Pride Month QI Resources
June is Pride Month, to mark the occasion here are some useful related quality improvement resources.
Resources from the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
Ready, Set, Go! Guidelines and Tips For Collecting Patient Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) – 2022 Update
This guide was designed to help health centers and other health care organizations successfully collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data and document the data into the electronic health record (EHR)
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Webinar: Foundations for LGBTQIA+ Health, Part 1
This module provides an overview of LGBTQIA+ health terms, concepts, and disparities.
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Webinar: Effective and Affirming Communication
In this overview from the March 2022 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Education: A Train-the-Trainer Course, Dr. Jennifer Potter describes how to use effective and affirming communication with LGBTQIA+ patients and clients. She also describes how to teach these key concepts.
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Join the OutList: a List of LGBTQ+ Competent Providers Curated by OutCare
The OutList recognizes LGBTQ+ competent doctors and healthcare providers who identify as culturally competent in the provision of care, treatment, and services of the LGBTQ+ population. The OutList is open to all healthcare providers of any distinction or specialty.
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Transforming Primary Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: A Collaborative Quality Improvement Initiative
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people experience multiple disparities in access to care and health outcomes. We developed a quality improvement initiative, Transforming Primary Care for LGBT People, to enhance the capacity of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) to provide culturally affirming care for this population.
