Advocates want national standards for LGBTQ identities in medical records
Correcting health-care providers who typically assume he’s heterosexual gets tiringfor Jeremy Long, who wants his queer identity to be acknowledged and counted in electronic health records.
Long, who came out at age 15, said LGBTQ patients should be askedappropriate questionsinstead of sometimes facing judgment and feeling unsafe when they access care. Michael Kwag, the centre’s executive director, said that information is either misrepresented or not properly collected in Canada’s health-care system but including it would make it easier to plan for services theLGBTQcommunity needs.
The research centre’s report says medical records that properly recognize LGBTQ identities will improve access to appropriate care and lead to better health outcomes. Theresearch centre’s report recommends Health Canada work with provinces and territories to encourage adoption of evolving terminology to include LGBTQ identities in health records.
Lau, who co-chaired the group until recently, said inclusion of various sexual identities would be a significant step toward modernizing Canada’s medical records systems.
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