EPIC CLN 251/252 UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Category value - ✔✔When you use the term 'category list,' you are referring to an
entire list. Each individual choice on
the list is called a category value. Values have certain details associated with them:
number, title,
synonym, and abbreviation.
✔✔Category list - ✔✔• A category list is a defined set of possible values for a particular
item.
• Category lists are used in the system for these purposes:
Standardization of responses for reporting
Speed: Typing time is reduced since you can select from category lists by completion
matching
Triggering other functionality in the system (for selected values)
✔✔You're working in the Category List Maintenance activity and see this message:
"Release Range: All Categories". What does that mean? - ✔✔It means that the
category list is a system (Epic controlled) list, so it is uneditable.
✔✔When you delete a category value, what happens in addition to making that value no
longer available as a choice on the category list? - ✔✔Any records that had items
pointing to that particular value now appear value-less (empty) but a pointer remains.
✔✔What information do you need to access a list in the Category List Maintenance
activity? - ✔✔You need the INI and item number.
✔✔Explain: The difference between what security impacts and what a role impacts. -
✔✔Security grants access to activities and functionality where as role determines where
an end user will be able to find the functionality.
✔✔Explain: The effect a user's role has on Hyperspace. - ✔✔• Startup Activities -
Startup Activities are launched immediately upon logging in. The Home workspace
opens by default. This is the most important Startup Activity for the person logging in.
• Epic Button and Toolbar Layout - A role controls what appears on the end users'
toolbars and menus.
• Activity Tabs and More Activities menu - A role can control whether activities appear
as tabs alongside patient workspaces or as options under the More Activities menu.
• Startup Activities - Startup Activities are launched immediately upon logging in. The
Home workspace opens by default. This is the most important Startup Activity for the
person logging in.
• Epic Button and Toolbar Layout - A role controls what appears on the end users'
toolbars and menus.
,• Activity Tabs and More Activities menu - A role can control whether activities appear
as tabs alongside patient workspaces or as options under the More Activities menu.
✔✔Does every USER need a ROLE to log into Hyperspace? - ✔✔• Every user needs a
role in order to log in to Hyperspace.
• This is true even for users of Epic's non-clinical applications like Cadence (scheduling)
or Prelude (registration).
✔✔What ground rules can a role record set for how Hyperspace behaves? - ✔✔•
Maximum number of workspaces open at one time
• How long a given workstation can be inactive before Epic automatically logs out or
secures
• Roles can affect which department is suggested to a user at login
• (Hyperspace doesn't allow more than four patient workspaces to be open at a time.
This is a hard-coded limit; it cannot be overridden by settings in a role record.)
✔✔Startup Activities - ✔✔• Startup Activities - Startup Activities are launched
immediately upon logging in. The Home workspace opens by default. This is the most
important Startup Activity for the person logging in.
✔✔Descriptors - ✔✔Descriptors are the technical names of activities.
✔✔What does a ROLE (E2R) control? - ✔✔1. Which Startup Activities launch
2. The order and arrangement of the Hyperspace toolbar and options under the Epic
button
3. Which activities appear under the More Activities menu
4. The maximum number of workspaces that can be open
5. When and how the system times out
6. Whether the user's last login department will be the default the next time he/she logs
in
✔✔Role - Big Picture - ✔✔• Role records control the layout and rules of Hyperspace.
• By linking a user template to a role, administrators can apply the same Hyperspace
configuration to all users with that template.
• Multiple user templates can link to the same role.
• While each role record usually applies to a group of users who share the same job
description, a user's role is just one setting that such a group would have in common.
• A template is what defines all the settings a user has that are shared by everyone.
✔✔Name two things that are defined by your role record. - ✔✔Roles define your default
Startup Activity, the Hyperspace toolbar, options under the Epic button, the maximum
number of workspaces a user can have open, automatic timeout settings, and whether
your user's last login department will default the next time she logs in.
, ✔✔Explain the difference between role and security. - ✔✔Security determines a user's
access to functionality. Role determines where that functionality will appear for a user in
Hyperspace.
✔✔What function does the Role record perform in Epic? - ✔✔A role record determines
the layout and ground rules of Hyperspace.
