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Epic1 and General Style Guide
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Epic1 Style Guide
Use the bolded word in all communications or presentations when talking about Epic or Epic1 terms.
Academic Sites
 Barnes-Jewish Hospital
 Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
 St. Louis Children’s Hospital
 Washington University School of Medicine
Anesthesia -ordering and clinical documentation system for anesthesia.
 when talking about the application.
ASAP - Emergency Department information system application
 when talking about the application.
At-the-Elbow support
 use At-the-Elbow for first usage
 use ATE for additional usage in same document
Beacon -specialized care and treatment of cancer patients
 when talking about the application.
Bones – Orthopedics information system application
 when talking about the application.
Bridges – toolkit for interfacing Epic applications with external systems
 when talking about the application.
Cadence – Scheduling application
 when talking about the application.
Canto – Mobile technology application
 when talking about the application.
Care Everywhere – Application providing access of patient medical records from other organization
 when talking about the application.
ClinDoc – application used to document patient information to their hospital chart
 when talking about the application

Clarity – report
 when talking about the application.
Cogito
 when talking about the application.
command center
 do not capitalize.
Cupid
 when talking about the application.
E-Learning
 use E-Learning for all uses
Epic
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the Company name.
do not capitalize all letters.

Epic1
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the BJC/WU team working on the Epic project.
Epic1 is all one word.
Formally HIP or Health Information Partners

ED Dashboard
 when talking about the dashboard
ED Navigator
 when talking about the navigator
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
 spell out first time on each page
 use EHR in additional mentions on page
 do not use EMR
Epic UserWeb
 when talking about the application.
EpicCare Ambulatory
 when talking about the application.
EpicCare Home Health
 when talking about the application.
EpicCare Inpatient
 when talking about the application.

EpicCare Link
 when talking about the application.
Front Desk
 when talking about the application.
FOD


Forms On Demand

Go-Live
 use Go-Live when used in a title
 use go-live (lower case) when used in document text
Go-Live Readiness Assessment (GLRA)
 when talking about the process
Haiku
 when talking about the application.
HIM


when talking about the application.

Healthy Planet
 when talking about the application.
Hyperspace (DESKTOP)
 when talking about the application.
In Basket
 electronic messaging system used within Epic applications.
 when talking about the application.
 write as two separate words.
Kaleidoscope
 when talking about the application.
M*Modal
 when talking about the application
MyChart
 when talking about the application.
 written as one word
 capitalize M and C.
MyDining
 Dining service app

Obix
OpTime
 when talking about the application.
 written as one word
 capitalize O and T
Phoenix
 when talking about the application.
Pod 1 Sites
 Alton Memorial Hospital
 Christian Hospital
 Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
 Progress West Hospital
Pod 2 Sites
 Missouri Baptist Medical Center
 Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
 Parkland Health Center
 BJC Home Care Services
Prelude
 when talking about the application.
Radiant
 when talking about the application.
Reporting Workbench
 when talking about the application.
Resolute Hospital Billing
 when talking about the application.
Resolute Professional Billing
 when talking about the application.
Rover
 when talking about the application.
SmartPhrases
 When talking about the application
Specialists Training Specialists (STS)
 spell out fully the first time on each page
 subsequent references: STS

Stork


when talking about the application.

super user(s)
 only capitalize in a title i.e. PowerPoint presentation slide, tip sheet, article, etc.




if used as a noun it should be end user. Ex. The system is designed for end users
if used as an adjective it should be end-user. Ex. This is an end-user based platform

Tapestry
 when talking about the application.
Willow Ambulatory
 when talking about the application.
 used to identify the Epic application for outpatient pharmacy settings.
Willow Inpatient
 when talking about the application.
 used to identify the Epic application for inpatient pharmacy settings.

General Style Guide
abbreviations and acronyms: use full name on first reference; on subsequent references, use
noted abbreviation or acronym (for internal audiences only). See alpha order entries for
preferences.
example: first reference, Missouri Baptist Medical Center; subsequent references, MBMC (for
internal audiences only)
Alton Memorial Hospital (AMH)


subsequent references: full name or BJSPH

Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH):
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do not use B-J
do not use Barnes-Jewish, except as part of proper names (Barnes-Jewish Cornerstones)
do not break Barnes-Jewish Hospital at hyphen at the end of a line
website: www.barnesjewish.org (do not use www. when used with
WUPhysicians.wustl.edu)
refer to physicians as Washington University physicians at Barnes-Jewish Hospital; or for
a specific specialty, Washington University (specialty) specialist at Barnes-Jewish
Hospital

Barnes-Jewish Hospital north campus: use only when needed to refer to a specific location at
the former Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish Hospital south campus: use only when needed to refer to a specific location at
the former Barnes Hospital



subsequent references: full name or BJH north, BJH south
do not hyphenate before direction (BJH-south, Barnes-Jewish Hospital-north)
example: “Barnes-Jewish Hospital north cafeteria; Barnes-Jewish Hospital south
cafeteria.” If both north and south locations are referenced, use “Barnes-Jewish Hospital
cafeterias,” not “Barnes-Jewish Hospital north and south cafeterias.”

