EPIC QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
ASAP ER Module - CORRECT ANSWER -Managing ER visits:
-tracks which rooms are occupied
-Bed/room status
EpicCare Ambulatory - CORRECT ANSWER -Primary Care and Specialty clinicians :
document visits, place orders, send prescriptions, perform in-
office procedures, review results, and send communications to patients.
EpicCare Inpatient (ClinDoc) - CORRECT ANSWER -
EpicCare Inpatient, also known as ClinDoc is much like EpicCare Ambulatory, except that the clinical
tasks are done in the hospital on admitted patients. This includes clinical notes, orders, medication
administration, patient monitoring, and discharge orders.
Epic Beacon Oncology - CORRECT ANSWER -
Chemotherapy module in the Epic system. It is built around treatment plans for patients who are u
ndergoing cancer treatment.
Epic Bugsy (Infection Control) - CORRECT ANSWER -Infection Control Module:
-
monitors patients at risk for infection, identifies patients needing isolation & with antimicrobial pr
ocesses.
Integrates with Beaker & Lab
Epic Bones - CORRECT ANSWER -Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Epic Beaker - CORRECT ANSWER -
laboratory system for a hospital lab. Orders that are placed either in other parts of Epic or in an e
xternal system are transmitted to Beaker via an HL7 Interface1 for processing. When patients arrive
to have their blood drawn, the results are entered into Beaker, which then get transmitted back t
o the ordering doctor.
, Epic Bridges - CORRECT ANSWER -
module for installing, configuring and maintaining interfaces to systems outside of Epic. There are t
ools to set up the interface connections either to or from other interfaces, as well as monitoring o
f interface messages. Bridges supports HL7 interfaces, as well as other communications protocols.
* HL7 - CORRECT ANSWER -
Health Level Seven or HL7 refers to a set of international standards for transfer of clinical and adm
inistrative data between software applications used by various healthcare providers. These standard
s focus on the application layer, which is "layer 7" in the OSI model.
Epic Caboodle - aka Cogito Data Warehouse - CORRECT ANSWER -
The data warehouse and analytical tools used to store and retrieve large amounts of clinical data.
The data can be queried to provide all manner of reporting to support care decisions, manage cost
s, and identify trends. Other data can be brought in from non-
Epic systems, and then used along with Epic data to provide reporting results. Until mid-
2016, the trade name for these tools was Cogito, from the Latin phrase ergo sum: "I think, therefo
re I am". In mid-2016, Epic renamed it to "Cabooble", ie Kit & Caboodle. Get it?
Epic Cadence - CORRECT ANSWER -
Scheduling module for Outpatient and Specialty clinics. Any time you have an appointment with yo
ur doctor, their scheduling staff will use Cadence to book your appointment, then check you in on
arrival. The physicians and other staff are able to see the schedule for the whole clinic, or just for
their own patients. Many scheduling functions are performed from the Epic Snapboard, which is co
nfigured to show appointments for multiple providers in a department
Epic Care Companion - CORRECT ANSWER -
Care Companion is an extension of the MyChart patient portal. It provides health coaching, educati
on, and reminders to patients via MyChart to help them manage complex health conditions. For ex
ample, a patient with diabetes would get reminders to take medications on time, get lab work don
e, schedule periodic eye and foot exams, and monitor their diet and glucose.
Epic Care Everywhere - CORRECT ANSWER -
The network by which patient records are shared between different Healthcare organizations that u
se Epic. If you receive care at an Epic hospital in say, New York for example, then move to another
state or even another country, your new care providers can run a Care Everywhere query from th
eir instance of Epic to pull in your records from your previous providers. Care Everywhere operates
as a Health Information Exchange.
ANSWERS 2025
ASAP ER Module - CORRECT ANSWER -Managing ER visits:
-tracks which rooms are occupied
-Bed/room status
EpicCare Ambulatory - CORRECT ANSWER -Primary Care and Specialty clinicians :
document visits, place orders, send prescriptions, perform in-
office procedures, review results, and send communications to patients.
EpicCare Inpatient (ClinDoc) - CORRECT ANSWER -
EpicCare Inpatient, also known as ClinDoc is much like EpicCare Ambulatory, except that the clinical
tasks are done in the hospital on admitted patients. This includes clinical notes, orders, medication
administration, patient monitoring, and discharge orders.
Epic Beacon Oncology - CORRECT ANSWER -
Chemotherapy module in the Epic system. It is built around treatment plans for patients who are u
ndergoing cancer treatment.
Epic Bugsy (Infection Control) - CORRECT ANSWER -Infection Control Module:
-
monitors patients at risk for infection, identifies patients needing isolation & with antimicrobial pr
ocesses.
Integrates with Beaker & Lab
Epic Bones - CORRECT ANSWER -Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Epic Beaker - CORRECT ANSWER -
laboratory system for a hospital lab. Orders that are placed either in other parts of Epic or in an e
xternal system are transmitted to Beaker via an HL7 Interface1 for processing. When patients arrive
to have their blood drawn, the results are entered into Beaker, which then get transmitted back t
o the ordering doctor.
, Epic Bridges - CORRECT ANSWER -
module for installing, configuring and maintaining interfaces to systems outside of Epic. There are t
ools to set up the interface connections either to or from other interfaces, as well as monitoring o
f interface messages. Bridges supports HL7 interfaces, as well as other communications protocols.
* HL7 - CORRECT ANSWER -
Health Level Seven or HL7 refers to a set of international standards for transfer of clinical and adm
inistrative data between software applications used by various healthcare providers. These standard
s focus on the application layer, which is "layer 7" in the OSI model.
Epic Caboodle - aka Cogito Data Warehouse - CORRECT ANSWER -
The data warehouse and analytical tools used to store and retrieve large amounts of clinical data.
The data can be queried to provide all manner of reporting to support care decisions, manage cost
s, and identify trends. Other data can be brought in from non-
Epic systems, and then used along with Epic data to provide reporting results. Until mid-
2016, the trade name for these tools was Cogito, from the Latin phrase ergo sum: "I think, therefo
re I am". In mid-2016, Epic renamed it to "Cabooble", ie Kit & Caboodle. Get it?
Epic Cadence - CORRECT ANSWER -
Scheduling module for Outpatient and Specialty clinics. Any time you have an appointment with yo
ur doctor, their scheduling staff will use Cadence to book your appointment, then check you in on
arrival. The physicians and other staff are able to see the schedule for the whole clinic, or just for
their own patients. Many scheduling functions are performed from the Epic Snapboard, which is co
nfigured to show appointments for multiple providers in a department
Epic Care Companion - CORRECT ANSWER -
Care Companion is an extension of the MyChart patient portal. It provides health coaching, educati
on, and reminders to patients via MyChart to help them manage complex health conditions. For ex
ample, a patient with diabetes would get reminders to take medications on time, get lab work don
e, schedule periodic eye and foot exams, and monitor their diet and glucose.
Epic Care Everywhere - CORRECT ANSWER -
The network by which patient records are shared between different Healthcare organizations that u
se Epic. If you receive care at an Epic hospital in say, New York for example, then move to another
state or even another country, your new care providers can run a Care Everywhere query from th
eir instance of Epic to pull in your records from your previous providers. Care Everywhere operates
as a Health Information Exchange.
