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1. What is a User Users log in to Epic to do their jobs. The steps that a user takes in Epic are
referred to as a workflow. For example, a clinician might open their
schedule, review a patient's medical history, open the patient's chart, place
an order, and sign a note. Ditterent users have ditterent workflows.
2. What is an 3.
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ministrator
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An administrator in Epic individual's role in an organization (Lorena works as a Cogito Analyst),
can configure parts of although exact usage may vary depending on your organization. More
the Epic interface for information about Cogito roles, or roles on an Epic reporting team, will
users.
be covered in a later lesson.
A common administrator workflow is to update existing or create new
Administrators can build in the system. Build refers to the parts of Epic that configure the
have many interface and the user experience, such as dashboards or order sets.
responsibilities While users interact directly with data about patient care, administrators
depending on which interact with the build that presents the data in a certain way.
applications, or parts Much of the build in Epic is saved in discrete records in Chronicles. Each
of the Epic software, record has an ID and build records can be edited by administrators who
they are responsible have the appro- priate permissions, or security, to do so. To help keep track
for managing. of new build records, administrators are encouraged to use build
Examples of Epic trackers, spreadsheets with a list of new record IDs, names, owning teams,
applications include and any other relevant information to assist with tracking and
EpicCare Ambulatory maintenance.
for outpatient
workflows, Stork for
obstetric workflows,
and Cogito Ergo Sum,
or Cogito, for analytics
tools and content.
Another term for an
administrator in Epic is
an analyst. The term
administrator typ- ically
refers to a user's login
setup (Lorena logs in as
a Cogito Tools
Administrator) while
analyst refers to the
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