Epic Skills Assessment Healthcare Informatics & EHR Concepts 3

Question 1

An Epic analyst needs to promote a configuration change from the build environment to production. What is the standard mechanism for this?

Accepted Answer

Moving the record using Epic's move tools or transport methodology

Answer

Epic provides move tools and a formal transport methodology to safely promote configuration records from lower environments to production.

Question 2

What does 'IB' or 'In Basket' refer to in Epic?

Accepted Answer

An internal messaging and task notification system for clinical staff

Answer

In Basket is Epic's internal communication tool where providers and staff receive messages, results, refill requests, and task notifications.

Question 3

Which of the following is a key characteristic of Epic's 'Chronicles' database?

Accepted Answer

It is a proprietary hierarchical database that stores all Epic application data

Answer

Chronicles is Epic's proprietary hierarchical database that stores all operational application data, distinct from standard relational databases.

Question 4

What is the role of 'Clarity' in the Epic data ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

A relational SQL database that extracts Chronicles data for reporting and analytics

Answer

Clarity is a relational SQL database populated via regular ETL extracts from Chronicles, enabling complex reporting and analytics.

Question 5

A provider complains that their order set is missing a medication that should be there. As an analyst, what is your first step?

Accepted Answer

Look up the order set in Epic's build tools to review its current configuration

Answer

The first step is to review the order set's current configuration in build tools to understand what is present and identify what needs to be added.

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