Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Electronic Health Records: Workshop Summary

Citation
Institute of Medicine, Board on the Health of Select Populations, Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Electronic Health Records: Workshop Summary (Joe Alper, Monica N. Feit & Jon Q. Sanders, Rapporteurs 2013) (full-text).

Overview
This report reviews the statement of task set to the committee which required them to collect sexual orientation and gender identity data in electronic health records. This report summarizes the invited presentations and facilitated discussions about current practices around sexual orientation and gender identity data collection, the challenges in collecting these data, and ways in which these challenges can be overcome.