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Documentation of Gender Identity in an Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic
Stanley R Vance1, Veronika V Mesheriakova1
1Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Purpose:
To determine if changing electronic health record (EHR) note templates can increase documentation of gender identity in an adolescent and young adult clinic.
Methods:
A two-step gender question was added to EHR note templates for physicals in February 2016. A retrospective chart review was performed 3 months before and after this addition. The primary measure was whether answers to the two-step question were documented. Gender identity/birth-assigned sex discordance, age, and use of the appropriate note template post-template change were also measured.
Results:
One hundred twenty-five pretemplate change and 106 post-template change physicals were reviewed with an inter-rater reliability of 97%. Documentation of answers to the two-step gender identity question increased from 11% to 84% (p < .001).
Conclusions:
This study suggests that incorporating a standardized question into EHR note templates is effective at improving the documentation of gender identity in youth presenting for annual physicals.
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