Epic keyboard shortcuts

Epic  

Zeynel -
4 years ago
- Shortcuts
-2
Alt

Open Epic Button menu

0
Ctrl + Space

Jump to Epic search function

1
Ctrl + 1

Open Paging System

1
Ctrl + 2

Go to Patient Lists workspace

1
Ctrl + 3

Open Patient Station

1
Ctrl + Alt + S

Secure your Epic workstation

-1
Ctrl + Alt + L

Logout of Epic

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0
Ctrl + W

Close the Workspace (chart)

0
Ctrl + D

Open the menu for More activities

From Flowsheets Activity
-2
Tab

Move to next row

-1
or
2
↑  Shift + Tab

Move to previous row

0
A - Z

(type first letter of choices) Quickly select choices in drop down menu

0
  

Move cursor to next choice in list

0
⤶ Enter

Save selection and move to next row

-1
;

(use on a multi-select list) Remain in the row but choose more than one item

-2
F6

Add comments to rows

From Navigators Activity
2
F7

Navigate to previous section

0
F8

Navigate to next section

0
F9

Close section or note

0
⤶ Enter

When a button is highlighted, pressing Enter or Space will save your selection

0
or Space
0
Tab

Advance through fields in open sections of navigators

0
or
From Manage Orders Activity
0
Ctrl + O

Open Manage Orders Activity

-2
Alt + M

Open sidebar of Manage Orders Activity

0
Alt + D

Open Order Sets

0
Alt + W

Place the cursor in the New Order field in Sidebar

0
Alt + S

Open window to Sign orders

0
F6

Open comment box in Order Composer window or jump to Facility List tab

Dating conventions when icons are present
These hotkeys are used to pull current dates or relative dates. For example, for two weeks ago, type "w-2"
-3
T

Today (current date or relative date)

1
W

Week (relative date)

2
M

Month (relative date)

-1
Y

Year (relative date)

1
N

Now (current date, can also be used for relative dates)

-2
H

Hour (relative time)

0
Tab

Move to next row

0
or
0
↑  Shift + Tab

Move to previous row

0
A - Z

(type first letter of choices) Quickly select choices in drop down menu

0
  

Move cursor to next choice in list

0
⤶ Enter

Save selection and move to next row

0
;

(use on a multi-select list) Remain in the row but choose more than one item

0
F6

Add comments to rows

From Navigators Activity
0
F7

Navigate to previous section

0
F8

Navigate to next section

0
F9

Close section or note

0
⤶ Enter

When a button is highlighted, pressing Enter or Space will save your selection

0
or Space
0
Tab

Advance through fields in open sections of navigators

0
or

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From Manage Orders Activity
0
Ctrl + O

Open Manage Orders Activity

-1
Alt + M

Open sidebar of Manage Orders Activity

1
Alt + D

Open Order Sets

0
Alt + W

Place the cursor in the New Order field in Sidebar

0
Alt + S

Open window to Sign orders

1
F6

Open comment box in Order Composer window or jump to Facility List tab

Dating conventions when icons are present
These hotkeys are used to pull current dates or relative dates. For example, for two weeks ago, type "w-2"
1
T

Today (current date or relative date)

0
W

Week (relative date)

0
M

Month (relative date)

-1
Y

Year (relative date)

-1
N

Now (current date, can also be used for relative dates)

0
H

Hour (relative time)

0
F7

Navigate to previous section

0
F8

Navigate to next section

0
F9

Close section or note

0
⤶ Enter

When a button is highlighted, pressing Enter or Space will save your selection

0
or Space
0
Tab

Advance through fields in open sections of navigators

1
or
From Manage Orders Activity
0
Ctrl + O

Open Manage Orders Activity

-1
Alt + M

Open sidebar of Manage Orders Activity

1
Alt + D

Open Order Sets

0
Alt + W

Place the cursor in the New Order field in Sidebar

0
Alt + S

Open window to Sign orders

0
F6

Open comment box in Order Composer window or jump to Facility List tab

Dating conventions when icons are present
These hotkeys are used to pull current dates or relative dates. For example, for two weeks ago, type "w-2"
0
T

Today (current date or relative date)

