title: Electronic medical records and the transgender patient: recommendations from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health EMR Working Group.
abstract: Transgender patients have particular needs with respect to demographic information and health records; specifically, transgender patients may have a chosen name and gender identity that differs from their current legally designated name and sex. Additionally, sex-specific health information, for example, a man with a cervix or a woman with a prostate, requires special attention in electronic health record (EHR) systems. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) is an international multidisciplinary professional association that publishes recognized standards for the care of transgender and gender variant persons. In September 2011, the WPATH Executive Committee convened an Electronic Medical Records Working Group comprised of both expert clinicians and medical information technology specialists, to make recommendations for developers, vendors, and users of EHR systems with respect to transgender patients. These recommendations and supporting rationale are presented here.
authors: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94114, USA. DocMaddieD@gmail.com
authors: Madeline B
authors: MB
authors: Deutsch
authors: Jamison
authors: J
authors: Green
authors: JoAnne
authors: J
authors: Keatley
authors: Gal
authors: G
authors: Mayer
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Hastings
authors: Alexandra M
authors: AM
authors: Hall
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012955:Societies, Medical; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000145:classification
keywords: Electronic; Recommendation; Records; Transgender; Transsexual
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