Data Book Podcast: Collecting Better Data on LGBTQ+ Patients to Improve Health Outcomes

LGBTQ+ patients experience significant discrimination in healthcare settings and face disproportionate barriers to care, worsening health outcomes. In the latest episode of the Data Book podcast by Chief Healthcare Executive, C.K. Wang of COTA talks about issues facing LGBTQ+ patients in healthcare and how fostering patient trust can help advance health equity efforts and data collection for this population.

According to Wang, ““I have found that when patients trust their clinicians, they will provide them with the accurate and necessary data, and I always say that the fundamental tenets to building trust are education and transparency. I think that this transparency will help garner trust from the patients that you are doing the right thing for them,”

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(Source: Chief Healthcare Executive, May 22^nd, 2023)