RAD400 | KEY TERMS EXPLAINED.
Facility (EAF) - Answer: A record that represents your whole organization. There is only
one in any organization. This record determines how the software will work organization
wide.
Service Area (EAF) - Answer: Used for billing purposes and typically divides the
organization up into entities with separate finances, for example: for-profit and nonprofit.
Revenue Location (EAF) - Answer: Usually a physical location, typically representing
your clinics and hospitals.
Department (DEP) - Answer: Represents places where users log in or where patients
receive care at your organization.
How does the Department (DEP) Influence Radiant builds? - Answer: 1. Determines
where procedures are scheduled and performed.
2. Providers and resources are only schedulable in specific ones
3. Schedules of availability are specific to both a provider/resource and this.
What is each service area linked to? - Answer: Linked to a facility
What is each department linked to? - Answer: Linked to a revenue location
What is each revenue location linked to? - Answer: Linked to a service area
Why can't you modify the Rev Location item when linking a Department (DEP)? -
Answer: The Rev Location field connects the department to the facility structure. This
affects the revenue stream and changing that link would cause major issues with charge
routing.
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,EpicCare Department Information - Answer: This screen can attach the department to a
profile (LPR) record with clinical settings specific to users who log in to this department.
Context-based Charging - Answer: Used to identify which steps in the workflow should
trigger fees.
Types of chares used when billing for a procedure: - Answer: 1. Technical
2. Professional
3. Global
Technical Fees - Answer: Charge that covers the cost of using equipment, facilities,
non-physician medical staff, supplies, etc.
Professional Fees - Answer: Charge that covers the cost of the physician's professional
services
Global Fees - Answer: Charge that covers both technical and professional services
Charge Override Ext Field - Answer: The record linked here, IMG SERVICE DATE
OVERRIDE TO SIGNING DATE, ensures that the date associated with professional
charges is the date the study was read instead of the date of the appointment
Blocks - Answer: Time restrictions used in scheduling to set aside time for certain types
of care.
Types of Blocks - Answer: 1. Patient Level
2. Visit Type
Patient Level Block - Answer: Reserve time for types of patients. Intended to keep the
wrong kinds of patients out. The specified patients are allowed during this time.
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,If a user tries to schedule a different patient type during this time, a warning will appear.
Example of Patient Level Block - Answer: It is common to block time for patients with a
patient class of Inpatient or a patient type of Confidential or Employee
Visit Type Block - Answer: Reserve time for a specific type of appointments. Visit type
blocks are more restrictive and will only allow the specified appointments to be
scheduled during this time.
Conversion - Answer: The system opens the appointment as a Hospital Outpatient Visit
(HOV) and is typically appropriate for outpatients.
Data from the imaging appointment stores to the HOV encounter
Redirection - Answer: The system opens the patient's existing admission chart.
Redirection behavior is unique to HODs and is typically appropriate for admitted
patients.
Data from the imaging appointment stores to the encounter representing the existing
admission.
HOD Core Conversion/Redirection Settings - Answer: This screen is used to manually
configure conversion and redirection settings using extension (LPP) records.
Radiology/Cardiology Settings - Answer: This screen is used to identify the default
billing source for imaging charges generated from appointments in this department
Invasive Location (EAF) - Answer: Turns on invasive functionality needed for
interventional radiology departments as well as diagnostic departments that perform
invasive procedures. (Ex. Biopsies)
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, Each department that performs invasive radiology procedures will be linked to its own
unique invasive location record
Invasive Facility Structure - Answer: Invasive Location > OR/Invasive System
Definitions.
This allows you to build by exception, so you only need to configure settings in your
invasive location that are different from what is needed for OpTime.
Invasive Functionality - Answer: 1. Log-based charging
2. Case Tracking Events
3. Reporting
OR/Invasive System Definitions (EAF) - Answer: Controls baseline settings for all
Invasive Locations. You can set up general settings for invasive areas in OpTime
System Definitions and then only set items that are different within different invasive
locations.
What is a think log? - Answer: A type of log (ORL) record linked to invasive
appointments that contains invasive documentation from the procedure.
What types of documentation is stored in a think log? - Answer: Surgical Inventory
Timeouts
Invasive Charging
Case Tracking Events
General Information Form - Answer: Set general information about the location and link
the location to the facility structure hierarchy.
