Introducing sexual orientation and gender identity into the electronic health record: One academic health center's experience

Academic Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 154-160

  Callahan, Edward J ^a   Sitkin, Nicole ^b   Ton, Hendry ^a   Eidson Ton, W Suzanne ^a   Weckstein, Julie ^c   Latimore, Darin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEXUALITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84922329184     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000467     Document Type: Review

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