✔✔Security Class Scenario:
Your organization wants its hospital charge nurses to have administrative access to the
Patient List activity (Inpatient security point 1 - Patient List Administrator). Otherwise,
their access should be the same as that of other inpatient nurses (who use the MODEL
IP NURSE Inpatient security class). How would you efficiently take care of this need? -
✔✔• Duplicate the MODEL IP NURSE Inpatient security class, and call the duplicate
something like IP CHARGE NURSE.
• Add to the duplicate the desired security point. Link all of the charge nurses' user
records (or a charge nurse user template) to this duplicate security class.
✔✔How do you duplicate a security class? - ✔✔Log in to Text as your administrator >
From the Training Application Access menu, select Chronicles. > (Hint: The Training
Application Access menu is the initial menu after logging in to Text. If you are in text but
not on this screen, press PAGE UP until you reach this screen.) > Enter "ECL" at the
Database initials prompt. > Go to Enter Data > Duplicate Security Class. > Duplicate the
"TRNCLN PEDS IP SECURITY CLASS" security class. > Enter a new ID and write it
down > In Hyperspace, use Chart Search to find "Inpatient Security." > Open the new
id. > In the Comments field, enter a more specific title such as first year residents > In
the Search field on the Security Points tab, enter "notes cosign required" and press
ENTER > In front of security point 28 - Notes Cosign Required, click the button to make
the security point active. > In the Search field on the Security Points tab, enter "order
sets" and press ENTER. > In front of security point 193 - Edit My Order Sets, click the
button to make the security point inactive.
13. Click Accept to save and close your record.
✔✔Foundation security class - ✔✔• Epic's Foundation System serves as a starting point
for customers, as it is configured with providers, users, roles, security classes, profiles,
and other settings that reflect our recommendations and best practices.
✔✔Security Points - ✔✔• Security points are individual keys to pieces of Epic
functionality.
• Each activity (like Chart Review) is associated with one or more security points. If a
user has the security point, he has access to the activity. If he does NOT have the
required security point, then he will not be able to launch the activity.
• In most cases, the user won't even see the activity, or it might appear as grayed out.
• Security points are typically referred to by the type of security class they are found in
(Inpatient, EpicCare, Emergency, Shared, etc.) and a number.
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Category value - ✔✔When you use the term 'category list,' you are referring to an
entire list. Each individual choice on
the list is called a category value. Values have certain details associated with them:
number, title,
synonym, and abbreviation.
✔✔Category list - ✔✔• A category list is a defined set of possible values for a particular
item.
• Category lists are used in the system for these purposes:
Standardization of responses for reporting
Speed: Typing time is reduced since you can select from category lists by completion
matching
Triggering other functionality in the system (for selected values)
✔✔You're working in the Category List Maintenance activity and see this message:
"Release Range: All Categories". What does that mean? - ✔✔It means that the
category list is a system (Epic controlled) list, so it is uneditable.
✔✔When you delete a category value, what happens in addition to making that value no
longer available as a choice on the category list? - ✔✔Any records that had items
pointing to that particular value now appear value-less (empty) but a pointer remains.
✔✔What information do you need to access a list in the Category List Maintenance
activity? - ✔✔You need the INI and item number.
✔✔Explain: The difference between what security impacts and what a role impacts. -
✔✔Security grants access to activities and functionality where as role determines where
an end user will be able to find the functionality.
✔✔Explain: The effect a user's role has on Hyperspace. - ✔✔• Startup Activities -
Startup Activities are launched immediately upon logging in. The Home workspace
opens by default. This is the most important Startup Activity for the person logging in.
• Epic Button and Toolbar Layout - A role controls what appears on the end users'
toolbars and menus.
• Activity Tabs and More Activities menu - A role can control whether activities appear
as tabs alongside patient workspaces or as options under the More Activities menu.
• Startup Activities - Startup Activities are launched immediately upon logging in. The
Home workspace opens by default. This is the most important Startup Activity for the
person logging in.
• Epic Button and Toolbar Layout - A role controls what appears on the end users'
toolbars and menus.
,• Activity Tabs and More Activities menu - A role can control whether activities appear
as tabs alongside patient workspaces or as options under the More Activities menu.
✔✔Does every USER need a ROLE to log into Hyperspace? - ✔✔• Every user needs a
role in order to log in to Hyperspace.
