Epic TOTAL Terms -CLN 102 - Clinical
Informaticist - Epic Certification/ Q&A.
Grand Central (ADT, EVS, Transport) - Answer: Short for
Admission/Discharge/Transfer. A system for tracking inpatient visits. Used by
organizations to track inpatients from their arrival (admission), to their
movements inside the hospital (transfer), to their departure (discharge).
Cadence (Scheduling) - Answer: Epic's enterprise scheduling product. Used to
schedule and track patient appointments
Health Information Management (HIM) - Answer: A suite of products that are
each sold separately, installed separately, and frequently accessed by different
groups of users in the medical records department of a healthcare organization.
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,Epic's HIM suite includes Chart Tracking, Deficiency Tracking, Release of
Information, and Coding & Abstracting.
Identity (ID) Grand Central (ADT, EVS, Transport) - Answer: Short for
Admission/Discharge/Transfer. A system for tracking inpatient visits. Used by
organizations to track inpatients from their arrival (admission), to their
movements inside the hospital (transfer), to their departure (discharge).
Cadence (Scheduling) - Answer: Epic's enterprise scheduling product. Used to
schedule and track patient appointments
Health Information Management (HIM) - Answer: A suite of products that are
each sold separately, installed separately, and frequently accessed by different
groups of users in the medical records department of a healthcare organization.
Epic's HIM suite includes Chart Tracking, Deficiency Tracking, Release of
Information, and Coding & Abstracting.
Identity (ID) - Answer: Epic's ID and duplicate record management application.
Can be used to prevent such issues as multiple records for the same patient, or
single records for multiple patients with identical names and similar data.
Prelude Enterprise Registration - Answer: Epic's registration application.
Release of Information (ROI) - Answer: Epic's Health Information Management
(HIM) application used to track and fulfill requests for patient health information.
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,Resolute Hospital Billing (ARHB) - Answer: Epic's Patient Accounting product for
hospitals, or a product for the facility fees for an organization with both hospitals
and clinics.
Resolute Professional Billing (ARPB) - Answer: Epic's Patient Accounting product
for clinics.
ASAP (ED) - Answer: Epic's emergency department information system
application.
Anesthesia - Answer: Epic's Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS)
product.
ClinDoc (Nursing Documentation) - Answer: Epic's application for inpatient
documentation performed by clinicians and may include notes, flowsheets,
assessments, plan of care and medication administration.
Clinical Case Management - Answer: Epic's application designed to centralize the
workflows for case managers
Infection Control - Answer: Epic's module for identifying and monitoring patients
at risk for infection.
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, Orders/CPOE - Answer: Epic's application for the ordering of workflows of
inpatient orders. Can be used to share order details, sign orders, place orders and
find orders.
OpTime (OR) - Answer: Epic's operating room management application.
Phoenix (Transplant) - Answer: Epic application that provides a comprehensive
view of the patient's transplant chart, focusing on the continuum of care from the
initial evaluation to post-operative follow-ups.
Stork (Obstetrics) - Answer: Epic's obstetric application
EpicCare Ambulatory - Answer: Epic's ambulatory electronic medical record
application for outpatient settings, or the Epic division that produces this
application. Can also refer to other Epic applications, such as Willow Ambulatory.
Kaleidoscope (Ophthalmology) - Answer: Epic's ophthalmology application. Used
in conjunction with EpicCare Ambulatory, Kaleidoscope provides additional
features for ophthalmology specialty departments, such as support for
procedural-based workflows and subspecialty exam documentation.
Wisdom (Dental) - Answer: Epic's product that provides tools and workflows for
dentistry.
Beacon (Oncology) - Answer: Epic's medical oncology product
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Informaticist - Epic Certification/ Q&A.
Grand Central (ADT, EVS, Transport) - Answer: Short for
Admission/Discharge/Transfer. A system for tracking inpatient visits. Used by
organizations to track inpatients from their arrival (admission), to their
movements inside the hospital (transfer), to their departure (discharge).
Cadence (Scheduling) - Answer: Epic's enterprise scheduling product. Used to
schedule and track patient appointments
Health Information Management (HIM) - Answer: A suite of products that are
each sold separately, installed separately, and frequently accessed by different
groups of users in the medical records department of a healthcare organization.
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,Epic's HIM suite includes Chart Tracking, Deficiency Tracking, Release of
Information, and Coding & Abstracting.
Identity (ID) Grand Central (ADT, EVS, Transport) - Answer: Short for
Admission/Discharge/Transfer. A system for tracking inpatient visits. Used by
organizations to track inpatients from their arrival (admission), to their
movements inside the hospital (transfer), to their departure (discharge).
Cadence (Scheduling) - Answer: Epic's enterprise scheduling product. Used to
schedule and track patient appointments
Health Information Management (HIM) - Answer: A suite of products that are
each sold separately, installed separately, and frequently accessed by different
groups of users in the medical records department of a healthcare organization.
Epic's HIM suite includes Chart Tracking, Deficiency Tracking, Release of
Information, and Coding & Abstracting.
Identity (ID) - Answer: Epic's ID and duplicate record management application.
Can be used to prevent such issues as multiple records for the same patient, or
single records for multiple patients with identical names and similar data.
Prelude Enterprise Registration - Answer: Epic's registration application.
Release of Information (ROI) - Answer: Epic's Health Information Management
(HIM) application used to track and fulfill requests for patient health information.
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,Resolute Hospital Billing (ARHB) - Answer: Epic's Patient Accounting product for
hospitals, or a product for the facility fees for an organization with both hospitals
and clinics.
Resolute Professional Billing (ARPB) - Answer: Epic's Patient Accounting product
for clinics.
ASAP (ED) - Answer: Epic's emergency department information system
application.
Anesthesia - Answer: Epic's Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS)
product.
ClinDoc (Nursing Documentation) - Answer: Epic's application for inpatient
documentation performed by clinicians and may include notes, flowsheets,
assessments, plan of care and medication administration.
Clinical Case Management - Answer: Epic's application designed to centralize the
workflows for case managers
Infection Control - Answer: Epic's module for identifying and monitoring patients
at risk for infection.
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, Orders/CPOE - Answer: Epic's application for the ordering of workflows of
inpatient orders. Can be used to share order details, sign orders, place orders and
find orders.
OpTime (OR) - Answer: Epic's operating room management application.
Phoenix (Transplant) - Answer: Epic application that provides a comprehensive
view of the patient's transplant chart, focusing on the continuum of care from the
initial evaluation to post-operative follow-ups.
Stork (Obstetrics) - Answer: Epic's obstetric application
EpicCare Ambulatory - Answer: Epic's ambulatory electronic medical record
application for outpatient settings, or the Epic division that produces this
application. Can also refer to other Epic applications, such as Willow Ambulatory.
Kaleidoscope (Ophthalmology) - Answer: Epic's ophthalmology application. Used
in conjunction with EpicCare Ambulatory, Kaleidoscope provides additional
features for ophthalmology specialty departments, such as support for
procedural-based workflows and subspecialty exam documentation.
Wisdom (Dental) - Answer: Epic's product that provides tools and workflows for
dentistry.
Beacon (Oncology) - Answer: Epic's medical oncology product
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