Epic Terms
Account Maintenance (Revenue Cycle) - Answer-A module that allows billers to see financial activity for
a guarantor account (Professional Billing) or hospital account (Hospital Billing, Home Health Billing, and
Coding and Abstracting).
Activity (All Applications) - Answer-The main place where users or administrators enter and view data in
Hyperspace. For example, the Order History activity is used to view information for an order and the
Medications activity is used to manage a patient's prescriptions. An activity can consist of a form, a
report, or a series of forms.
ADT/Prelude (Revenue Cycle) - Answer-Improves bed utilization and gives users the tools to manage
hospital stays from pre-admission through discharge. Allows clinicians to access a census workspace that
allows them to view and update current information on patients in their care. Flexible work queues help
nurses and other staff members plan for upcoming ADT events, follow up on missing or inconsistent
data and assess utilization.
AVS (All Applications) - Answer-After Visit Summary - Report summarizing such things as orders,
diagnoses, and notes for an encounter that you can print and send home with the patient.
ASAP (Inpatient) - Answer-Epic's Emergency Department information system application. This
application tracks ED patient visits to the emergency department (ED). The application manages ED staff
workflow and includes all patient documentation and ordering for each patient visit.
BCMA (Pharmacy) - Answer-Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) is an inventory control system
that uses barcodes to prevent human errors in the distribution, prescription, and administration
medications at hospitals. The goal of BCMA is to make sure that patients are receiving the correct
medications at the correct time by electronically validating and documenting medications.
, BPA (Ambulatory & Inpatient) - Answer-An advisory configured by administrators that can be triggered
based on patient-based factors, among other things, and can be restricted as needed to prevent alert
fatigue on the end users' part. BestPractice Advisory [BPAs] can appear in the Visit Navigator, Order
Entry, and In Basket messages.
Cadence (Revenue Cycle) - Answer-Name for Epic's Enterprise Scheduling application. Used to schedule
and track patient appointments.
Chart Central (All Applications) - Answer-An Epic application used to communicate charges from clinical
to billing systems. It is a centralized place to handle all chargeable events.
Chart Review (All Applications - Answer-Chart Tracking is the application which allows staff to keep track
of paper medical records as they move throughout a facility.
Chart Tracking (All Applications) - Answer-Chart Tracking is the application which allows staff to keep
track of paper medical records as they move throughout a facility.
Clarity report (All Applications) - Answer-A report generated using third-party software, such as Crystal,
with data that was extracted using Clarity.
Class (All Applications) - Answer-An In Basket messaging group created by administrators. When you
send a message to a class, each recipient receives their own copy of the message. Use this for sharing
information.
ClinDoc (Ambulatory & Inpatient) - Answer-Documentation (notes, records of medication
administrations, etc.) entered in a patient's hospital chart.
Clinical References (Ambulatory & Inpatient) - Answer-An activity from which a clinician can search for
patient educational materials concerning clinical topics and provide those materials to patients.
Account Maintenance (Revenue Cycle) - Answer-A module that allows billers to see financial activity for
a guarantor account (Professional Billing) or hospital account (Hospital Billing, Home Health Billing, and
Coding and Abstracting).
Activity (All Applications) - Answer-The main place where users or administrators enter and view data in
Hyperspace. For example, the Order History activity is used to view information for an order and the
Medications activity is used to manage a patient's prescriptions. An activity can consist of a form, a
report, or a series of forms.
ADT/Prelude (Revenue Cycle) - Answer-Improves bed utilization and gives users the tools to manage
hospital stays from pre-admission through discharge. Allows clinicians to access a census workspace that
allows them to view and update current information on patients in their care. Flexible work queues help
nurses and other staff members plan for upcoming ADT events, follow up on missing or inconsistent
data and assess utilization.
AVS (All Applications) - Answer-After Visit Summary - Report summarizing such things as orders,
diagnoses, and notes for an encounter that you can print and send home with the patient.
ASAP (Inpatient) - Answer-Epic's Emergency Department information system application. This
application tracks ED patient visits to the emergency department (ED). The application manages ED staff
workflow and includes all patient documentation and ordering for each patient visit.
BCMA (Pharmacy) - Answer-Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) is an inventory control system
that uses barcodes to prevent human errors in the distribution, prescription, and administration
medications at hospitals. The goal of BCMA is to make sure that patients are receiving the correct
medications at the correct time by electronically validating and documenting medications.
, BPA (Ambulatory & Inpatient) - Answer-An advisory configured by administrators that can be triggered
based on patient-based factors, among other things, and can be restricted as needed to prevent alert
fatigue on the end users' part. BestPractice Advisory [BPAs] can appear in the Visit Navigator, Order
Entry, and In Basket messages.
Cadence (Revenue Cycle) - Answer-Name for Epic's Enterprise Scheduling application. Used to schedule
and track patient appointments.
Chart Central (All Applications) - Answer-An Epic application used to communicate charges from clinical
to billing systems. It is a centralized place to handle all chargeable events.
Chart Review (All Applications - Answer-Chart Tracking is the application which allows staff to keep track
of paper medical records as they move throughout a facility.
Chart Tracking (All Applications) - Answer-Chart Tracking is the application which allows staff to keep
track of paper medical records as they move throughout a facility.
Clarity report (All Applications) - Answer-A report generated using third-party software, such as Crystal,
with data that was extracted using Clarity.
Class (All Applications) - Answer-An In Basket messaging group created by administrators. When you
send a message to a class, each recipient receives their own copy of the message. Use this for sharing
information.
ClinDoc (Ambulatory & Inpatient) - Answer-Documentation (notes, records of medication
administrations, etc.) entered in a patient's hospital chart.
Clinical References (Ambulatory & Inpatient) - Answer-An activity from which a clinician can search for
patient educational materials concerning clinical topics and provide those materials to patients.
