Epic Skills Assessment Patient Data Management 2

Question 1

A nurse notices that a patient's allergy list in Epic shows 'No Known Allergies' but the patient verbally reports a penicillin allergy. What is the correct action?

Accepted Answer

Document the allergy in the allergy section and reconcile the discrepancy

Answer

Clinicians must reconcile verbal allergy reports by adding them to the allergy section immediately to prevent medication errors.

Question 2

Which Epic tool allows a provider to view a longitudinal summary of a patient's health history across multiple encounters?

Accepted Answer

Chart Review

Answer

Chart Review aggregates data from multiple encounters into a longitudinal view, including labs, medications, and notes.

Question 3

When entering a patient's race and ethnicity in Epic, why is this data collected?

Accepted Answer

To meet regulatory reporting requirements and support health equity analytics

Answer

Race and ethnicity data is collected in Epic to fulfill regulatory requirements such as Meaningful Use and to enable health disparity analysis.

Question 4

A patient has two separate medical record numbers (MRNs) in Epic due to duplicate registration. Which process resolves this?

Accepted Answer

MPI merge (record merge)

Answer

An MPI (Master Patient Index) merge combines duplicate records into a single MRN, preserving all clinical data.

Question 5

In Epic, the 'Routing' field on a patient encounter determines what?

Accepted Answer

Which department or provider receives messages and results related to the encounter

Answer

The Routing field controls which provider or team receives InBasket messages, results, and other communications for that encounter.

Epic Skills Assessment Practice Test

Epic Skills Assessment Practice Test

Epic Skills Assessment Patient Data Management 2