======================= Epic keyboard shortcuts ======================= First published at 4/27/2020 on https://defkey.com/epic-health-shortcuts 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. Epic has 149 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Main workspace -------------- Alt Open Epic Button menu Ctrl + Space Jump to Epic search function Ctrl + 1 Open Paging System Ctrl + 2 Go to Patient Lists workspace Ctrl + 3 Open Patient Station Ctrl + Alt + S Secure your Epic workstation Ctrl + Alt + L Logout of Epic Patient's chart --------------- Ctrl + W Close the Workspace (chart) Ctrl + D Open the menu for More activities From Flowsheets Activity Tab Move to next row Down arrow Move to next row Shift + Tab Move to previous row [A - Z] (type first letter of choices) Quickly select choices in drop down menu Up arrow / Down arrow Move cursor to next choice in list Enter Save selection and move to next row ; (use on a multi-select list) Remain in the row but choose more than one item F6 Add comments to rows From Navigators Activity F7 Navigate to previous section F8 Navigate to next section F9 Close section or note Enter When a button is highlighted, pressing Enter or Space will save your selection Space When a button is highlighted, pressing Enter or Space will save your selection Tab Advance through fields in open sections of navigators Arrow keys Advance through fields in open sections of navigators From Manage Orders Activity Ctrl + O Open Manage Orders Activity Alt + M Open sidebar of Manage Orders Activity Alt + D Open Order Sets Alt + W Place the cursor in the New Order field in Sidebar Alt + S Open window to Sign orders 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" T Today (current date or relative date) W Week (relative date) M Month (relative date) Y Year (relative date) N Now (current date, can also be used for relative dates) H Hour (relative time) From Flowsheets Activity ------------------------ Tab Move to next row Down arrow Move to next row Shift + Tab Move to previous row [A - Z] (type first letter of choices) Quickly select choices in drop down menu Up arrow / Down arrow Move cursor to next choice in list Enter Save selection and move to next row ; (use on a multi-select list) Remain in the row but choose more than one item F6 Add comments to rows From Navigators Activity F7 Navigate to previous section F8 Navigate to next section F9 Close section or note Enter When a button is highlighted, pressing Enter or Space will save your selection Space When a button is highlighted, pressing Enter or Space will save your selection Tab Advance through fields in open sections of navigators Arrow keys Advance through fields in open sections of navigators From Manage Orders Activity Ctrl + O Open Manage Orders Activity Alt + M Open sidebar of Manage Orders Activity Alt + D Open Order Sets Alt + W Place the cursor in the New Order field in Sidebar Alt + S Open window to Sign orders 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" T Today (current date or relative date) W Week (relative date) M Month (relative date) Y Year (relative date) N Now (current date, can also be used for relative dates) H Hour (relative time) From Navigators Activity ------------------------ F7 Navigate to previous section F8 Navigate to next section F9 Close section or note Enter When a button is highlighted, pressing Enter or Space will save your selection Space When a button is highlighted, pressing Enter or Space will save your selection Tab Advance through fields in open sections of navigators Arrow keys Advance through fields in open sections of navigators From Manage Orders Activity Ctrl + O Open Manage Orders Activity Alt + M Open sidebar of Manage Orders Activity Alt + D Open Order Sets Alt + W Place the cursor in the New Order field in Sidebar Alt + S Open window to Sign orders 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" T Today (current date or relative date) W Week (relative date) M Month (relative date) Y Year (relative date) N Now (current date, can also be used for relative dates) H Hour (relative time) From Manage Orders Activity --------------------------- Ctrl + O Open Manage Orders Activity Alt + M Open sidebar of Manage Orders Activity Alt + D Open Order Sets Alt + W Place the cursor in the New Order field in Sidebar Alt + S Open window to Sign orders 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" T Today (current date or relative date) W Week (relative date) M Month (relative date) Y Year (relative date) N Now (current date, can also be used for relative dates) H Hour (relative time) 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" T Today (current date or relative date) W Week (relative date) M Month (relative date) Y Year (relative date) N Now (current date, can also be used for relative dates) H Hour (relative time) Navigating within text: Note writing ------------------------------------ Down arrow Move cursor to next line of text Up arrow Move cursor to previous line of text End Move cursor to end of current line of text Home Move cursor to beginning of current line of text Ctrl + End Move cursor to end of text Ctrl + Home Moves cursor to beginning of text Ctrl + Right arrow Moves cursor to next word Ctrl + Left arrow Moves cursor to previous word Shift + End Highlight from cursor position to end of line of text Shift + Home Highlight from cursor position to beginning of line of text Shift + Down arrow Highlight line below current one Shift + Up arrow Highlight line above current one Shift + Right arrow Highlight one character to right of cursor Shift + Left arrow Highlight one character to left of cursor Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow Highlight from cursor position to end of word Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow Highlight from cursor position to beginning of word General ------- Alt + Esc Send open window to the back Ctrl + X Cut Ctrl + C Copy Ctrl + V Paste Ctrl + F Find Ctrl + H Replace Ctrl + A Select all Ctrl + P Print Ctrl + Z Undo Shift + Arrow keys Select text Ctrl + Arrow keys Move across words in text Ctrl + Shift + Arrow keys Select text by a word at a time instead of each letter Ctrl + Backspace Delete previous word/character block Ctrl + Del Delete next word/character block Ctrl + Shift + Esc Open Windows Task Manager Win + L Lock windows if you are logged in to a shared workstation Win + M Minimize all windows Win + D Minimize all windows Win + Shift + M Undo minimize all windows Ctrl + B Toggle bold formatting Ctrl + I Toggle italic formatting Ctrl + U Toggle underline Win + Left arrow / Right arrow Move window to fill half of the screen Win + Up arrow Maximize window Win + Down arrow Decrease size of window Tab When using bullet points, move to the next bullet Shift + Tab Return bullet point to the left Alt + D Move cursor to the location / URL bar Ctrl + W Close tab or browser window Ctrl + T When Explorer is already up, open a new tab Shift + Del Delete a file, bypassing the Recycle Bin Ctrl + Shift + N Create a new folder F2 Rename a file. Use Tab to continue down the row with renaming Source: virginia.edu (PDF) Last modified on (UTC): Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Defkey © All rights reserved.