2 - Facility Structure Overview Flashcards
What does the facility structure refer to?
The records that you use to represent the different parts of your organization
The facility structure is the rule of what?
Rule of Specificity.
What is the Rule of Specificity?
When the same setting is set to a different value at multiple levels, the lowest level setting overrides the higher level setting.
T of F: If the same setting is set differently and in the Facility record, the department level setting will override the facility level.
True
What must users pick when logging in to Hyperspace?
Department
What is the highest level in Epic’s organizational structure (a. service area, b. revenue location, c. unit/department, d. facility)?
D: Facility
What best defines a department/unit?
An area within a hospital or clinic that supports specific services.
What best defines a service area?
A record usually used to represent a geographic region.
Which organizational level usually represents a hospital or clinic?
Revenue location
What are System Definitions?
System wide default settings for your entire Facility.
T of F: Revenue Locations must be linked to a Service Area?
True
T of F: Departments are where patients receive care?
True
What do you call a dept where patients go see a provider on an Outpatient basis?
Outpatient Department
What do you call areas in a hospital where patients are admitted to a room?
Inpatient Departments (aka Units)
What do you call a department where patients can be seen in an outpatient setting and be admitted?
HOD (Hospital Outpatient Department)
