Glossary of Terms for common Activities and Tools in EPIC Crossword

The individual financially responsible for the encounter; may or may not be the patient (ex: a mother listed as the guarantor for her minor children)
Time reserved on a provider’s schedule for tentative times when the provider may not be available to see patients (ex: possible meeting, possible vacation, etc.)
The form used to schedule an appointment.
A personalized patient list, customizable by the end user.
An activity linked to the library that contains reports a user has added to her favorites, recent results, and saved results.
Activity where clinicians can write notes to add to a patient's chart or view previous notes.
To schedule an appointment into a slot that has already reached its limit of regular appointments but allows for extra bookings.
Sometimes called patient type in other systems. (Examples Include: Inpatient, Outpatient, Newborn, Therapy Series, etc.)
A tool used by staff to look up patient encounters.
A predefined group of providers/resources that appears automatically when scheduling certain visits.
Slot in a provider's schedule that is available for scheduling only to those users with appropriate security.
Cadence uses scheduling questionnaires that prompt the scheduler to ask the patient predefined questions that may change the appointment or prevent scheduling of the appointment.
List of the most commonly used orders.
Main hyperspace distribution tool for data/reports and other resources.
Eligibility message sent from Epic to the payer or clearinghouse.
Workflow used to document that a patient is present at the organization.
An activity used to schedule procedures and assign staff
A provider’s schedule
Home workspace that displays the list of patients who are present in the department.
A designated number of visits per discipline that is created with the Care Plan.