1 is a Clinical Psychologist at the National TeleMental Health Center at VA Boston Healthcare System (VABHS) and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. is Codirector, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health Program in Washington, DC; staff member at the National Center for PTSD at VABHS; and Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine in Massachusetts. is Codirector of the VHA South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. He is Codirector of the LGBT Health Program and a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine. is a Physician Informacist in systems engineering at the VA National Center for Patient Safety in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Development, training, and documentation for the implementation of a self-identified gender identity field in the electronic health record system may improve patient-centered care for transgender and gender nonconforming patients.