True/False: You should not manually edit the patient sex or age of a master patient teleported in from Epic.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not specified
• D. Only with supervisor approval

Answer: (A)

Preserving authoritative demographics across systems. When a master patient record is teleported from Epic, the demographic fields like sex and age should come from the source and be treated as the canonical values. Manually editing these attributes in the receiving system breaks the linkage to the source, undermines audit trails, and risks mismatches that can affect clinical decisions, aging calculations, billing, and reporting. If you notice an error, do not change sex or age directly. Instead, follow the organization’s data governance process: report the discrepancy to the data steward or supervisor and initiate the correction through the approved workflow to update the source record or use sanctioned reconciliation interfaces. This is why the statement is true.