6.0 Workflow Engine Rules

Question 1

What system should evaluates the situation for a particular patient encounter and determine which navigator templates to show?

Answer 1

Workflow Engine (WE) rule; To decide which Workflow Engine rule record to consult, the system looks to a user’s profile hierarchy and then evaluates the Workflow Engine rule record linked in the most specific profile in the hierarchy. Ultimately, a profile controls which navigators appear via the link to a Workflow Engine rule record.

Question 2

What are Workflow Engine rules linked to display navigators?

Answer 2

A user’s profile.

Question 3

What Does the Workflow Engine Do?

Answer 3

A Workflow Engine rule is a record in the LOR master file that allows the patient workspace to be altered
based on context.

Question 4

What workspace settings do Workflow Engine rules control?

Answer 4

Activity tabs ﴾on top of the patient chart﴿
More menu ﴾formerly known as the More Activities or Action menu﴿
Navigators
Sidebars ﴾when using widescreen view﴿
Storyboard

Question 5

What happens once the Workflow Engine rule searches it’s rule hierarchy?

Answer 5

Regardless of whether or not the patient encounter matches the conditions in that rule, the system does not look any further in the hierarchy for other Workflow Engine rules

Question 6

How are Workflow Engine rule structured?

Answer 6

Each WE rule is composed of a set of conditions ﴾”if” statements﴿ and directives ﴾”then” statements﴿. The conditions evaluate properties about the user, the patient, or the type of encounter ﴾admission, office visit, etc.﴿. After matching on conditions, the directives then arrange the patient workspace.

Question 7

How are property & values put together to create a rule?

Answer 7

Property + Value = Condition

If PAT_ENC_TYPE EQUALS AMB then…

Question 8

What is another word for a CONDITION?

Answer 8

And “if” statement.

Question 9

What kind of logic is nested logic?

Answer 9

Nested logic is AND logic.

Question 10

What is another word for a DIRECTIVE?

Answer 10

A “then” statement.

Question 11

What allows a rule to continue searching for matching conditions?

Answer 11

CONTINUE AFTERWARDS

Question 12

What is a CONTACT?

Answer 12

A date-specific version of a record.

Question 13

Where is the easiest place to duplicate a workflow engine rule (Chronicles or Hyperspace) and how?

Answer 13

Hyperspace; by copying and pasting the XML.

Question 14

What kind of directive points to another Workflow Engine rule?

Answer 14

The GoTo Directive

Question 15

What does it mean by “XML rule records can be “over time” records?

Answer 15

This means you can modify a released rule record by simply creating a new contact for the rule.

Question 16

How are “over time” rule records useful?

Answer 16

• Maintaining contacts of a rule allows you to track how the rule changes over time.
• Multiple contacts allow you to create and edit new, unreleased contacts for released rules without affecting users until you are ready to release ﴾activate﴿ the new contact.

Question 17

What must you do to a new Workflow Engine rule to get it to work?

Answer 17

You have to Activate it.

Question 18

What happens when the system can’t fine WE rules that apply?

Answer 18

It uses a table of generic rules as backup.

Question 19

How does the system know which Workflow Engine rule to use?

Answer 19

The Workflow Engine rule linked to the most specific level in the profile hierarchy is the rule that will be consulted.

Question 20

True or False. If the patient encounter does not match conditions in a Workflow Engine rule, the
system looks for a rule in the next level of the profile hierarchy.

Answer 20

False. Settings found in the role and compiled profile for the patient encounter will be used. The
system will not look for additional Workflow Engine rules at other levels in the profile hierarchy.

Question 21

True or False. Once a rule matches on conditions and carries out directives, the system always
keeps looking for more conditions to evaluate.

Answer 21

False. The system will only continue evaluating the rule if the first set of directives specifies “continue afterwards”.

Question 22

True or False. Once a rule matches on conditions and carries out directives, the system always
keeps looking for more conditions to evaluate.

Answer 22

False. The system will only continue evaluating the rule if the first set of directives specifies “continue afterwards”.