Does Epic maintain an audit trail for edited or deleted values in Flowsheets?

• A. False
• B. True
• C. Only for critical values
• D. Not applicable

Answer: (A)

When thinking about audit trails, the focus is on traceability of changes and who made them. In Epic, flowsheets are designed for quick data capture and trend viewing, but they do not automatically keep a detailed history of every edit or deletion to a flowsheet value in standard configurations. If a value is changed, the previous value isn’t stored as a separate, accessible edit history within the flowsheet by default; the current value is updated. That means there isn’t a built-in, per-edit audit trail for flowsheet edits or deletions.

If you need traceability, you’d typically rely on other auditing features in Epic (like chart-level audit logs or broader data-access auditing) or on institution-specific configurations, rather than flowsheets’ own edit history. So, the statement is not true in most setups, making the option asserting no audit trail the best fit.