OR350 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% ACCURATE
Room (ROM) - ANSWER-Rooms are patient rooms, not Operating Rooms. These
would include the rooms on the
floors where one, maybe two, patient beds are located. Patients are admitted to and
transferred into specific rooms.
Department (DEP) - ANSWER-Departments in Epic are similar to what you would
traditionally call a unit or department in the healthcare world. This is also the level that a
user logs into. Examples include Preprocedure, Main OR, and PACU departments
Perioperative Departments ﴾DEP﴿ - ANSWER-Multiple Virtual Departments
-Preprocedure, Main OR, PACU, and Recovery.
-Drive role specific settings
What are pool rooms? what do others in the hospitals see? - ANSWER-Movement in
periop area only viewed through case tracking events by periop users.
-Other users will just see perioperative pool room
OR Locations (EAF) are linked to..? what do they control? - ANSWER--Linked to one
perioperative department (Usually Main OR)
-Optime specific tools, reports, charging strategies, and more for that perioperative area
Operating Rooms (SER) refers to ____ within ____. - ANSWER--Individual Operating
rooms within an OR Location
-When sx requested for a particular OR location, the scheduler will schedule a case into
an available timeslot.
An Or Location is defined as - ANSWER-A group of OR's that are administered in the
same way.
Build process for OR - ANSWER-1. Create an OR Location
2. Build Operating Rooms
3. Create a schedule that organizes an OR's time into blocks
Building by exception - ANSWER-aka Rule of Specificity, making general settings in a
high-level record and only making setting changes different in specific records.
How to Configure an OR Location on Hyperspace - ANSWER-Location Definition ->
TRNOR05 Neurosurgery -> Invasive Cardiology -> Case Tracking events
,Automatic Surgery Reminders are found where? - ANSWER-Upcoming Case
Reminder/Time to Send text and Mychart
What is the Scheduling 2 form? - ANSWER-home to settings that determine when
schedules are finalized and how to handle cases scheduled on holidays and weekends.
What is Case Volume - ANSWER-A report that returns the amount of patients seen,
usually during a particular perioperative phase of care. This type of report includes add‐
on cases, both those that are marked as add‐ons and those that should have been but
weren't.
What is block utilization - ANSWER-report that returns the percentage of OR block time
that is actually used by cases of that block type compared to the total block time
available. For example, a cardiothoracic case that is performed during cardiothoracic
block time would increase the block utilization percentage, but the same case
performed outside of cardiothoracic block time may not
What is a Surgical Inventory Item?(SUP) - ANSWER-A record representing a single
inventory item including its name, manufacturer number, clinical information, and more
What is a Balance (BAL) record? - ANSWER-A record with location specific info about
an inventory item such as where it is stored.
How do Materials Management and EPIC communicate - ANSWER-Interface Item
Mapping tool (creates thousands of inventory records based on data extracted from
MMS)
If there are issues with MMS and EPIC then where are the issues resolved? -
ANSWER-MMS whenever possible
Overall Build for Maintaining Inventory - ANSWER-1. Extract supply Data from MMS
2.Use Mapping tool to create surgical inventory item and balance records
3. Run audits and test identify surgical inventory items with issues
4. In Epic confirm build issues and update the info in the MMS
Supply Charging Underlying Build Audit (SCUBA) identifies records that - ANSWER--
Missing supply type
-Are missing balance records
-Have misconfigured charging that would lead to wrong charges or errors
What is GTIN? - ANSWER-Important for barcode scanning for supplies, not usually
used, maybe for expensive implants
What is Materials Management - ANSWER-A dept in charge of ordering, receivinig,
storing, and issuingn inventory
, All patients undergoing surgery are admitted into what? - ANSWER-a pool room
How do you add a new service? - ANSWER-Add to a category list
Which of the following records is added to a surgical case well in advance to plapn for
the staff and equipment need?
A Provider,
B Resource type,
C User - ANSWER-Resource Type
Which of the following would not have a resource type?
C- Arm
Circulator
OR
Scalpel
Surgeon - ANSWER-OR, Surgeon
You want to create a new CER record that evaluates whether a patient is younger than
18 year olds so that you can suggest pedi tools to nurses when appropriate. Which of
the following would be set as 18? - ANSWER-Value
What is override charge? - ANSWER-If this is set, this is the final cost per unit for this
inventory item record ﴾no later mark‐up﴿.
What is Cost Per Unit? - ANSWER-Base price for later markup
What is the markup table linked to? What is an inventory markup table - ANSWER-the
OR location
-controls how much markup given to an inventory item when calculating the charge that
generates
If a supply is stored differently in two locations, which master file allows you to store
different shelf and bin information for the supply? - ANSWER-Balance Record
What must you do before you can create a balance record for a specific location? -
ANSWER--Set up the location as an inventory location in OpTime Location Definitions
-Inventory Locations and Inventory Location? (2 different fields)
Professional Charges are - ANSWER-Charges rendered by a licensed practitioner
(Surgeon or Anesthesiologist)
Technical Charges are - ANSWER-Charges for non-physician staff and hospital-owned
resources used during surgery
What are some examples of Technical charges? - ANSWER--Staff
-Time: Time in PACU, OR
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Room (ROM) - ANSWER-Rooms are patient rooms, not Operating Rooms. These
would include the rooms on the
floors where one, maybe two, patient beds are located. Patients are admitted to and
transferred into specific rooms.
