Clinical Workflow Fundamentals Flashcards
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A nurse needs to document a medication given outside the scheduled administration window. What is the correct Epic approach?
Answer: Document in the MAR with the actual administration time and a comment
Documenting the actual administration time in the MAR with a comment ensures accurate medication reconciliation and legal compliance.
Which Epic tool is used to see all pending orders, results, and tasks for a patient in one consolidated view?
Answer: Storyboard
The Storyboard provides a longitudinal summary of a patient's care including pending items, diagnoses, and recent results.
When a provider places an order using 'Order with Details,' what is the primary advantage over standard ordering?
Answer: It allows modification of order parameters before signing
'Order with Details' opens the order composer, allowing the provider to customize frequency, route, and other parameters before finalizing.
A care coordinator needs to track whether a patient completed a referral to a specialist. Which Epic feature is most appropriate?
Answer: Referral tracking in the Referrals activity
The Referrals activity in Epic tracks referral status, authorization, and completion across the care continuum.
What happens when a clinician uses the 'Pend' function on an order in Epic?
Answer: The order is saved but not yet active, awaiting co-signature or review
Pending an order saves it in a draft state so another provider (e.g., an attending) can review and co-sign before the order becomes active.
In Epic, which term describes the structured list of a patient's active health issues maintained across encounters?
Answer: Problem List
The Problem List is a persistent, longitudinal record of a patient's diagnosed conditions that carries forward across all encounters.
A patient is transferred from the ED to an inpatient unit. Which Epic action ensures the admitting team receives the patient's current medication list?
Answer: Perform medication reconciliation at the transition of care
Medication reconciliation at care transitions compares the existing medication list with new orders to prevent omissions and duplications.