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Facility (EAF) - Answer: A record that represents your whole organization. There is only
one in any organization. This record determines how the software will work organization
wide.
Service Area (EAF) - Answer: Used for billing purposes and typically divides the
organization up into entities with separate finances, for example: for-profit and nonprofit.
Revenue Location (EAF) - Answer: Usually a physical location, typically representing
your clinics and hospitals.
Department (DEP) - Answer: Represents places where users log in or where patients
receive care at your organization.
How does the Department (DEP) Influence Radiant builds? - Answer: 1. Determines
where procedures are scheduled and performed.
2. Providers and resources are only schedulable in specific ones
3. Schedules of availability are specific to both a provider/resource and this.
What is each service area linked to? - Answer: Linked to a facility
What is each department linked to? - Answer: Linked to a revenue location
What is each revenue location linked to? - Answer: Linked to a service area
Why can't you modify the Rev Location item when linking a Department (DEP)? -
Answer: The Rev Location field connects the department to the facility structure. This
affects the revenue stream and changing that link would cause major issues with charge
routing.
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,EpicCare Department Information - Answer: This screen can attach the department to a
profile (LPR) record with clinical settings specific to users who log in to this department.
Context-based Charging - Answer: Used to identify which steps in the workflow should
trigger fees.
Types of chares used when billing for a procedure: - Answer: 1. Technical
2. Professional
3. Global
Technical Fees - Answer: Charge that covers the cost of using equipment, facilities,
non-physician medical staff, supplies, etc.
Professional Fees - Answer: Charge that covers the cost of the physician's professional
services
Global Fees - Answer: Charge that covers both technical and professional services
Charge Override Ext Field - Answer: The record linked here, IMG SERVICE DATE
OVERRIDE TO SIGNING DATE, ensures that the date associated with professional
charges is the date the study was read instead of the date of the appointment
Blocks - Answer: Time restrictions used in scheduling to set aside time for certain types
of care.
Types of Blocks - Answer: 1. Patient Level
2. Visit Type
Patient Level Block - Answer: Reserve time for types of patients. Intended to keep the
wrong kinds of patients out. The specified patients are allowed during this time.
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,If a user tries to schedule a different patient type during this time, a warning will appear.
Example of Patient Level Block - Answer: It is common to block time for patients with a
patient class of Inpatient or a patient type of Confidential or Employee
Visit Type Block - Answer: Reserve time for a specific type of appointments. Visit type
blocks are more restrictive and will only allow the specified appointments to be
scheduled during this time.
Conversion - Answer: The system opens the appointment as a Hospital Outpatient Visit
(HOV) and is typically appropriate for outpatients.
Data from the imaging appointment stores to the HOV encounter
Redirection - Answer: The system opens the patient's existing admission chart.
Redirection behavior is unique to HODs and is typically appropriate for admitted
patients.
Data from the imaging appointment stores to the encounter representing the existing
admission.
HOD Core Conversion/Redirection Settings - Answer: This screen is used to manually
configure conversion and redirection settings using extension (LPP) records.
Radiology/Cardiology Settings - Answer: This screen is used to identify the default
billing source for imaging charges generated from appointments in this department
Invasive Location (EAF) - Answer: Turns on invasive functionality needed for
interventional radiology departments as well as diagnostic departments that perform
invasive procedures. (Ex. Biopsies)
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, Each department that performs invasive radiology procedures will be linked to its own
unique invasive location record
Invasive Facility Structure - Answer: Invasive Location > OR/Invasive System
Definitions.
This allows you to build by exception, so you only need to configure settings in your
invasive location that are different from what is needed for OpTime.
Invasive Functionality - Answer: 1. Log-based charging
2. Case Tracking Events
3. Reporting
OR/Invasive System Definitions (EAF) - Answer: Controls baseline settings for all
Invasive Locations. You can set up general settings for invasive areas in OpTime
System Definitions and then only set items that are different within different invasive
locations.
What is a think log? - Answer: A type of log (ORL) record linked to invasive
appointments that contains invasive documentation from the procedure.
What types of documentation is stored in a think log? - Answer: Surgical Inventory
Timeouts
Invasive Charging
Case Tracking Events
General Information Form - Answer: Set general information about the location and link
the location to the facility structure hierarchy.
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