Epic Bridges 101 Exam Questions and 2026/2027

Epic Bridges 101 Exam Questions and
Answers 2026
2 Does every HL7 message have to be encoded with the characters ^~\& ? -
CORRECT ANSWER-No, the encoding characters can be any printable character.
2 Imagine that your message begins with MSH ^~\& . How would you encode the string
"The
result is positive & has a value of 2.7 x 10^3."? - CORRECT ANSWER-The result is
positive \T\ has a value of 2.7 x 10\S\3.
2 Why is the NTE segment special? - CORRECT ANSWER-Context; its meaning
depends on the segment it follows.
2 What is the difference between an empty field and the delete character "" ? -
CORRECT ANSWER-An empty field is ignored by the interface, whereas the delete
character will delete information from the
database, assuming the field in question supports the delete character.
2 Aside from HL7 Version 2, name two other standards supported in Bridges? -
CORRECT ANSWER-X12, FHIR, NCPDP, DICOM, and Direct.
2 Perform basic parsing of an HL7 message, such as identifying the contents of a
specific field
or component - CORRECT ANSWER-Make sure you can perform this task.
2 Escape the contents of a field that contains an encoding character by replacing it with
the
appropriate escape sequence - CORRECT ANSWER-Make sure you can perform this
task.
2 The difference between a null field and the delete character - CORRECT ANSWERNull is ignored while delete will remove if allowed
2 The context of an NTE segment - CORRECT ANSWER-Varies based on segment
2 Which characters may be used as encoding characters - CORRECT ANSWER-Any
printable character
2 The importance of MSH-11 and MSH-12 - CORRECT ANSWER-Epic will reject
message if invalid