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How Sex/Gender EHR Interoperability Can Drive Population Health

Greater interoperability of sex/gender EHR data could help population health researchers support health equity for gender-marginalized patients.

How Sex/Gender EHR Interoperability Can Drive Population Health

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By Hannah Nelson

- Interoperability of sex/gender EHR elements could help support research to improve population health, according to a study published in JAMIA.

Researchers examined recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report “Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation” and the Health Level 7 (HL7) Gender Harmony Project (GHP) product brief “Gender Harmony—Modeling Sex and Gender Representation, Release 1.”

“Both the HL7 GHP and the NASEM report agree on several fundamental principles: sex and gender are complex, multidimensional constructs that are essential for improving health at both the individual and population levels,” the researchers wrote.