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Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Electronic Health Records Workshop Summary (2013) / Chapter Skim
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6 Closing Remarks
Pages 51-52

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... He noted that people did not have to choose between preparing patients to disclose their sexual orientation and gender identity and training providers and health staff to elicit this information, but could do both. He encouraged workshop participants to stay focused on both the training component and the data collection component, so that "we arrive at a place where providers know that they should ask and patients feel like they can tell." Finally, Kathryn Wetherby from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
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... 2. To address health care disparities in the LGBT population, it is important to identify and understand the barriers that these Ameri cans face and to determine if nondiscrimination policies meant to eliminate those barriers are truly protecting LGBT individuals when they seek health care in real-world settings.
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