EPIC OR350 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\Q\.Header - ANSWER-✔The Hyperspace header displays information about both where and
who you are, including:
• The department into which you logged in—"EMH MAIN OR" in the screen shot above.
• Your user's name—"SHEENA O." in the screen shot above.
\Q\.Epic button - ANSWER-✔The Epic button provides you with access to a number of menus.
This is where you find activities that a user uses less frequently. For instance, you can find the
help index, which may be important when first using the system, but gradually becomes less
necessary.
You will notice that this menu looks different for each user. This is controlled by which
applications are installed and the specific security configuration set up for each user.
\Q\.Toolbar - ANSWER-✔The Hyperspace toolbar contains buttons (Patient Station, Open Case
and Make Appt in the above screen shot) that let you quickly access frequently-used activities.
The buttons that appear vary depending on the user; for example, the activities a nurse uses on
a regular basis are not necessarily those used by a scheduler.
\Q\.Workspaces - ANSWER-✔A workspace is an area to perform a set of related tasks, such as
scheduling a case, charting on a patient, or configuring OR times.
Note that the first tab is called your home workspace, which is the workspace that opens by
default when you log in to Hyperspace.
,\Q\.Status bar - ANSWER-✔The status bar displays such information as the current time. It also
indicates whether you have new In Basket messages (In Basket is Epic's intra-application
messaging system).
\Q\.Toolbar wrench - ANSWER-✔Click the toolbar wrench to customize the options on your
toolbar.
\Q\.activity tabs - ANSWER-✔Activities are the subsections of a workspace, generally organized
via activity tabs on the left.
\Q\.activity - ANSWER-✔An activity is a workspace section devoted to a particular task, such as
placing orders, documenting a patient assessment, recording allergies, or even compiling basic
surgical case information.
\Q\.forms - ANSWER-✔forms are less dynamic than activities, and therefore do not contain a lot
of diagrams, charts, or complex formatting; they are meant to record and organize information.
\Q\.navigator - ANSWER-✔is a tool that organizes documentation and review tasks according to
a particular workflow (like a pre-op call or Phase II discharge).
\Q\.tooltip - ANSWER-✔is a brief explanation of an icon or button's purpose, appearing on an
amber-colored bar that disappears when you move your cursor away.
\Q\.Completion matching - ANSWER-✔You can type a few characters and press ENTER or TAB.
The system will find the appropriate choice and fill in the rest.
\Q\.OpTime is: - ANSWER-✔surgery scheduling, PeriOp documentation and Preference Card
Management
, \Q\.When a scheduler first logs into Hyperspace, she sees the Snapboard. When a pre-op nurse
logs in, he sees the Status Board. These are their... - ANSWER-✔Home workspaces
\Q\.You want to enter a hernia repair in the Procedure/Code field below. What are a few quick
ways to do it? - ANSWER-✔You can either type a few characters like "her" and press ENTER or
click the Selection button and then double-click the hernia repair procedure from the list that
appears. You could also type in the CPT code of the procedure, which you will learn about in a
later lesson.
\Q\.When you are filling out a date field, what single character can you type to enter today's
date? - ANSWER-✔You can type "t".
\Q\.You are looking at a field in a case and want to know more about what it does. What can
you press on your keyboard to bring up help text? - ANSWER-✔Press F1.
\Q\.the surgical consult, focuses on two tasks: - ANSWER-✔Determining if surgery is necessary
and, if so...
• ...preparing for surgery
\Q\.True or False: One of the most important documents written during a consult is a surgical
H&P note. It must be written before surgery, and outlines the patient's history, the results of a
physical exam, and the physician's plan for surgery. - ANSWER-✔True
\Q\.NoteWriter - ANSWER-✔an activity called NoteWriter that generates note text based on
point-and-click documentation.
