TEMPLATE Epic Clinical Informatics (CLN102) INSERT DATE

Verona, WI US
February 14, 2018 to February 16, 2018

Course Overview

To lead the maintenance of an electronic health record, clinical informaticists need to understand key workflows, the language to support key tools, and how to manage the health of a patient population through reports. The clinical informaticists make key decisions during the EHR implementation and maintenance process, and they need to understand the implications of those decisions on nurses and patient safety.

Elements of Competence

This CE activity has been designed to change learner competence and focuses on the American Board of Medical Specialities area of systems-based practice, Institute of Medicine areas of patient-centered care, working in interdisciplinary teams, and using information technology, and the Interprofessional and Nursing areas of roles/responsibilities and interprofessional communication.

Statement of Need and Purpose

Clinical informaticists make key decisions during the electronic health record implementation and maintenance process that can affect the safety of nurses and patients. To lead the maintenance of an electronic health record, clinical informaticists need knowledge about key workflows, the language to support key tools, and how to manage the health of a patient population through reports.

 

The purpose of this training is to provide an overview of the integrated clinical health system and key functionality commonly used by clinicians. We will review the process and terminology of building a variety of integrated EpicCare tools, including areas that drive reporting.

Intended Audience

This program is designed to meet the needs of clinicians in the role of informatics who are using EpicCare Ambulatory, EpicCare ED and EpicCare Inpatient in their daily practice.

Learning Objectives

Following this training, learners will be able to:

  • Demonstrate skills to help improve clinical workflows and increase clinician satisfaction
  • Describe strategies to increase effectiveness as a liaison between IT and operations
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 22.75 ANCC Contact Hours
  • 22.75 Iowa Board of Nursing Contact Hours
  • 22.75 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
Registration opens: 
12/29/2017
Course expires: 
07/01/2018
Event starts: 
02/14/2018 - 8:30am CST
Event ends: 
02/16/2018 - 4:30pm CST
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0

Day 1

8:30

Welcome and Introduction

8:45

Walkthrough of Epic’s Resources

9:15

Integrated Patient Workflow

  • Patient using MyChart
  • Ambulatory Office Visit
  • Arrival in the Emergency Department

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Integrated Patient Workflow, Continued

  • Admission to the Inpatient Unit
  • Discharge to Home

5:00

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

Day 2

 

 

 

8:30

Welcome and questions from the previous day

8:45

Epic Data Structures

  • Understanding Chronicles Structure of Data
  • Static Data vs. Dynamic Data
  • Record Viewer

9:30

SmartTool Documentation

  • SmartPhrases
  • SmartLinks
  • SmartLists
  • SmartText
  • SmartForms in Notewriter

11:00

Flowsheets

  • Navigator Flowsheets
  • Flowsheet Activity
  • Build Terminology

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Orders

  • Understanding Order Sets and Smart Sets
  • Order-related ConceptsPreference Lists

2:00

Reports

  • Explore Different Reports
  • Understand What Makes Up a Report
  • Print Group Terminology
  • Print Group Encyclopedia

2:30

Profiles

  • Details within Activities
  • Exploration of Users with Different Profiles
  • Profile Hierarchy

3:45

Epic’s Technical Infrastructure

  • Understand the Different Servers by Name
  • Downtime Strategies
  • Migrating Data from One Server to Another

5:00

 

 

 

Day 3

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

8:30

Welcome and questions from the previous day

8:45

Navigators

  • Overview of Different Navigator Workflows
  • Display of Information using Navigator Configuration

9:30

Workflow Engine Rules

  • Examples of Hyperspace based on Context
  • Understand how to Access the Log View Report
  • Explore a Workflow Engine Rule

10:15

Best Practice Advisories

  • Examples of BPAs in Hyperspace
  • Determining what BPA you are seeing
  • Exploring Criteria and Base Records

12:00

Lunch

1:00

CER Rules

  • Best Practice Advisory
  • Required Documentation
  • Patient Scoring Systems

2:30

Patient Movement

  • Bed Planning
  • Transport Teams
  • Patient Movement Matrix

3:45

Epic Analytics – Presentation

  • Dashboards
  • Slicer Dicer
  • NEAT
  • Reporting Workbench

5:00

 

Day 4

Adjourn

 

 

 

8:30

Welcome and questions from the previous day

8:45

Reporting in Epic

  • Analytical vs. operational reporting review
  • Asking for the right reporting tool
  • Deeper dive into Reporting Workbench

10:00

Project Management

  • Phases of Project Management
  • Clinical Program Case Study

11:30

Evaluations/Surveys

*Available for up to two weeks after class at: https://training.epic.com/Evaluations

12:00

Adjourn/Lunch

 

 

*Days 1-3 will incorporate two 15-minute breaks, in addition to the scheduled lunch hour. Day 4 will incorporate one 15-minute break.

 

Epic Campus - Voyager Hall
1979 Milky Way
Verona, WI 53593
United States

This course will be held in Voyager Hall

Faculty

Kevin Decker – Course Presenter

Sara Stevenson – Trainer, Epic

Mark Henkelmann – Trainer, Epic

Riley Woodward  – Trainer, Epic

Planning Committee

Chelsea Biel, RN – Content Reviewer/Planner 
Mark Henkelmann – Course Director, Presenter
Tracy Mrochek, MPA, RN – Program Coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing
Katie Najduk – Client Events Manager, Epic
Gregg Springan, RN – Content Reviewer/Planner
 

Policy on Disclosure

It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison ICEP that the faculty, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this CE activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests* in order to allow CE staff to identify and resolve any potential conflicts of interest.  Faculty must also disclose any planned discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). For this educational activity all conflicts of interests have been resolved and the following individuals indicated that they do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose: Chelsea Biel, Mark Henkelmann, Tracy Mrochek, Katie Najduk, Gregg Springan, <<Kevin Decker, Sara Stevenson, Riley Woodward>>.

* The ACCME defines a commercial interest as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests.

Accreditation Statement

Jointly Accredited Provider LogoIn support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Designation Statements

American Medical Association (AMA)

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) & Iowa Board of Nursing

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.75 ANCC and Iowa contact hours.  

The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing is Iowa Board of Nursing provider 350. A copy of the evaluation(s) may be sent to the Iowa Board of Nursing, 400 SW 8th St., Suite B, Des Moines, IA 50309.
 

Continuing Education Units

The University of Wisconsin–Madison, as a member of the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), authorizes this program for 2.275 continuing education units (CEUs) or 22.75 hours.
 

POLICY ON FACULTY AND SPONSOR DISCLOSURE

It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, that the faculty, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this CE activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests in order to allow CE staff to identify and resolve any potential conflicts of interest.  Faculty must also disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s).  

Detailed disclosures will be available prior to the start of the activity.

Available Credit

  • 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 22.75 ANCC Contact Hours
  • 22.75 Iowa Board of Nursing Contact Hours
  • 22.75 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours

Cost:
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Required Hardware/software

 

Software Recommendations

All Epic training sessions use a current release of the application. If your organization is using an older version of the software, you will likely encounter some discrepancies between the features and functionality you learn at Epic and what is actually available in your system.