EPIC IMP 100 Questions and Complete
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What does EPIC call the first screen a user sees when they log in? - correct answers:Startup Activity
What is a My List? - correct answers:A list of patients that I am following during my shift. I control the
columns, the default report, and I manage the list of patients
What is a system list, and how can it be used to organize patients? - correct answers:A list of patients
that is automatically updated by the system. You can make a shortcut to these lists in a My List.
How can a surgeon quickly sort her list of patients by unit? - correct answers:Click the Unit column in
Patient Lists.
What types of information can a surgeon gather from reports at the bottom of the startup activities? -
correct answers:Vitals, I/O, Current Meds, and more
How can a clinician open a patient's chartg? - correct answers:Double-click the patient from Patient Lists.
What are the tabs along the left of the screen in a patients' chart called? - correct answers:Activities
How can you tell there is an abnormal value within a specified time interval in accordion reports? -
correct answers:There is a red exclamation point next to the value.
How can you tell if there are values hidden within a time interval in accordion reports? - correct
answers:The abnormal value appears in red.
How can you tell if there are values hidden within a time interval in accordion reports? - correct
answers:A plus sign appears next to the value displaying in a given column.
, How do you know which notes are new? - correct answers:A clock icon appears in a column next to the
note.
How can you quickly find a patient's H&P within the Notes activity? - correct answers:Click the H&Ps. Or,
from the All Notes tab, click the Type column header to sort by note type.
You want to Time Mark the new notes for your patient. Will that action Time Mark your patient's notes
for anyone else who opens her chart? - correct answers:No. Clicking Time Mark automatically marks ALL
notes as no longer new for the user to Time Marks, but nobody else.
True or False? Time Mark means that you have actually read all of the notes in the patient's chart. -
correct answers:False. Time Mark serves as a bookmark and organization tool for you. It simply marks
the notes as no longer new.
On the Add or Remove Buttons from Toolbar window, what is the difference between the Reports and
Display Name columns? - correct answers:In the REPORTS column, you enter the name of the report you
want to have as a shortcut on the Reports toolbar. The name in the DISPLAY NAME column is what you
actually see on a report's button in Summary.
Assume the following scenario: You are searching for an order, and you are unable to find it on your
preference list, so you search the facility list and find it there. The next time you search for this same
order, you don't want to have to expand your search to the facility list. What can you do? - correct
answers:Add the order to your preference list by clicking the star to the right of the order.
As you are writing an order for your patient, your pager goes off. What can you do with this unfinished
order? - correct answers:Pend the order by clicking Save Work.
What must you do before that unfinished order can be acted upon? - correct answers:Complete and sign
the order.
When searching for a dietary consult order, you enter "con die" in the search field. What search method
are you using? - correct answers:EnRol
Answers
What does EPIC call the first screen a user sees when they log in? - correct answers:Startup Activity
What is a My List? - correct answers:A list of patients that I am following during my shift. I control the
columns, the default report, and I manage the list of patients
What is a system list, and how can it be used to organize patients? - correct answers:A list of patients
that is automatically updated by the system. You can make a shortcut to these lists in a My List.
How can a surgeon quickly sort her list of patients by unit? - correct answers:Click the Unit column in
Patient Lists.
What types of information can a surgeon gather from reports at the bottom of the startup activities? -
correct answers:Vitals, I/O, Current Meds, and more
How can a clinician open a patient's chartg? - correct answers:Double-click the patient from Patient Lists.
What are the tabs along the left of the screen in a patients' chart called? - correct answers:Activities
How can you tell there is an abnormal value within a specified time interval in accordion reports? -
correct answers:There is a red exclamation point next to the value.
How can you tell if there are values hidden within a time interval in accordion reports? - correct
answers:The abnormal value appears in red.
How can you tell if there are values hidden within a time interval in accordion reports? - correct
answers:A plus sign appears next to the value displaying in a given column.
, How do you know which notes are new? - correct answers:A clock icon appears in a column next to the
note.
How can you quickly find a patient's H&P within the Notes activity? - correct answers:Click the H&Ps. Or,
from the All Notes tab, click the Type column header to sort by note type.
You want to Time Mark the new notes for your patient. Will that action Time Mark your patient's notes
for anyone else who opens her chart? - correct answers:No. Clicking Time Mark automatically marks ALL
notes as no longer new for the user to Time Marks, but nobody else.
True or False? Time Mark means that you have actually read all of the notes in the patient's chart. -
correct answers:False. Time Mark serves as a bookmark and organization tool for you. It simply marks
the notes as no longer new.
On the Add or Remove Buttons from Toolbar window, what is the difference between the Reports and
Display Name columns? - correct answers:In the REPORTS column, you enter the name of the report you
want to have as a shortcut on the Reports toolbar. The name in the DISPLAY NAME column is what you
actually see on a report's button in Summary.
Assume the following scenario: You are searching for an order, and you are unable to find it on your
preference list, so you search the facility list and find it there. The next time you search for this same
order, you don't want to have to expand your search to the facility list. What can you do? - correct
answers:Add the order to your preference list by clicking the star to the right of the order.
As you are writing an order for your patient, your pager goes off. What can you do with this unfinished
order? - correct answers:Pend the order by clicking Save Work.
What must you do before that unfinished order can be acted upon? - correct answers:Complete and sign
the order.
When searching for a dietary consult order, you enter "con die" in the search field. What search method
are you using? - correct answers:EnRol
