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The study group recommendations are presented in Box 4-1. EXISTING DATA COLLECTION PRACTICES 31 BOX 4-1 Recommendations from Kaiser’s Study Group for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions The Kaiser study group recommended the collection of self-identified data at the Patient level, and recorded in Kaiser’s EHR system: 1. Sexual Orientation • How do you identify yourself sexually? 2. Gender Identity • What gender (sex) do you consider yourself? • What gender was recorded on your original birth certificate?
Asking about current gender identity first honors the patient’s gender expression by allowing the patient to self-identify in their current gender identity. It may be necessary to ask additional questions to specify current anatomy, but that can be done through drop-down menus or through provider questions. Regarding implementation, the first step is to update the health care system’s data collection forms and databases to include the two-question system. The CDC, Keatley noted, implemented the two-question system DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING QUESTIONS 41 in 2011 in its adult HIV case report form and its Enhanced HIV/AIDS Reporting System.
This effort started with an extensive consensusbuilding process that involved Vanderbilt leadership, its patient and fam- EXISTING DATA COLLECTION PRACTICES 35 ily council, a growing list of clinical departments, and its cultural and linguistic council. This process resulted in four recommendations that Ehrenfeld said are worth adopting at all medical centers: 1. Patients should have the opportunity to self-identify their sexual orientation and gender identity. 2. Patients should have the opportunity to define their relationship status.