Design and Development of an Electronic Health Record According to Argentine Gender Identity Law

Health information systems face the challenge of collecting data on patients’ gender identity. The absence of this information may lead the patients to situations of vulnerability and discrimination. The objective of this study is to describe the process of designing and developing an Electronic Hea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Giraldo, Liliana, Fink, Valeria, Cahn, Florencia, Aristegui, Inés, Caceres, Betiana, Sued, Omar, Cesar, Carina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9968499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35673173
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SHTI220235
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Sumario:Health information systems face the challenge of collecting data on patients’ gender identity. The absence of this information may lead the patients to situations of vulnerability and discrimination. The objective of this study is to describe the process of designing and developing an Electronic Health Record according to the Argentine Gender Identity Law. This health record allows clinics to record legal names and surnames, other social names, gender identity, sex at birth, and legal sex.

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