Administration
Record - ✔️✔️A specific entity within a master file
Analogy: folder
Contact - ✔️✔️A snapshot of a record that represents changes made at a specific
instant
Analogy: sheet of paper
Item - ✔️✔️A prompt for a piece of information
Analogy: Question
Value - ✔️✔️The specific information recorded for an item
Analogy: Answer
Chronicles - ✔️✔️Epic's database management system;
stores all information
Master file - ✔️✔️A storage entity in Chronicles used to
organize a particular type of record
Analogy: drawer
Example of Master file - ✔️✔️Test (OVT)
Example of Contact - ✔️✔️Rita's office visit on 6/13/2018
Example of Item - ✔️✔️Question: What is the "Specimen Type"?
Example of Item - ✔️✔️Question: What is the "Collection Date"?
Example of Value - ✔️✔️Answer to "Specimen Type" : Sterile cup
Example of Value - ✔️✔️Answer to "Collection Date" : 10/17/2017
Example of Master file - ✔️✔️Specimen (OVS)
Example of Master file - ✔️✔️Patient (EPT)
Example of Master file - ✔️✔️Procedures (EAP)