What is the term used by Epic for moving master patient dates into the future?

• A. Time shifting
• B. Date sliding
• C. Date offset
• D. Temporal advancement

Answer: (B)

Date sliding is the process Epic uses to move master patient dates into the future while preserving the relationships between events. By applying a consistent forward offset to all dates, the actual calendar dates are hidden, but the order and the intervals between events remain intact. This preserves realism for training or testing data without exposing real patient information. It’s the exact terminology Epic uses for this operation, which is why it’s the best fit. Other terms describe similar ideas in a general sense, but they aren’t the specific Epic label for shifting dates forward across a dataset.