How many workspaces can you have open in additon to your startup workspaces? - ANSWER 4
How many workspaces can be active at one time - ANSWER 1
If you click blue arrow next to a section name (allergies, for example), does it open as read only?
- ANSWER Yes
From where can you launch notewriter? - ANSWER In the Notes activity
In the Plan Activity, is only one section open at a time? - ANSWER NO, all sections are open
simultaneously
Are all of the sections in the Wrap-Up activity open simultaneously? - ANSWER Yes
The type of primary activity tabs that one sees in the patient workspace depend on the
type. - ANSWER Encounter type. For example, a surgery encounter would have a "prep
for surgery" activity tab.
What does the down arrow [next to the forward/backward buttons] do? - ANSWER It show you a
chronological listing of your recent activities [plan, rooming, .]
What are the top 5 most common encounter types in EpicCare Ambulatory? - ANSWER Office
Visit, Telephone, Letter [Out], Abstract, and Orders Only.
,What is a synonym for "Reason for Visit?" - ANSWER Chief Complaint
F8 to ? - ANSWER Navigate
What is the name of the button with a magnifying glass on it? - ANSWER The "selection button"
Why would an allergy in the "Allergies section" have a yellow background? - ANSWER Only if
"severity" is marked as "high"
What does "no active allergies" mean? - ANSWER It means that allergies were previously
entered, and then later, all were deleted.
Where would meds that are provided by the pt. be documented? - ANS In the "meds" section of
the rooming activity AND in the "meds and orders" section of the Plan activity
How would you denote 3 days into the future? - ANS t+3
T/F: The Medications section only lists the current medications. - ANS True
Where would you locate information on medications discontinued? - ANS In Chart Review,
Synopsis, and in the "meds and orders" section.
Should you leave the provider field blank when documenting pt reported medications? -
ANSWER Yes
, When kinds of medications appear with strike throughs? - ANSWER Expired meds and
Discontinued meds
What is the difference between a discontinued med and an expired med? - ANSWER For a
discontinued med, a discontinuation date is entered. For an expired med, an end date was
entered, and it passed.
Why is it relevant to mark medication taking or not taking - ANSWER "medication interaction
checking" compares new orders with all medications that are marked as "taking."
If you highlight a medication with a red push-pin what does this mean - ANSWER you are
making the medication as long-term.
Suppose you define a medication as "longterm" and its expiration date passes. Does "interaction
checking" continue to consider it an active med? ANSWER Yes
When documenting a test result in the "Enter/Edit" Results activity, why should you mark the
result as "final?" ANSWER Because marking it as final creates a result message to the interested
parties.
What's a good way for the doctor to review details that the nurse may have entered about the visit
as well as other details? - ANSWER The "This Visit" tab in the right pane.
Are "visit diagnosis" and "encounter diagnosis" synonymous? - ANSWER Yes
What is the order composer? - ANSWER Its the form that opens up when you click on an order in
the "meds and orders" section
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