Epic Skills Assessment Order Entry and Results 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Epic tool allows a provider to compare a patient's current medication orders against medications taken prior to admission?
- Order Reconciliation (Correct answer)
- Medication Administration Record (MAR)
- Results Review
- Preference List
Correct answer: Order Reconciliation
Order Reconciliation is used at transitions of care to compare and reconcile inpatient orders with the patient's home medication list.
Question 2: A critical lab value is resulted in Epic. Which workflow automatically notifies the ordering provider?
- Secure Chat
- Critical result notification via In Basket (Correct answer)
- Patient portal message
- Chart Review alert
Correct answer: Critical result notification via In Basket
Epic sends critical result notifications to the ordering provider's In Basket to ensure timely awareness of life-threatening values.
Question 3: What is the purpose of the 'Reason for Visit' or 'Ordering Indication' field when placing orders in Epic?
- To calculate the patient's bill
- To document the clinical justification for the order (Correct answer)
- To assign the order to a department
- To schedule follow-up appointments
Correct answer: To document the clinical justification for the order
The ordering indication documents the clinical reason for the order, supporting medical necessity and payer requirements.
Question 4: In the Medication Administration Record (MAR), a medication shown in red typically indicates:
- The medication has been given
- The medication is due or overdue (Correct answer)
- The medication is on hold
- The medication requires refrigeration
Correct answer: The medication is due or overdue
Red highlighting in the MAR draws attention to medications that are due or past their scheduled administration time.
Question 5: A provider wants to reorder a medication that was previously discontinued. The fastest way to do this in Epic is:
- Call the pharmacy directly
- Find the discontinued order in Chart Review and use 'Reorder' (Correct answer)
- Create a new order from scratch in the Orders activity
- Submit a request through In Basket
Correct answer: Find the discontinued order in Chart Review and use 'Reorder'
Using the 'Reorder' function from Chart Review pulls the previous order's details, saving time compared to entering the order from scratch.
Question 6: Which result status in Epic indicates that the specimen has been collected and sent but no result is available yet?
- Final
- Preliminary
- In Process (Correct answer)
- Corrected
Correct answer: In Process
'In Process' (or 'In Progress') indicates the lab has received the specimen and is working on it, but results are not yet reported.
Question 7: When entering a standing order in Epic, what differentiates it from a one-time order?
- It requires physician cosignature
- It repeats automatically at defined intervals or upon defined triggers (Correct answer)
- It applies only to inpatients
- It bypasses the pharmacy
Correct answer: It repeats automatically at defined intervals or upon defined triggers
Standing orders are designed to repeat at set intervals or under specific conditions without requiring a new order each time.
Epic Skills Assessment Order Entry and Results 3
Which Epic tool allows a provider to compare a patient's current medication orders against medications taken prior to admission?