Healthcare Informatics & EHR Concepts Flashcards
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An Epic analyst needs to promote a configuration change from the build environment to production. What is the standard mechanism for this?
Answer: Moving the record using Epic's move tools or transport methodology
Epic provides move tools and a formal transport methodology to safely promote configuration records from lower environments to production.
What does 'IB' or 'In Basket' refer to in Epic?
Answer: An internal messaging and task notification system for clinical staff
In Basket is Epic's internal communication tool where providers and staff receive messages, results, refill requests, and task notifications.
Which of the following is a key characteristic of Epic's 'Chronicles' database?
Answer: It is a proprietary hierarchical database that stores all Epic application data
Chronicles is Epic's proprietary hierarchical database that stores all operational application data, distinct from standard relational databases.
What is the role of 'Clarity' in the Epic data ecosystem?
Answer: A relational SQL database that extracts Chronicles data for reporting and analytics
Clarity is a relational SQL database populated via regular ETL extracts from Chronicles, enabling complex reporting and analytics.
A provider complains that their order set is missing a medication that should be there. As an analyst, what is your first step?
Answer: Look up the order set in Epic's build tools to review its current configuration
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.
In Epic, what does 'BPA' stand for and what is its purpose?
Answer: Best Practice Advisory — an alert that fires based on clinical rules to guide provider behavior
A Best Practice Advisory (BPA) is a configurable clinical alert that fires when defined criteria are met to prompt providers toward evidence-based actions.