Epic Skills Assessment Clinical Workflow Fundamentals 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which role in an Epic inpatient workflow is primarily responsible for bed management and patient placement?
- Charge nurse only
- Bed management coordinator using the Bed Board or ADT activity (Correct answer)
- The attending physician
- The unit secretary
Correct answer: Bed management coordinator using the Bed Board or ADT activity
Bed management coordinators use Epic's ADT (Admit, Discharge, Transfer) activity and Bed Board to assign and manage patient placements.
Question 2: When a provider marks a result as 'Reviewed' in Epic, what is the clinical significance?
- The result is automatically sent to the patient via MyChart
- The provider acknowledges receipt and review, closing the result from their In Basket (Correct answer)
- The result is deleted from the chart
- The order is automatically reordered
Correct answer: The provider acknowledges receipt and review, closing the result from their In Basket
Marking a result as reviewed creates a documented acknowledgment that the clinician has seen the result and removes it from the unreviewed results queue.
Question 3: A patient is being discharged. What Epic tool generates the patient's discharge instructions?
- The Chart Review activity
- The Discharge Navigator or AVS (After Visit Summary) (Correct answer)
- The Order Entry screen
- The Scheduling module
Correct answer: The Discharge Navigator or AVS (After Visit Summary)
The After Visit Summary (AVS) is generated during the discharge workflow and includes instructions, medications, follow-up appointments, and diagnoses.
Question 4: Which Epic feature enables real-time communication between care team members within the chart?
- In Basket messages
- Secure Chat (Correct answer)
- MyChart messaging
- Paging via the operator
Correct answer: Secure Chat
Secure Chat (also called Care Everywhere Chat or Epic's internal chat) allows HIPAA-compliant real-time messaging within the Epic environment.
Question 5: A pharmacy technician notices a medication order lacks a required dose. Using Epic, what is the correct next step?
- Dispense the closest available dose and note it
- Contact the ordering provider via In Basket or Secure Chat to clarify the order (Correct answer)
- Cancel the order without notification
- Adjust the dose independently
Correct answer: Contact the ordering provider via In Basket or Secure Chat to clarify the order
Clarifying incomplete orders through Epic's communication tools ensures the provider is notified and a corrected order is placed before dispensing.
Question 6: What is the function of the 'Routing' field when placing an order in Epic?
- It determines which printer prints the medication label
- It specifies which department or pharmacy location should fulfill the order (Correct answer)
- It assigns the order to a specific nurse
- It sets the billing code for the order
Correct answer: It specifies which department or pharmacy location should fulfill the order
The Routing field directs the order to the appropriate fulfilling location, such as a specific pharmacy, lab, or radiology department.
Question 7: During a code blue, a provider needs to place multiple emergency orders rapidly. Which Epic feature is designed for this scenario?
- Standard order entry one at a time
- Order Sets configured for resuscitation scenarios (Correct answer)
- Telephone orders only
- Verbal orders with no documentation
Correct answer: Order Sets configured for resuscitation scenarios
Pre-built order sets for codes (e.g., ACLS order sets) allow rapid placement of multiple evidence-based orders simultaneously.
Epic Skills Assessment Clinical Workflow Fundamentals 4
Which role in an Epic inpatient workflow is primarily responsible for bed management and patient placement?