Asking about patients’ sexual orientation is not routine, even among medical professionals who specialize in sexual health. About half of the medical professionals surveyed by John Hopkins ...

We recently added new questions about sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) to MyChart, our electronic medical record system and our patient-check-in process. Our health system believes that ...

While nearly 80% of healthcare professionals believed patients would refuse to provide information about their sexual identity, in reality, only 10.3% of patients reported they would not provide ...

A study that surveyed a national sample of emergency department health care providers and adult patients suggests that patients are substantially more willing to disclose their sexual orientation ...

Here are four insights from the discussion. 1. Dr. Richard Ma, general practitioner and research fellow from Imperial College London, argued providers should ask all patients about their sexual ...

Only 0.7% of patient respondents indicated they would refuse to disclose their sexual orientation and 8.9% of providers indicated they would refuse to ask patients such a disclosure.

(Reuters Health) - LGBT patients treated in the emergency room (ER) are more comfortable reporting their sexual orientation on a medical form rather than in a discussion with a health care ...