Learn Epic Health Shortcuts for Windows
Most used Epic Shortcuts
Action |
Epic Health Shortcut keys |
Send an open window to the back |
Alt + Esc |
Cut |
Ctrl + X |
Copy |
Ctrl + C |
Paste |
Ctrl + V |
Find |
Ctrl + F |
Replace |
Ctrl + H |
Select all |
Ctrl + A |
Print |
Ctrl + P |
Undo |
Ctrl + Z |
Select text |
Shift + Arrow keys |
Move across words in the text |
Ctrl + Arrow keys |
Select text by a word at a time instead of each letter |
Ctrl + Shift + Arrow keys |
Delete previous word/character block |
Ctrl + Backspace |
Delete the next word/character block |
Ctrl + Delete |
Open Windows Task Manager |
Ctrl + Shift + Esc |
Lock windows if you are logged in to a shared workstation |
Win + L |
Minimize all windows |
Win + M |
Undo minimize all windows |
Win + Shift + M |
Toggle bold formatting |
Ctrl + B |
Toggle italic formatting |
Ctrl + I |
Toggle underline |
Ctrl + U |
Move the window to fill half of the screen |
Win + Right & Left Arrow key |
Maximize window |
Win + Up Arrow key |
Decrease the size of the window |
Win + Down Arrow key |
When using bullet points, move to the next bullet |
Tab |
Return bullet point to the left |
Shift + Tab |
Move the cursor to the location / URL bar |
Alt + D |
Close the tab or browser window |
Ctrl + W |
When Explorer is already up, open a new tab |
Ctrl + T |
Delete a file, bypassing the Recycle Bin |
Shift + Delete |
Create a new folder |
Ctrl + Shift + N |
Rename a file |
F2 |
Main Workspace Shortcuts
Action |
Epic Shortcuts |
Open the Epic Button menu |
Alt |
Jump to the Epic search function |
Ctrl + Spacebar |
Open Paging System |
Ctrl + 1 |
Go to Patient Lists workspace |
Ctrl + 2 |
Open Patient Station |
Ctrl + 3 |
Secure your Epic workstation |
Ctrl + Alt + S |
Logout of Epic |
Ctrl + Alt + L |
Patients Chart Shortcuts
Action |
Epic Shortcut keys |
Close the Workspace (chart) |
Ctrl + W |
Open the menu for More activities |
Ctrl + D |
Move to the next row |
Tab |
Move to the previous row |
Shift + Tab |
Quickly select choices in the drop-down menu |
A – Z |
Move the cursor to the next choice in the list |
UP & Down Arrow key |
Save the selection and move to the next row |
Enter |
Remain in the row but choose more than one item |
; |
Add comments to rows |
F6 |
Navigate to the previous section |
F7 |
Navigate to the next section |
F8 |
Close section or note |
F9 |
Open Manage Orders Activity |
Ctrl + O |
Open the sidebar of Manage Orders Activity |
Alt + M |
Open Order Sets |
Alt + D |
Place the cursor in the New Order field in Sidebar |
Alt + W |
Open the window to Sign orders |
Alt + S |
Open the comment box in the Order Composer window |
F6 |
Today (current date or relative date) |
T |
Week (relative date) |
W |
Month (relative date) |
M |
Year (relative date) |
Y |
Now |
N |
Hour |
H |
Note Writing Shortcuts
Action |
Epic Shortcut keys |
Move the cursor to the next line of text |
Down Arrow key |
Move the cursor to the previous line of text |
Up Arrow key |
Move the cursor to the end of the current line of text |
End |
Move the cursor to beginning of the current line of text |
Home |
Move the cursor to the end of the text |
Ctrl + End |
Moves cursor to beginning of the text |
Ctrl + Home |
Moves cursor to next word |
Ctrl + Right Arrow key |
Moves cursor to the previous word |
Ctrl + Left Arrow key |
Highlight from the cursor position to the end of the line of text |
Shift + End |
Highlight from the cursor position to beginning of the line of text |
Shift + Home |
Highlight the line below the current one |
Shift + Down Arrow key |
Highlight the line above the current one |
Shift + Up Arrow key |
Highlight one character to the right of the cursor |
Shift + Right Arrow key |
Highlight one character to the left of the cursor |
Shift + Left Arrow key |
Highlight from the cursor position to the end of the word |
Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow key |
Highlight from the cursor position to beginning of the word |
Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow key |
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