Epic Modules questions with accurate answers
Activity Ans✓✓✓ The place where users enter and view data in Epic.
For example, the Order History activity is used to view information for
an order and the Medications activity is used to manager a patient's
prescription.
Anesthesia Ans✓✓✓ Anesthesia is Epic's anesthesia module.
ASAP Ans✓✓✓ ASAP is Epic's ER module. It tracks which rooms are
occupied, displaying room and bed status on monitors that are mounted
on the walls near the nursing stations.
At the elbow support Ans✓✓✓ Individual help in using Epic that is
provided by Super Users, Epic team members and staff from Epic (the
software vendor for Epic) during go-live and for a period of time post
go-live.
BCMA Ans✓✓✓ Barcode Medication Administration - A system that
uses barcodes to electronically administer medications in an effort
ensure patients received the correction medication at the correct time.
Beacon Ans✓✓✓ Beacon is Epic's oncology module. It is the
chemotherapy module in Epic. It is built around treatment plans for
patients who are undergoing cancer treatment. Whereas most patient
visits are either Outpatient or Inpatient, these visits are considered Series
Visit Types, which span a longer amount of time.
, Beaker Ans✓✓✓ Beaker is Epic's laboratory system for hospital lab.
Orders placed either in Epic or in an external system are transmitted to
Beaker via an HL7 Interface for processing. When patients arrive to
have their blood drawn, the results are entered into Beaker, which then
get transmitted back to the ordering doctor.
BedTime Ans✓✓✓ BedTime is Epic's bed management module.
Benefits Engine Ans✓✓✓ The Epic Benefits Engine holds the benefit
information (what services are covered) for each insurance plan.
BPA Ans✓✓✓ Best Practice Alert - A pop-up that notifies clinicians
when they need to tend to important tasks, such as reviewing a patient's
allergies, writing orders, and completing charting.
Bridges Ans✓✓✓ Bridges is Epic's module for installing, configuring
and maintaining clinical interfaces to other systems. See the reference
below to learn more about interfaces.
Caboodle Ans✓✓✓ Caboodle: This area of Epic refers to the data
warehouse and analytical tools used to store and retrieve large amounts
of clinical data. The data can be queried to provide all manner of
reporting to support care decisions, manage costs, and identify trends.
Other data can be brought in from non-Epic systems, and then used
along with Epic data to provide reporting results. Until mid-2016, the
trade name for these tools was Cogito, from the Latin phrase ergo sum:
"I think, therefore I am". In mid-2016, Epic renamed it to "Cabooble", ie
Kit & Caboodle.
Activity Ans✓✓✓ The place where users enter and view data in Epic.
For example, the Order History activity is used to view information for
an order and the Medications activity is used to manager a patient's
prescription.
Anesthesia Ans✓✓✓ Anesthesia is Epic's anesthesia module.
ASAP Ans✓✓✓ ASAP is Epic's ER module. It tracks which rooms are
occupied, displaying room and bed status on monitors that are mounted
on the walls near the nursing stations.
At the elbow support Ans✓✓✓ Individual help in using Epic that is
provided by Super Users, Epic team members and staff from Epic (the
software vendor for Epic) during go-live and for a period of time post
go-live.
BCMA Ans✓✓✓ Barcode Medication Administration - A system that
uses barcodes to electronically administer medications in an effort
ensure patients received the correction medication at the correct time.
Beacon Ans✓✓✓ Beacon is Epic's oncology module. It is the
chemotherapy module in Epic. It is built around treatment plans for
patients who are undergoing cancer treatment. Whereas most patient
visits are either Outpatient or Inpatient, these visits are considered Series
Visit Types, which span a longer amount of time.
, Beaker Ans✓✓✓ Beaker is Epic's laboratory system for hospital lab.
Orders placed either in Epic or in an external system are transmitted to
Beaker via an HL7 Interface for processing. When patients arrive to
have their blood drawn, the results are entered into Beaker, which then
get transmitted back to the ordering doctor.
BedTime Ans✓✓✓ BedTime is Epic's bed management module.
Benefits Engine Ans✓✓✓ The Epic Benefits Engine holds the benefit
information (what services are covered) for each insurance plan.
BPA Ans✓✓✓ Best Practice Alert - A pop-up that notifies clinicians
when they need to tend to important tasks, such as reviewing a patient's
allergies, writing orders, and completing charting.
Bridges Ans✓✓✓ Bridges is Epic's module for installing, configuring
and maintaining clinical interfaces to other systems. See the reference
below to learn more about interfaces.
Caboodle Ans✓✓✓ Caboodle: This area of Epic refers to the data
warehouse and analytical tools used to store and retrieve large amounts
of clinical data. The data can be queried to provide all manner of
reporting to support care decisions, manage costs, and identify trends.
Other data can be brought in from non-Epic systems, and then used
along with Epic data to provide reporting results. Until mid-2016, the
trade name for these tools was Cogito, from the Latin phrase ergo sum:
"I think, therefore I am". In mid-2016, Epic renamed it to "Cabooble", ie
Kit & Caboodle.
