The following key terms are used in conjunction with the Epic driver:
Contact - point and time version of the EMP record
Data Courier - Data courier logs contain the ID of records that are created or modified and are used to trigger the target system to retrieve the respective updates from another Epic environment
EMR – Electronic Medical Records
EMP Record – User Login Record in the Epic system
External ID - Value of a user name external to the Epic system
HIPAA - Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
IDM - Identity Manager
Item – Attribute of an EMP record
Linked (Linkable) Template – Grouping of items to be applied to EMP record (often security related)
PII – Personally Identifiable Information
PHI – Personal Healthcare Information
SER - Schedulable Epic Resource