\Q\.SmartText - ANSWER-✔template
\Q\.SmartLists - ANSWER-✔pre-built lists
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\Q\.Header - ANSWER-✔The Hyperspace header displays information about both where and
who you are, including:
• The department into which you logged in—"EMH MAIN OR" in the screen shot above.
• Your user's name—"SHEENA O." in the screen shot above.
\Q\.Epic button - ANSWER-✔The Epic button provides you with access to a number of menus.
This is where you find activities that a user uses less frequently. For instance, you can find the
help index, which may be important when first using the system, but gradually becomes less
necessary.
You will notice that this menu looks different for each user. This is controlled by which
applications are installed and the specific security configuration set up for each user.
\Q\.Toolbar - ANSWER-✔The Hyperspace toolbar contains buttons (Patient Station, Open Case
and Make Appt in the above screen shot) that let you quickly access frequently-used activities.
The buttons that appear vary depending on the user; for example, the activities a nurse uses on
a regular basis are not necessarily those used by a scheduler.
\Q\.Workspaces - ANSWER-✔A workspace is an area to perform a set of related tasks, such as
scheduling a case, charting on a patient, or configuring OR times.
Note that the first tab is called your home workspace, which is the workspace that opens by
default when you log in to Hyperspace.
,\Q\.Status bar - ANSWER-✔The status bar displays such information as the current time. It also
indicates whether you have new In Basket messages (In Basket is Epic's intra-application
messaging system).
\Q\.Toolbar wrench - ANSWER-✔Click the toolbar wrench to customize the options on your
toolbar.
\Q\.activity tabs - ANSWER-✔Activities are the subsections of a workspace, generally organized
via activity tabs on the left.
\Q\.activity - ANSWER-✔An activity is a workspace section devoted to a particular task, such as
placing orders, documenting a patient assessment, recording allergies, or even compiling basic
surgical case information.
\Q\.forms - ANSWER-✔forms are less dynamic than activities, and therefore do not contain a lot
of diagrams, charts, or complex formatting; they are meant to record and organize information.
\Q\.navigator - ANSWER-✔is a tool that organizes documentation and review tasks according to
a particular workflow (like a pre-op call or Phase II discharge).
\Q\.tooltip - ANSWER-✔is a brief explanation of an icon or button's purpose, appearing on an
amber-colored bar that disappears when you move your cursor away.
\Q\.Completion matching - ANSWER-✔You can type a few characters and press ENTER or TAB.
The system will find the appropriate choice and fill in the rest.
\Q\.OpTime is: - ANSWER-✔surgery scheduling, PeriOp documentation and Preference Card
Management
, \Q\.When a scheduler first logs into Hyperspace, she sees the Snapboard. When a pre-op nurse
logs in, he sees the Status Board. These are their... - ANSWER-✔Home workspaces
\Q\.You want to enter a hernia repair in the Procedure/Code field below. What are a few quick
ways to do it? - ANSWER-✔You can either type a few characters like "her" and press ENTER or
click the Selection button and then double-click the hernia repair procedure from the list that
appears. You could also type in the CPT code of the procedure, which you will learn about in a
later lesson.
\Q\.When you are filling out a date field, what single character can you type to enter today's
date? - ANSWER-✔You can type "t".
\Q\.You are looking at a field in a case and want to know more about what it does. What can
you press on your keyboard to bring up help text? - ANSWER-✔Press F1.
\Q\.the surgical consult, focuses on two tasks: - ANSWER-✔Determining if surgery is necessary
and, if so...
• ...preparing for surgery
\Q\.True or False: One of the most important documents written during a consult is a surgical
H&P note. It must be written before surgery, and outlines the patient's history, the results of a
physical exam, and the physician's plan for surgery. - ANSWER-✔True
\Q\.NoteWriter - ANSWER-✔an activity called NoteWriter that generates note text based on
point-and-click documentation.
\Q\.SmartText - ANSWER-✔template
\Q\.SmartLists - ANSWER-✔pre-built lists
