Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SO/GI) Data Collection Webinar with Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller (he/him/his) provides training, consultation, and capacity building assistance through the Denver Health’s LGBTQ Center of Excellence. Specializing in Transgender and Gender Expansive care, Andrew provides trainings spanning across medical systems, public health departments, academic settings, and community-based non-profit programming. After graduating with a Master’s in Multicultural Clinical Counseling in 2019, Andrew combined his over ten years of national training experience with his passion for creating accessible affirming clinical settings and has focused his work towards providing education in Medical and Public Health system.

The Institute of Medicine and The Joint Commission have recommended asking sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions in clinical settings and including such data in Electronic Health Records (EHRs). This is increasingly viewed as a critical step toward systematically documenting and addressing health disparities affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

The purpose of this webinar is to:

• Provide an overview of LGBTQ+ affirming terminology used in SOGI data collection.
• Present proposed recommendations for the process around the collection of SOGI data.
• Identify methods to actively engage and educate staff on the importance of collecting SOGI data, the data’s impact of health disparities, and how SOGI can be used to direct education and clinical practice.