Epic Skills Assessment: Software Development Flashcards
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What is the purpose of the 'Epic Rover' application in the context of software development and testing?
Answer: A mobile application for nurses to perform bedside documentation and scanning workflows
Epic Rover is a mobile application designed for bedside clinical workflows including medication administration scanning and patient documentation, and developers must test barcode and workflow scenarios within it.
When developing an Epic Cosmos query, what type of data source is the developer accessing?
Answer: A de-identified, aggregated dataset pooled from multiple Epic customer organizations
Epic Cosmos is a pooled, de-identified research database aggregating clinical data from dozens of Epic customer organizations, enabling cross-institutional analytics at scale.
In Epic's upgrade methodology, what is the purpose of 'Upgrade Guides' provided to technical staff?
Answer: Documentation detailing breaking changes, new features, and required manual review tasks for each upgrade
Epic's Upgrade Guides detail breaking changes, deprecated features, new configuration options, and manual review tasks that technical staff must address during each upgrade cycle.
A developer is asked to implement row-level security in Clarity so that users only see data for their own department. What is the recommended approach?
Answer: Use SQL Server Row-Level Security (RLS) policies tied to the user's database login context
SQL Server Row-Level Security (RLS) policies are the recommended approach for department-scoped data access in Clarity, as they enforce filtering transparently at the database engine level.
What is the function of the 'Prelude' module in Epic's software suite relevant to a developer building registration workflows?
Answer: It is Epic's patient registration module handling demographics, guarantors, and coverage assignment
Prelude is Epic's patient registration module, covering demographics intake, guarantor assignment, insurance coverage entry, and scheduling — the foundation of the patient record.
When a developer configures an Epic Decision Support Rule, what distinguishes a 'hard stop' from a 'soft stop'?
Answer: A hard stop permanently blocks the action and cannot be overridden, while a soft stop allows the user to acknowledge and proceed
Hard stops completely block a workflow action until a condition is corrected, while soft stops warn the user but allow them to acknowledge the alert and continue.
In Epic's release cycle, what is meant by 'shadow testing' an upgrade?
Answer: Having a subset of super-users perform all their normal daily tasks in the upgraded environment before go-live
Shadow testing in Epic upgrades means having key users (super-users or analysts) perform real daily workflows in the upgraded environment to catch issues before all staff are affected.