Department (DEP) - ANSWER-Departments in Epic are similar to what you would
traditionally call a unit or department in the healthcare world. This is also the level that a
user logs into. Examples include Preprocedure, Main OR, and PACU departments
Perioperative Departments ﴾DEP﴿ - ANSWER-Multiple Virtual Departments
-Preprocedure, Main OR, PACU, and Recovery.
-Drive role specific settings
What are pool rooms? what do others in the hospitals see? - ANSWER-Movement in
periop area only viewed through case tracking events by periop users.
-Other users will just see perioperative pool room
OR Locations (EAF) are linked to..? what do they control? - ANSWER--Linked to one
perioperative department (Usually Main OR)
-Optime specific tools, reports, charging strategies, and more for that perioperative area
Operating Rooms (SER) refers to ____ within ____. - ANSWER--Individual Operating
rooms within an OR Location
-When sx requested for a particular OR location, the scheduler will schedule a case into
an available timeslot.
An Or Location is defined as - ANSWER-A group of OR's that are administered in the
same way.
Build process for OR - ANSWER-1. Create an OR Location
2. Build Operating Rooms
3. Create a schedule that organizes an OR's time into blocks
Building by exception - ANSWER-aka Rule of Specificity, making general settings in a
high-level record and only making setting changes different in specific records.
How to Configure an OR Location on Hyperspace - ANSWER-Location Definition ->
TRNOR05 Neurosurgery -> Invasive Cardiology -> Case Tracking events
,Automatic Surgery Reminders are found where? - ANSWER-Upcoming Case
Reminder/Time to Send text and Mychart
What is the Scheduling 2 form? - ANSWER-home to settings that determine when
schedules are finalized and how to handle cases scheduled on holidays and weekends.
What is Case Volume - ANSWER-A report that returns the amount of patients seen,
usually during a particular perioperative phase of care. This type of report includes add‐
on cases, both those that are marked as add‐ons and those that should have been but
weren't.
What is block utilization - ANSWER-report that returns the percentage of OR block time
that is actually used by cases of that block type compared to the total block time
available. For example, a cardiothoracic case that is performed during cardiothoracic
block time would increase the block utilization percentage, but the same case
performed outside of cardiothoracic block time may not
What is a Surgical Inventory Item?(SUP) - ANSWER-A record representing a single
inventory item including its name, manufacturer number, clinical information, and more
What is a Balance (BAL) record? - ANSWER-A record with location specific info about
an inventory item such as where it is stored.
How do Materials Management and EPIC communicate - ANSWER-Interface Item
Mapping tool (creates thousands of inventory records based on data extracted from
MMS)
If there are issues with MMS and EPIC then where are the issues resolved? -
ANSWER-MMS whenever possible
Overall Build for Maintaining Inventory - ANSWER-1. Extract supply Data from MMS
2.Use Mapping tool to create surgical inventory item and balance records
3. Run audits and test identify surgical inventory items with issues
4. In Epic confirm build issues and update the info in the MMS
Supply Charging Underlying Build Audit (SCUBA) identifies records that - ANSWER--
Missing supply type
-Are missing balance records
-Have misconfigured charging that would lead to wrong charges or errors
What is GTIN? - ANSWER-Important for barcode scanning for supplies, not usually
used, maybe for expensive implants
What is Materials Management - ANSWER-A dept in charge of ordering, receivinig,
storing, and issuingn inventory
, All patients undergoing surgery are admitted into what? - ANSWER-a pool room
How do you add a new service? - ANSWER-Add to a category list
Which of the following records is added to a surgical case well in advance to plapn for
the staff and equipment need?
A Provider,
B Resource type,
C User - ANSWER-Resource Type
Which of the following would not have a resource type?
C- Arm
Circulator
OR
Scalpel
Surgeon - ANSWER-OR, Surgeon
You want to create a new CER record that evaluates whether a patient is younger than
18 year olds so that you can suggest pedi tools to nurses when appropriate. Which of
the following would be set as 18? - ANSWER-Value
What is override charge? - ANSWER-If this is set, this is the final cost per unit for this
inventory item record ﴾no later mark‐up﴿.
What is Cost Per Unit? - ANSWER-Base price for later markup
What is the markup table linked to? What is an inventory markup table - ANSWER-the
OR location
-controls how much markup given to an inventory item when calculating the charge that
generates
If a supply is stored differently in two locations, which master file allows you to store
different shelf and bin information for the supply? - ANSWER-Balance Record
What must you do before you can create a balance record for a specific location? -
ANSWER--Set up the location as an inventory location in OpTime Location Definitions
-Inventory Locations and Inventory Location? (2 different fields)
Professional Charges are - ANSWER-Charges rendered by a licensed practitioner
(Surgeon or Anesthesiologist)
Technical Charges are - ANSWER-Charges for non-physician staff and hospital-owned
resources used during surgery
What are some examples of Technical charges? - ANSWER--Staff
-Time: Time in PACU, OR
