11.0 Rules

Question 1

For a CLOSE ENCOUNTER CHECK, where do you list your rules?

Answer 1

In an extension record (CER)

Question 2

For a CLOSE ENCOUNTER CHECK, where do you list your extensions?

Answer 2

In a profile.

Question 3

How are RULE records organized?

Answer 3

Rule (CER) –>
Extension (LPP) –>
Profile (LPR)

Question 4

How is EVALUATION LOGIC STRUCTURED?

Answer 4

Criterion = Propery + Operator + Value

Question 5

What happens WHEN AN ENESTHESIA PROVIDER CLOSES AN ANESTHESIA ENCOUNTER?

Answer 5

The system checks for missing documentation.

Question 6

Anesthesia kind of record is checked for documentat6ion before allowing a provider to close (sign) an anesthesia record?

Answer 6

An extension record ﴾LPP﴿.

Question 7

What are EXTENSIONS?

Answer 7

A way for administrators to change the behavior of Epic software. (Little package of code to give you flexibility.)

Question 8

What are RULES?

Answer 8

Use logical expressions to identify if records meet or do not meet specific criteria. (If statements that evaluate to TRUE or FALSE.)

Question 9

What do you use to create new and edit existing CER records?

Answer 9

The Rule Editor

Question 10

What returns values from a record or multiple records in the system?

Answer 10

Properties

Question 11

What Represents relationships between two sets of values?

Answer 11

Operators, e.g. ﴾equals﴿, <> ﴾does not equal﴿, Contain All, and Not Contain

Question 12

Was are compared to your property?

Answer 12

Values. A value might be a static value that you enter or a piece of dynamic data ﴾such as “today’s date”﴿.

Question 13

What is a Criterion?

Answer 13

Each criterion compares the property with the value﴾s﴿ as determined by
the operator. It will evaluate to either true or false.

Question 14

What is the RULE ERROR MESSAGE FIELD do?

Answer 14

Used to set text for a message that displays to end users if the rule evaluates to true. The error message is enclosed by “” that do not appear to end users.

Question 15

What happens when a RULE IS TRUE?

Answer 15

Something happens.

Question 16

What do we call a property that is not looking to the original master file for comparison?

Answer 16

We refer to this as an indirect property.

Question 17

What kind of logic is being used if the rule will evaluate to True only when both criteria are met?

Answer 17

AND Logic

Question 18

You will encounter an error.

Answer 18

You will encounter an error.

Question 19

What kind of logic is being used if instead you wanted this rule to be true when either of the criteria were met?

Answer 19

OR logic

Question 20

What are the TWO TYPES OF CLOSE ENCOUNTER CHECKS?

Answer 20

Required and Recommended.

Question 21

What do REQUIRED CHECKS do?

Answer 21

Prevent the anesthesia encounter from being closed until the documentation is completed.

Question 22

What do you modified in extension record to make them execute properly?

Answer 22

You modify PARAMETERS.

Question 23

What are PARAMETERS?

Answer 23

Pieces of information within an extension’s code that allow for configuration of the extension.

Question 24

You will use a parameter to add your new rule to the extension and WHAT ELSE?

Answer 24

Create a hyperlink for your error message.

Question 25

Where must most extension records have to be validated?

Answer 25

In Text.

Question 26

What does an ACTIVTY DESCRIPTER do?

Answer 26

Creates a hyperlink that points to the Anesthesia Toolkit ﴾the activity that houses the responsible staff activity﴿.

Question 27

How many criteria can you use within one rule?

Answer 27

As many as you need. A rule can contain one or more criteria.

Question 28

You want a rule that evaluates to true if an anesthesia resident has not been documented as the responsible provider for a case. Does the rule in the screenshot below meet this need?

Answer 28

No ‐ The current rule is saying that the Anesthesia Responsible Staff activity has a value of Anesthesia resident as responsible staff for the case. To make this rule meet the scenario above you would need to change the operator to not contain all.

Question 29

After you build the CER rule looking for specific documentation, what do you need to do to make sure that it affects your end users when using the Requirements navigator section?

Answer 29

Modify your close encounter extension to include your new rule, make sure your extension is linked to a profile, and make sure the profile is affecting your end users.