Disseminating research outputs on actions to modernize gender, sex, and sexual orientation documentation in Canadian electronic health records

In this REACH project, we will share our prior research and engage stakeholders to discuss A) how our prior research output can address the needs of sexual and gender minorities (SGM) through improved gender, sex and sexual orientation (GSSO) documentation in electronic health records (EHRs), and B) how the prior output and action plan may be transformed into setting-specific knowledge tools.  

Our research team worked with Canadian stakeholders to improve the definition, collection and use of GSSO data in EHRs and generated the following outputs:

1. An environment scan of how GSSO data are defined in EHRs
2. Literature reviews of GSSO documentation — current approaches, gaps, needs and improvement efforts
3. GSSO terms people commonly use to identify themselves
4. An action plan with a set of broad, equity-oriented clinician-focused interventions to improve GSSO documentation in EHRs

In partnership with the Community-Based Research Centre, we will translate these findings into appropriate media and forms for dissemination to our diverse stakeholder groups. The expected outcomes of this project are enhanced dissemination to stakeholders and SGM-tailored knowledge translation tools in different healthcare contexts in BC.