MyChart
Rationale: MyChart provides patients access to health information, appointment
scheduling, provider communication, and bill payment.
, 5. Diagonal lines appear over the selected button.: How can you tell if the data
appearing in NoteWriter was entered by the patient?
Question: How can you tell if the data appearing in NoteWriter was entered by the
patient?
Answer: Diagonal lines appear over the selected button.
Rationale: Patient-entered data in NoteWriter is indicated by diagonal lines over the
selected button, distinguishing it from clinician-entered data.
6. Express Lanes: A view where physicians document straightforward visits on a single
screen with just a few clicks, minimizing documentation and maximizing productivity.
Question: What is the view where physicians document straightforward visits on a single
screen with just a few clicks?
Answer: Express Lanes
Rationale: Express Lanes minimizes documentation and maximizes productivity for
straightforward visits.
7. Level of Service Codes: Also called E/M or Evaluation and Management codes, are
generated for office visits in the United States of America to bill for physician and other
qualified healthcare professional's time and expertise evaluating and managing patient
health.
Question: What are E/M codes also called?
Answer: Level of Service Codes
Rationale: E/M (Evaluation and Management) codes bill for physician time and expertise
in evaluating and managing patient health.