Bridges questions with verified answers
3 methods for data migration of interface objects, and when is each used?
Ans✓✓✓ Data courier (for tables and workqueues), interface moving utilities (for
new interface objects), and manual migration (for changes to existing objects).
Background Monitor Ans✓✓✓ Ensure that the interfaces are running
Can a translation table support a many to one mapping. Ans✓✓✓ Yes, a table
that translates in a single direction (incoming or outgoing but not both) can use a
many-to-one mapping.
Can an entire segment be edited at once, or must each field be edited
individually? Ans✓✓✓ The entire segment can be edited at once. You can also
edit each field individually.
Can you delete a message with the Error Log Report activity? Ans✓✓✓ No; you
can't manually delete a message from the Data Queue with any Bridges activity.
Can you start more than one interface at once with the Interface Monitor?
Ans✓✓✓ Yes. You can start any or all of the interfaces in a given interface
monitor.
Chronicles Ans✓✓✓ Contains all the info for a patient in the form of records
Communications Daemon Ans✓✓✓ Sends or receives acknowledgements over a
TCP/IP connection
, Components are broken into Ans✓✓✓ subcomponents
Custom Override Ans✓✓✓ Used to suppress a field, change the formatting of the
data in a field, swap in a different translation table to map a field, or change how
a field is stored or retrieved from Epic. Can also add support for a new field not
supported by Epic.
Do Crystal-Epic reports and Reporting Workbench reports show real-time data?
Ans✓✓✓ Np, Crystal-epic reports rely on data from Clarity that is typically
extracted once per day; while Reporting Workbench reports are run off a shadow
environment that is typically a few seconds behind production.
Do you delete a message from the Data Queue with the Skip Message action?
Ans✓✓✓ No; no messages can be manually deleted with any Bridges utility. This
utility only removes the entry from the control queue.
Does every user need to have an EDI security class to gain access to Bridges?
Ans✓✓✓ A user without an EDI security class is not allowed to use Bridges. On
the text side, she will see a screen that says she is not an authorized user of
Bridges. In hyperspace the menu for Interface Utilities will not be available at all.
Does the Message Editor perform validation when you edit a field? Ans✓✓✓ No.
It's a free text editor and has no idea how the message should look.
Event Ans✓✓✓ Contains directions for where the interface should pull the
information it needs from the database
Event Daemon Ans✓✓✓ Builds HL7 message based on data pulled from the
database
3 methods for data migration of interface objects, and when is each used?
Ans✓✓✓ Data courier (for tables and workqueues), interface moving utilities (for
new interface objects), and manual migration (for changes to existing objects).
Background Monitor Ans✓✓✓ Ensure that the interfaces are running
Can a translation table support a many to one mapping. Ans✓✓✓ Yes, a table
that translates in a single direction (incoming or outgoing but not both) can use a
many-to-one mapping.
Can an entire segment be edited at once, or must each field be edited
individually? Ans✓✓✓ The entire segment can be edited at once. You can also
edit each field individually.
Can you delete a message with the Error Log Report activity? Ans✓✓✓ No; you
can't manually delete a message from the Data Queue with any Bridges activity.
Can you start more than one interface at once with the Interface Monitor?
Ans✓✓✓ Yes. You can start any or all of the interfaces in a given interface
monitor.
Chronicles Ans✓✓✓ Contains all the info for a patient in the form of records
Communications Daemon Ans✓✓✓ Sends or receives acknowledgements over a
TCP/IP connection
, Components are broken into Ans✓✓✓ subcomponents
Custom Override Ans✓✓✓ Used to suppress a field, change the formatting of the
data in a field, swap in a different translation table to map a field, or change how
a field is stored or retrieved from Epic. Can also add support for a new field not
supported by Epic.
Do Crystal-Epic reports and Reporting Workbench reports show real-time data?
Ans✓✓✓ Np, Crystal-epic reports rely on data from Clarity that is typically
extracted once per day; while Reporting Workbench reports are run off a shadow
environment that is typically a few seconds behind production.
Do you delete a message from the Data Queue with the Skip Message action?
Ans✓✓✓ No; no messages can be manually deleted with any Bridges utility. This
utility only removes the entry from the control queue.
Does every user need to have an EDI security class to gain access to Bridges?
Ans✓✓✓ A user without an EDI security class is not allowed to use Bridges. On
the text side, she will see a screen that says she is not an authorized user of
Bridges. In hyperspace the menu for Interface Utilities will not be available at all.
Does the Message Editor perform validation when you edit a field? Ans✓✓✓ No.
It's a free text editor and has no idea how the message should look.
Event Ans✓✓✓ Contains directions for where the interface should pull the
information it needs from the database
Event Daemon Ans✓✓✓ Builds HL7 message based on data pulled from the
database