-1
W

Week (relative date)

0
M

Month (relative date)

-1
Y

Year (relative date)

-1
N

Now (current date, can also be used for relative dates)

0
H

Hour (relative time)

0
Ctrl + O

Open Manage Orders Activity

-1
Alt + M

Open sidebar of Manage Orders Activity

1
Alt + D

Open Order Sets

0
Alt + W

Place the cursor in the New Order field in Sidebar

0
Alt + S

Open window to Sign orders

0
F6

Open comment box in Order Composer window or jump to Facility List tab

Dating conventions when icons are present
These hotkeys are used to pull current dates or relative dates. For example, for two weeks ago, type "w-2"
0
T

Today (current date or relative date)

0
W

Week (relative date)

0
M

Month (relative date)

-1
Y

Year (relative date)

-1
N

Now (current date, can also be used for relative dates)

0
H

Hour (relative time)

These hotkeys are used to pull current dates or relative dates. For example, for two weeks ago, type "w-2"
2
T

Today (current date or relative date)

-1
W

Week (relative date)

0
M

Month (relative date)

-1
Y

Year (relative date)

-1
N

Now (current date, can also be used for relative dates)

1
H

Hour (relative time)

0

Move cursor to next line of text

0

Move cursor to previous line of text

0
End

Move cursor to end of current line of text

0
Home

Move cursor to beginning of current line of text

2
Ctrl + End

Move cursor to end of text

0
Ctrl + Home

Moves cursor to beginning of text

1
Ctrl +

Moves cursor to next word

0
Ctrl +

Moves cursor to previous word

2
↑  Shift + End

Highlight from cursor position to end of line of text

0
↑  Shift + Home

Highlight from cursor position to beginning of line of text

0
↑  Shift +

Highlight line below current one

0
↑  Shift +

Highlight line above current one

0
↑  Shift +

Highlight one character to right of cursor

0
↑  Shift +

Highlight one character to left of cursor

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Highlight from cursor position to end of word

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Highlight from cursor position to beginning of word

0
Alt + Esc

Send open window to the back

1
Ctrl + X

Cut

0
Ctrl + C

Copy

-1
Ctrl + V

Paste

0
Ctrl + F

Find

0
Ctrl + H

Replace

0
Ctrl + A

Select all

0
Ctrl + P

Print

0
Ctrl + Z

Undo

0
↑  Shift +

Select text

0
Ctrl +

Move across words in text

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Select text by a word at a time instead of each letter

0
Ctrl + Backspace

Delete previous word/character block

0
Ctrl + Del

Delete next word/character block

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Esc

Open Windows Task Manager

0
Win + L

Lock windows if you are logged in to a shared workstation

0
Win + M

Minimize all windows

0
or Win + D
0
Win + ↑  Shift + M

Undo minimize all windows

0
Ctrl + B

Toggle bold formatting

0
Ctrl + I

Toggle italic formatting

0
Ctrl + U

Toggle underline

0
Win +   

Move window to fill half of the screen

0
Win +

Maximize window

0
Win +

Decrease size of window

1
Tab

When using bullet points, move to the next bullet

1
↑  Shift + Tab

Return bullet point to the left

0
Alt + D

Move cursor to the location / URL bar

0
Ctrl + W

Close tab or browser window

0
Ctrl + T

When Explorer is already up, open a new tab

0
↑  Shift + Del

Delete a file, bypassing the Recycle Bin

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + N

Create a new folder

1
F2

Rename a file. Use Tab to continue down the row with renaming


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Program information

Program name: Epic Epic (Productivity)

Epic is a cloud-based patient and healthcare management software used in hospitals. In addition to web-based application, Epic also has native apps for iOS and Android.

Web page: epic.com

Last update: 7/28/2021 9:57 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 85%

More information >>

Updated: Updated program information. (2 updates.) 4/27/2020 8:43:14 PM New program added.
7/28/2021 11:57:30 PM Updated program information.

Shortcut count: 149

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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? Windyw2020 OP says : 3 years ago 10/20/2021 8:48 AM
Epic user at childrens hospital ca. I’m new at processing & transcribing output refs in epic