Epic CLN251/252 Review questions with correct answers

What is Chronicles (entire file cabinet)? CORRECT ANSWER Epic's database management system What is a Master file (drawers)? CORRECT 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? CORRECT 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)? CORRECT 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? CORRECT 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)? CORRECT 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? CORRECT ANSWER Purpose is to make a change to the record that will become effective on a specific date.