EPIC CLN 251/252 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
ASSURED SUCCESS, Exams of
Nursing
What is Chronicles (entire file cabinet)? - ANSWER>>Epic's database
management system
What is a Master file (drawers)? - ANSWER>>Information in Chronicles is
organized into master files. Each master file stores all the data about one
type of thing. For example, one master file has information about patients.
Some are updated constantly (called dynamic), while some are only updated
by administrators (called administrative or static).
What is the abbreviated name called for each master file? - ANSWER>>Each
master file has an abbreviated name called the INI. A master's file INI is a
three-character initial. For example, Patients is EPT.
What is a Record (file folders)? - ANSWER>>Records store information about
one specific entity in the master file. For example, each patient has one
record in the EPT master file.
How are records identified? - ANSWER>>Each record has a name and
identification number (ID).
While two names within the same master file might be the same, IDs must be
unique.
What are Contact (Sheets of paper)? - ANSWER>>A date-specific snapshot of
the data within are cord. For example, a patient's one hospital stay is
documented in a contact.
Can contain many different types, such as hospital encounters,
appointments, and telephone encounters.
,In administrative master files, such as Medications, contacts do not represent
hospital encounters or appointments. Instead, they represent a date specific
change in the information.
What is the purpose of contacts, and what happens to old values when a
contact is updated? - ANSWER>>Purpose is to make a change to the record
that will become effective on a specific date.
This meaning prior to effective date, old values will be used, and on date of
contact and forward, new values will become effective.
What is an Item? - ANSWER>>Question prompt on a standardized form
What is a Value? - ANSWER>>The ANSWER to that item (question prompt) on
a standardized form
What is a Report? - ANSWER>>Collection of information for users to review
composed of print groups
What is a Print group? - ANSWER>>Information presented to the user from
Chronicles by looking at specific items and values.
Explain the benefits of looking for print groups in the Data Handbook on the
UserWeb - ANSWER>>You can filter them based on application, report style,
etc. in order to find a print group already made that best fits your user's need
rather than creating one
What is a Profile? - ANSWER>>Profile (LPR) records configure options within
activities a user can access.
If a user has the appropriate security point(s) to access an activity, the
system looks to the profiles to determine how that activity looks and what
options are available within that activity
What is a Compiled profile? - ANSWER>>A compiled profile, also called a
composite profile, represents the collection of profile settings that will
impact a user
, What is a Profile hierarchy? - ANSWER>>Six different levels
Epic looks at each of these levels to create a compiled profile, going from
specific to general:
-User Template (EMP)
Individuals with exceptional needs
-EpicCare Security Class (ECL)
A job's exceptional needs
-Department (DEP)
A department's (login dept) needs
-Location (EAF)
Clinic or hospital's needs
-Service Area (EAF)
Billing region's needs
-System Definitions (LSD)
Global (organization) all CLINICAL users
-Not to be confused with Facility Records (EAF), which impacts other
organizational settings.
How a profile affects Chart Review, reports, and preference lists? -
ANSWER>>Since a profile determines how activities look and what options
are available within that activity, the settings of a profile affect all these
activities.
How profiles interact with each other to create a compiled profile? -
ANSWER>>Epic compiles settings across profiles on an item-by-item basis,
not screen-by-screen.
If you set a particular item on a screen in a user template-level profile but
leave the rest of the screen blank, the system takes the one setting from the
user template-level profile and looks to the other levels for the remaining
settings
What are the basic principles of compiled profile configuration? -
ANSWER>>Compiled profile looks at the six different levels from specific to
general in order to create a special collection of settings. The more specific
level with take over the more general level.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
ASSURED SUCCESS, Exams of
Nursing
What is Chronicles (entire file cabinet)? - ANSWER>>Epic's database
management system
What is a Master file (drawers)? - ANSWER>>Information in Chronicles is
organized into master files. Each master file stores all the data about one
type of thing. For example, one master file has information about patients.
Some are updated constantly (called dynamic), while some are only updated
by administrators (called administrative or static).
What is the abbreviated name called for each master file? - ANSWER>>Each
master file has an abbreviated name called the INI. A master's file INI is a
three-character initial. For example, Patients is EPT.
What is a Record (file folders)? - ANSWER>>Records store information about
one specific entity in the master file. For example, each patient has one
record in the EPT master file.
How are records identified? - ANSWER>>Each record has a name and
identification number (ID).
While two names within the same master file might be the same, IDs must be
unique.
What are Contact (Sheets of paper)? - ANSWER>>A date-specific snapshot of
the data within are cord. For example, a patient's one hospital stay is
documented in a contact.
Can contain many different types, such as hospital encounters,
appointments, and telephone encounters.
,In administrative master files, such as Medications, contacts do not represent
hospital encounters or appointments. Instead, they represent a date specific
change in the information.
What is the purpose of contacts, and what happens to old values when a
contact is updated? - ANSWER>>Purpose is to make a change to the record
that will become effective on a specific date.
This meaning prior to effective date, old values will be used, and on date of
contact and forward, new values will become effective.
What is an Item? - ANSWER>>Question prompt on a standardized form
What is a Value? - ANSWER>>The ANSWER to that item (question prompt) on
a standardized form
What is a Report? - ANSWER>>Collection of information for users to review
composed of print groups
What is a Print group? - ANSWER>>Information presented to the user from
Chronicles by looking at specific items and values.
Explain the benefits of looking for print groups in the Data Handbook on the
UserWeb - ANSWER>>You can filter them based on application, report style,
etc. in order to find a print group already made that best fits your user's need
rather than creating one
What is a Profile? - ANSWER>>Profile (LPR) records configure options within
activities a user can access.
If a user has the appropriate security point(s) to access an activity, the
system looks to the profiles to determine how that activity looks and what
options are available within that activity
What is a Compiled profile? - ANSWER>>A compiled profile, also called a
composite profile, represents the collection of profile settings that will
impact a user
, What is a Profile hierarchy? - ANSWER>>Six different levels
Epic looks at each of these levels to create a compiled profile, going from
specific to general:
-User Template (EMP)
Individuals with exceptional needs
-EpicCare Security Class (ECL)
A job's exceptional needs
-Department (DEP)
A department's (login dept) needs
-Location (EAF)
Clinic or hospital's needs
-Service Area (EAF)
Billing region's needs
-System Definitions (LSD)
Global (organization) all CLINICAL users
-Not to be confused with Facility Records (EAF), which impacts other
organizational settings.
How a profile affects Chart Review, reports, and preference lists? -
ANSWER>>Since a profile determines how activities look and what options
are available within that activity, the settings of a profile affect all these
activities.
How profiles interact with each other to create a compiled profile? -
ANSWER>>Epic compiles settings across profiles on an item-by-item basis,
not screen-by-screen.
If you set a particular item on a screen in a user template-level profile but
leave the rest of the screen blank, the system takes the one setting from the
user template-level profile and looks to the other levels for the remaining
settings
What are the basic principles of compiled profile configuration? -
ANSWER>>Compiled profile looks at the six different levels from specific to
general in order to create a special collection of settings. The more specific
level with take over the more general level.
