Question

rule basics

#14 you are creating a rule that checks if the employment status field is blank. how should you write the criterion?

select one of the following (1 pt)
a. patient.employment status strcontains \blank\
b. patient.employment status <>
c. patient.employment status =
d. patient.employment status <> full time

Explanation:

Identify the target criterion and operator

The goal is to check if the employment status field is blank. In Epic's rule editor, checking if a field is blank (null or empty) is represented by using the equals operator = with no value specified on the right-hand side.

Evaluate the given options

• Option A uses StrContains "BLANK", which checks for the literal string "BLANK".
• Option B uses <>, which means "not equal to" (checking if the field is NOT blank).
• Option C uses =, which means "equal to" (checking if the field IS blank when followed by nothing).
• Option D checks if the status is not equal to "Full Time".

Answer:

• A. Patient.Employment Status StrContains "BLANK"
• B. Patient.Employment Status &lt;&gt;
• C. Patient.Employment Status = (Correct answer)
• D. Patient.Employment Status &lt;&gt; Full Time