The HRC Foundation works with health care facilities that are committed to providing inclusive care to their LGBTQ+ patients. Going beyond inclusive non-discrimination policies, these facilities are adopting best practices in the areas of LGBTQ+ patient care and support, employee policies and benefits, and LGBTQ+ patient and community engagement.
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Healthcare organizations can ensure equal treatment of LGBTQ+ patients and their families by adopting an explicitly inclusive definition of “family.” The following definition of “family,” which is being used by…
One of the first steps to providing culturally competent care is amending all patient-history and intake forms to assure that they are LGBTQ+-inclusive. For example, choices for relationship status should…