EPIC BRIDGES EXAM TEST BANK 2023-2024 REAL EXAM 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS(DETAILED
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What is translation table used for? - ANSWER- used to map more granular items from database records
What is identity used for? - ANSWER- It is used to map large database records
What are the three methods you can use to perform migration? - ANSWER- Data Courier, Pack/unpack database record utilities, manual migration
What is a data courier? - ANSWER- A tool that Epic provides to facilitate the migration of objects between environments.
What is included in the subset of bridges records that can be migrated with Data Courier? - ANSWER- tables (translation & general), error work queues, error steps, radar dashboards, custom columns used in message searches and error log reports
Communication Daemon - ANSWER- Sends or receives acknowledgements over a TCP/IP connection
Data Queue - ANSWER- contains Hl7 Messages along with timestamp information about message processing
Trigger - ANSWER- A single, clearly defined action that a user or process can take that results in an interface message being created and sent
Filer daemon - ANSWER- Translates HL7 data into something that can be stored to the database
The message editor does not perform validation (T/F) - ANSWER- True. The message editor is a free text editor and has no idea how the message should look
Control Queue - ANSWER- maintains a list of messages waiting to be processed.A to-do list with instructions to send or file messages stored in the data queue 1 / 4
Messages are manually deleted from the data queue (T/F) - ANSWER- They are purged only by an automated purge job
You can start only one interface at a time (T/F) - ANSWER- false. You can start any or all of the interfaces in a given interface monitor
Where is the first place you should go for help with an interface? - ANSWER- Reference guide -contains all published information Epic has about a specific interface.
What are two actions you can take on the message associated with an error when running an error log report? - ANSWER- Resubmit and Retrigger
The _____ contains the info needed to build a message. - ANSWER- Event Queue
What variable is required for every interface in order to process messages? - ANSWER- INTF_USER- The interface will not start without this
What is special about the NTE Segment? - ANSWER- It's meaning depends on the segment it follows.
What order does the encoding characters of the MSH segment need to be? - ANSWER- Field, Component, Repetition, Escape, Subcomponent
What is the HL7 delete character? - ANSWER- " "- Double Quotes
When encountering an error for the first time, what are the 3 buckets Epic recommends to choose from when determining how to address the error? - ANSWER- Fix, Work, Suppress
What standard is based on resources? - ANSWER- FHIR
Which standard is used for eligibility - ANSWER- X12 Basics
What is bridges? - ANSWER- the name of Epic's interface application, which is a collection of tools, utilities, reports and background processes.
Message Purge - ANSWER- - the only process in bridges that deletes messages from the data queue 2 / 4
What are the three things that can happen when the filer daemon attempts to process a message? - ANSWER- -The filer daemon files the message into chronicles -The filer daemon is unable to file the message because there is something critically wrong with the message
- The filer daemon is unable to file the message because part of the record to which
the message needs to file is locked
Holding Queue - ANSWER- A place for messages to wait until the messages are ready to file
Interconnect - ANSWER- -Exists within the firewall -is sometimes used as an alternate communication method to TCP/IP for interfaces
The three conditions for interfaces to used interconnect (one or more must be true)
- ANSWER- - The message uses an XML framework
- The interface handles a job in a Windows.NET framework, such as extracting an
-Communication requires an HTTPS (web) protocol to reach securely outside your firewall
embedded PDF from an HL7 v2 message and storing it to a BLOB Server
What is on an interface monitor? - ANSWER- -Interface Status -Session History -Interface Actions -Communication Status -Queued Messages
When creating an interface monitor you must? - ANSWER- Name it and give it an internal ID.
Do you need to add every interface to the background monitor in order to start or stop the interface? - ANSWER- Yes.
Bridges uses a scheduled purge process to clear out old messages (True/ False) - ANSWER- True
Message viewer - ANSWER- allows you to view the contents of an interface message in the Data Queue
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Message Viewer display tabs so what things? - ANSWER- Message text, logged errors. message submission details, session history
Message Editor - ANSWER- allows you to make changes to the message and submit your edited version
The create new message option is only available for what type of interfaces? - ANSWER- HL7 Version 2
Message Search - ANSWER- Allows you to specify an interface, a string to look for, and a time period. Then the activity returns all messages that meet those criteria
What does the check syntax option (button) do? - ANSWER- It will notify you if the message contains invalid syntax.
What are the five error severities? - ANSWER- Critical, fatal, warning, notification, and none
What are the three level at which an error can be logged? - ANSWER- daemon.message, and local. The majority of errors logged by the interface are message scoped errors.
Collect an error in a workqueue only if all of the following are true.... - ANSWER- -Defined Resolution Path -assigned to a trained user
- not already on a workqueue
To identify a patient using identity you need the _____ and the _____ - ANSWER- ID type and ID
What are the 3 types of patient validation an interface can use? - ANSWER- Basic Validation, Extended Validation, Identity Duplication Configuration (IDC)
What kind of alerts can be set up in the Background monitor? - ANSWER- Rule Based Alerts
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