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital (BJSPH):


subsequent references: full name or BJSPH

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital (BJWCH):


subsequent references: full name or BJWCH

BJC Behavioral Health:
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BJC Behavioral Health-Central
BJC Behavioral Health-North
BJC Behavioral Health-South
BJC Behavioral Health-Southeast
BJC EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
Behavioral Health Partners (serves BJC employees and their dependents who are
covered by BJC-sponsored health benefits)

BJC Corporate Health Services: comprises BarnesCare facilities


subsequent references: full name or CHS

BJC HealthCare:




subsequent references: full name or BJC
see Graphic Standards Manual for usage details
do not use “Enterprise” when referring to all of BJC

BJC Home Care Services: consolidated management of listed home-care and hospice
agencies/programs


all references: full name

BJC Learning Institute – BLI
 located at Highway 64 and Hanley Road in Brentwood
BLI Annex
 location for Epic program training
Boone Hospital Center (BHC):



subsequent references: BHC
avoid using BHC if confusing with BJC in text

capitalization:


departments/divisions: lowercase
 whenever possible, refer to medical departments and divisions without “department
of” or “division of”
 except use emergency department
examples: She went to anesthesiology; not she went to the department of
anesthesiology. He went to human resources; not he went to the human resources
department.

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groups/councils/committees: lowercase
examples: ethics committee, management council, child-care task force, bone-health
program

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locations: lowercase, except as part of proper name
examples: atrium, cafeteria, child-care center, operating room, cashier’s window,
subsurface garage, Steinberg amphitheater, Detrick building, West pavilion, Brown room

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surgical procedures, operations: lowercase, except as part of proper name
examples: lung volume reduction surgery; Batista procedure

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titles: precede by appropriate entity designation and lowercase title in text except
uppercase in signature lines and To:/From: sections on memos
examples:



 John Doe, BJC president and CEO
 To: John Doe, BJC President and CEO
 Jane Smith, BJC executive vice president of operations
 Mary Brown, MD, (hospital name) chief of medicine
 Jim Jones, RN, (hospital name) director of patient services
use of “SEO” and “president”: (see also SEO)
 SEO: an individual with BJC HealthCare responsibilities
example: John Doe, BJC SEO


president: an individual with responsibility for a single hospital
example: John Doe, CH president



depending on context, an individual with both BJC and regional oversight could be
cited as SEO and president
example: Jane Doe, BJC SEO and CH president

Center for Advanced Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School
of Medicine


never use CAM acronym

Center for Clinical Excellence, BJC: formerly BJC Center for Healthcare Quality and Effectiveness
Christian Health Services (CHS): use only in historical reference to entity that existed before
1993 merger


all references: full name

Christian Hospital (CH): not Christian Hospital Northeast


subsequent references: full name or CH

Dr.: use on second and subsequent references with last name for MDs and DOs, as well as
PhDs whose primary duties are clinical or oriented toward biomedical research; see also titles;
always spell out when not used as title


example: Dr. Brown was quoted in the article; doctor surveys indicate a high degree
of satisfaction with the new program

EPNEC: Eric P. Newman Education Center, 320 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110
headlines (BJC TODAY uses downstyle heds):
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capitalize all words in headlines except:
 articles: the, a, an
 conjunctions: and, but, for, nor, or, yet
 prepositions of fewer than four letters
 except when one of the above is the first word of a line
example: Mad Dog Bites Owner and Neighbor; A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

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hyphenated words: cap both words
example: Pre-Existing Condition

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no hyphenation within except when hyphen is part of name
example: Barnes-Jewish Hospital Named Among Nation’s Top Hospitals

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use active verbs
split lines at phrase breaks

health care: always two words (no hyphen) — even when used as a modifier
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example: health care services

health care systems (local, regional):
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SSM Health Care
Tenet HealthSystem
Mercy
University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics

hospital: always lowercase when used generically or when referring to more than one hospital
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example: Alton Memorial and Christian hospitals

hospitalwide: lowercase, one word

HSO: Hospital/Service Organization
initials, middle:


in general, do not use middle initials in internal publications (except in signatures
and memos)
when choice is made to use middle initials, use for all persons listed or mentioned
Jr./II/III: do not separate last name and Jr./II/III with comma
example: John Jones Jr., not John Jones, Jr.
Memorial Hospital Belleville (MHB)


subsequent references: full name or MHB

Memorial Hospital East (MHE)
 located in Shiloh, IL
 subsequent references: full name or MHE
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital (MBSH):


subsequent references: full name or MBSH

Missouri Baptist Medical Center (MBMC):
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subsequent references: full name or MBMC

Northwest HealthCare (NWHC):
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subsequent references: full name or NWHC, not Christian Hospital Northwest

Parkland Health Center (PHC):
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subsequent references: full name or PHC
Parkland Health Center-Bonne Terre or Parkland Health Center-Farmington

St. Louis Children’s Hospital:
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subsequent references: full name or SLCH
do not use Children’s or Children’s Hospital
 exception: Children’s acceptable when part of a proper name (Children’s
magazine/donor publication)

Washington University Medical Center



subsequent references: WUMC
do not use Medical Center in systemwide publications because MBMC also is a medical
center (except: Medical Center (note capitalization) appropriate for in-house use at BJH
and SLCH)

Washington University School of Medicine:
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subsequent references: WUSM (preferred) or medical school
do not use WUMS or Washington University Medical School



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