• This is true even for users of Epic's non-clinical applications like Cadence (scheduling)
or Prelude (registration).
✔✔What ground rules can a role record set for how Hyperspace behaves? - ✔✔•
Maximum number of workspaces open at one time
• How long a given workstation can be inactive before Epic automatically logs out or
secures
• Roles can affect which department is suggested to a user at login
• (Hyperspace doesn't allow more than four patient workspaces to be open at a time.
This is a hard-coded limit; it cannot be overridden by settings in a role record.)
✔✔Startup Activities - ✔✔• Startup Activities - Startup Activities are launched
immediately upon logging in. The Home workspace opens by default. This is the most
important Startup Activity for the person logging in.
✔✔Descriptors - ✔✔Descriptors are the technical names of activities.
✔✔What does a ROLE (E2R) control? - ✔✔1. Which Startup Activities launch
2. The order and arrangement of the Hyperspace toolbar and options under the Epic
button
3. Which activities appear under the More Activities menu
4. The maximum number of workspaces that can be open
5. When and how the system times out
6. Whether the user's last login department will be the default the next time he/she logs
in
✔✔Role - Big Picture - ✔✔• Role records control the layout and rules of Hyperspace.
• By linking a user template to a role, administrators can apply the same Hyperspace
configuration to all users with that template.
• Multiple user templates can link to the same role.
• While each role record usually applies to a group of users who share the same job
description, a user's role is just one setting that such a group would have in common.
• A template is what defines all the settings a user has that are shared by everyone.
✔✔Name two things that are defined by your role record. - ✔✔Roles define your default
Startup Activity, the Hyperspace toolbar, options under the Epic button, the maximum
number of workspaces a user can have open, automatic timeout settings, and whether
your user's last login department will default the next time she logs in.
, ✔✔Explain the difference between role and security. - ✔✔Security determines a user's
access to functionality. Role determines where that functionality will appear for a user in
Hyperspace.
✔✔What function does the Role record perform in Epic? - ✔✔A role record determines
the layout and ground rules of Hyperspace.
✔✔Security Class Scenario:
Your organization wants its hospital charge nurses to have administrative access to the
Patient List activity (Inpatient security point 1 - Patient List Administrator). Otherwise,
their access should be the same as that of other inpatient nurses (who use the MODEL
IP NURSE Inpatient security class). How would you efficiently take care of this need? -
✔✔• Duplicate the MODEL IP NURSE Inpatient security class, and call the duplicate
something like IP CHARGE NURSE.
• Add to the duplicate the desired security point. Link all of the charge nurses' user
records (or a charge nurse user template) to this duplicate security class.
✔✔How do you duplicate a security class? - ✔✔Log in to Text as your administrator >
From the Training Application Access menu, select Chronicles. > (Hint: The Training
Application Access menu is the initial menu after logging in to Text. If you are in text but
not on this screen, press PAGE UP until you reach this screen.) > Enter "ECL" at the
Database initials prompt. > Go to Enter Data > Duplicate Security Class. > Duplicate the
"TRNCLN PEDS IP SECURITY CLASS" security class. > Enter a new ID and write it
down > In Hyperspace, use Chart Search to find "Inpatient Security." > Open the new
id. > In the Comments field, enter a more specific title such as first year residents > In
the Search field on the Security Points tab, enter "notes cosign required" and press
ENTER > In front of security point 28 - Notes Cosign Required, click the button to make
the security point active. > In the Search field on the Security Points tab, enter "order
sets" and press ENTER. > In front of security point 193 - Edit My Order Sets, click the
button to make the security point inactive.
13. Click Accept to save and close your record.
✔✔Foundation security class - ✔✔• Epic's Foundation System serves as a starting point
for customers, as it is configured with providers, users, roles, security classes, profiles,
and other settings that reflect our recommendations and best practices.
✔✔Security Points - ✔✔• Security points are individual keys to pieces of Epic
functionality.
• Each activity (like Chart Review) is associated with one or more security points. If a
user has the security point, he has access to the activity. If he does NOT have the
required security point, then he will not be able to launch the activity.
• In most cases, the user won't even see the activity, or it might appear as grayed out.
• Security points are typically referred to by the type of security class they are found in
(Inpatient, EpicCare, Emergency, Shared, etc.) and a number.
