Teresa's EPIC Certification Prep Questions With Complete Solutions

What are the levels of the Facility Structure correct answer: Facility, Service Area, Location, Dept. Room, Bed What is the order of least specific to most specific in the Facility Structure correct answer: Facility, Service Area, Revenue, Location then Dept. True or False - A dept. can only belong to one center correct answer: True True or False- A setting configured at the facility record will override the same setting that has been configured in a dept. record. correct answer: False, the settings configured in the dept. record are more specific than those set in a facility record. Does a provider outside of your organization need a "provider" SER record if he/she is referring patients? correct answer: Yes, this provider would need a SER record as long as they are a referring provider. What are the 4 main types of Depts in EPIC correct answer: Outpatient Dept. Inpt. Dept. HOD - Hospital outpt. dept. Virtual Dept. What do the 4 main types of depts. do? correct answer: Outpatient Dept. - Ex. Ambulatory Clinics, where patients see a provider for a short visit / scheduled visits. Areas that have NO beds. Inpt. Dept. - Ex. EMH Med/Surg. - Rooms and Beds, Admits, HOD - Hospital outpt. dept. - Use for Dept. Records, areas where both admitted and scheduled pts are seen. Example: Radiology pt's. are going to get MRI's. Virtual Dept. - Any dept. in which patients do NOT actually come to receive care. Sometimes a virtual dept. can be areas that exist only as login depts. Clinicians who provide care all over the hosp. like the Raspatory Therapy Dept. A physical place like a business office. Can system definitions can only be used by 1 user at a time? correct answer: Yes, only 1 user at a time. What are System Definitions? correct answer: A system-wide default settings - System level settings are the LEAST SPECIFIC of all settings for an organization. The default settings will cascade down and be used throughout the org. unless they are overwritten by a more specific setting. They are a collection of settings that determine how an application works across your entire organization. Keep in mind that system definitions will affect all depts. and users. What is a Center? correct answer: It is a group of departments. Centers are like a dept. grouper that allow application of a setting one time which then applies to all the depts. in the center. Centers are values = in the DEP 100 Category List Centers can help with what? correct answer: Patient Travel Times - A pt. needs to travel 20 min. from center A to center B Scheduling Workflows - The auto scheduler can display appts. in multiple centers or one specific center User Security - You can set up user's security by center rather than depts. Reporting - You can set up reports for a center rather than listing individual depts. Define what is a Facility in EPIC's Facil