Sexual orientation and gender identity data collection in clinical settings and in electronic health records: A key to ending LGBT health disparities

LGBT Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-41

  Cahill, Sean ^a,b   Makadon, Harvey ^a,c  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical settings; data collection; disparities; electronic health record; meaningful use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969195035     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2013.0001     Document Type: Article

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