In response to the report published by the Institute of Medicine, HHS Secretary K. Sebelius announced that the HHS will collect LGBT data. This data will work towards LGBT persons gaining better access to care by providing a broad brush stroke of our health disparities and needs. The data collected will be given to physicians to improve their treatment methods and focus when encountering an LGBT person at their practice. Finding out more information is key to changing medical and public health practices.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sebelius Annouces that HHS will collect LGBT data
In response to the report published by the Institute of Medicine, HHS Secretary K. Sebelius announced that the HHS will collect LGBT data. This data will work towards LGBT persons gaining better access to care by providing a broad brush stroke of our health disparities and needs. The data collected will be given to physicians to improve their treatment methods and focus when encountering an LGBT person at their practice. Finding out more information is key to changing medical and public health practices.
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