EPIC OR350 FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Department (DEP). Answer: Departments in Epic are similar to what
you would traditionally call a unit or department in the healthcare world.
This is also the level that a user logs into. Examples include
Preprocedure, Main OR, and PACU departments
◉ Perioperative Departments ﴾DEP﴿. Answer: Multiple Virtual
Departments
-Preprocedure, Main OR, PACU, and Recovery.
-Drive role specific settings
◉ What are pool rooms? what do others in the hospitals see?. Answer:
Movement in periop area only viewed through case tracking events by
periop users.
-Other users will just see perioperative pool room
◉ OR Locations (EAF) are linked to..? what do they control?. Answer: -
Linked to one perioperative department (Usually Main OR)
-Optime specific tools, reports, charging strategies, and more for that
perioperative area
,◉ Operating Rooms (SER) refers to ____ within ____.. Answer: -
Individual Operating rooms within an OR Location
-When sx requested for a particular OR location, the scheduler will
schedule a case into an available timeslot.
◉ An Or Location is defined as. Answer: A group of OR's that are
administered in the same way.
◉ Build process for OR. Answer: 1. Create an OR Location
2. Build Operating Rooms
3. Create a schedule that organizes an OR's time into blocks
◉ Building by exception. Answer: aka Rule of Specificity, making
general settings in a high-level record and only making setting changes
different in specific records.
◉ How to Configure an OR Location on Hyperspace. Answer: Location
Definition -> TRNOR05 Neurosurgery -> Invasive Cardiology -> Case
Tracking events
◉ Automatic Surgery Reminders are found where?. Answer: Upcoming
Case Reminder/Time to Send text and Mychart
,◉ What is the Scheduling 2 form?. Answer: home to settings that
determine when schedules are finalized and how to handle cases
scheduled on holidays and weekends.
◉ What is Case Volume. Answer: A report that returns the amount of
patients seen, usually during a particular perioperative phase of care.
This type of report includes add‐on cases, both those that are marked as
add‐ons and those that should have been but weren't.
◉ What is block utilization. Answer: report that returns the percentage
of OR block time that is actually used by cases of that block type
compared to the total block time available. For example, a
cardiothoracic case that is performed during cardiothoracic block time
would increase the block utilization percentage, but the same case
performed outside of cardiothoracic block time may not
◉ What is a Surgical Inventory Item?(SUP). Answer: A record
representing a single inventory item including its name, manufacturer
number, clinical information, and more
◉ What is a Balance (BAL) record?. Answer: A record with location
specific info about an inventory item such as where it is stored.
◉ What is Materials Management. Answer: A dept in charge of ordering,
receivinig, storing, and issuingn inventory
, ◉ All patients undergoing surgery are admitted into what?. Answer: a
pool room
◉ How do you add a new service?. Answer: Add to a category list
◉ Which of the following records is added to a surgical case well in
advance to plapn for the staff and equipment need?
A Provider,
B Resource type,
C User. Answer: Resource Type
◉ Which of the following would not have a resource type?
C- Arm
Circulator
OR
Scalpel
Surgeon. Answer: OR, Surgeon
◉ You want to create a new CER record that evaluates whether a patient
is younger than 18 year olds so that you can suggest pedi tools to nurses
when appropriate. Which of the following would be set as 18?. Answer:
Value
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Department (DEP). Answer: Departments in Epic are similar to what
you would traditionally call a unit or department in the healthcare world.
This is also the level that a user logs into. Examples include
Preprocedure, Main OR, and PACU departments
◉ Perioperative Departments ﴾DEP﴿. Answer: Multiple Virtual
Departments
-Preprocedure, Main OR, PACU, and Recovery.
-Drive role specific settings
◉ What are pool rooms? what do others in the hospitals see?. Answer:
Movement in periop area only viewed through case tracking events by
periop users.
-Other users will just see perioperative pool room
◉ OR Locations (EAF) are linked to..? what do they control?. Answer: -
Linked to one perioperative department (Usually Main OR)
-Optime specific tools, reports, charging strategies, and more for that
perioperative area
,◉ Operating Rooms (SER) refers to ____ within ____.. Answer: -
Individual Operating rooms within an OR Location
-When sx requested for a particular OR location, the scheduler will
schedule a case into an available timeslot.
◉ An Or Location is defined as. Answer: A group of OR's that are
administered in the same way.
◉ Build process for OR. Answer: 1. Create an OR Location
2. Build Operating Rooms
3. Create a schedule that organizes an OR's time into blocks
◉ Building by exception. Answer: aka Rule of Specificity, making
general settings in a high-level record and only making setting changes
different in specific records.
◉ How to Configure an OR Location on Hyperspace. Answer: Location
Definition -> TRNOR05 Neurosurgery -> Invasive Cardiology -> Case
Tracking events
◉ Automatic Surgery Reminders are found where?. Answer: Upcoming
Case Reminder/Time to Send text and Mychart
,◉ What is the Scheduling 2 form?. Answer: home to settings that
determine when schedules are finalized and how to handle cases
scheduled on holidays and weekends.
◉ What is Case Volume. Answer: A report that returns the amount of
patients seen, usually during a particular perioperative phase of care.
This type of report includes add‐on cases, both those that are marked as
add‐ons and those that should have been but weren't.
◉ What is block utilization. Answer: report that returns the percentage
of OR block time that is actually used by cases of that block type
compared to the total block time available. For example, a
cardiothoracic case that is performed during cardiothoracic block time
would increase the block utilization percentage, but the same case
performed outside of cardiothoracic block time may not
◉ What is a Surgical Inventory Item?(SUP). Answer: A record
representing a single inventory item including its name, manufacturer
number, clinical information, and more
◉ What is a Balance (BAL) record?. Answer: A record with location
specific info about an inventory item such as where it is stored.
◉ What is Materials Management. Answer: A dept in charge of ordering,
receivinig, storing, and issuingn inventory
, ◉ All patients undergoing surgery are admitted into what?. Answer: a
pool room
◉ How do you add a new service?. Answer: Add to a category list
◉ Which of the following records is added to a surgical case well in
advance to plapn for the staff and equipment need?
A Provider,
B Resource type,
C User. Answer: Resource Type
◉ Which of the following would not have a resource type?
C- Arm
Circulator
OR
Scalpel
Surgeon. Answer: OR, Surgeon
◉ You want to create a new CER record that evaluates whether a patient
is younger than 18 year olds so that you can suggest pedi tools to nurses
when appropriate. Which of the following would be set as 18?. Answer:
Value
