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An Action Plan to Modernize Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation Information Practices in Canadian Electronic Health Record Systems

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
8 December 2021

Abstract

This brief report contains a summary version of the proposed action plan to modernize gender, sex, and sexual orientation (GSSO) information practices in Canadian electronic health record (EHR) systems. The plan was co-created by a research team with guidance from the Infoway Sex and Gender Working Group, organizations and communities involved with sexual and gender minorities (SGM), and those with lived and living experiences as SGM. The plan describes seven high level actions needed to improve the principles, approaches, policies, and processes of defining, collecting, organizing, sharing, and using GSSO information in EHRs.

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Ce rapport sommaire contient un résumé du plan d’action proposé pour moderniser les pratiques de traitement des informations sur le genre, le sexe et l’orientation sexuelle (GSOS) dans les systèmes de dossiers médicaux électroniques (DME) canadiens. Le plan a été élaboré par une équipe de recherche, en collaboration avec le Groupe de travail sur le sexe et le genre d’Inforoute, des organismes et des communautés intervenant auprès des minorités sexuelles et de genre (MSG) et des personnes ayant vécu ou vivant une expérience de MSG. Le plan décrit sept mesures de haut niveau nécessaires pour améliorer les principes, les approches, les politiques et les processus de définition, de collecte, d’organisation, de partage et d’utilisation des informations sur le GSOS contenues dans les DME.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 40Number 3November 2021
Pages: 73 - 76

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Version of record online: 8 December 2021

Key Words

  1. sex and gender
  2. sexual orientation
  3. information practices
  4. electronic health records

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  1. sexe et genre
  2. orientation sexuelle
  3. pratiques de traitement des informations
  4. dossiers médicaux électroniques

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Francis Lau [email protected]
University of Victoria

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