HHS will not enforce standards that medical records be able to capture patients’ sexual orientation and gender identity.

The electronic health record rules — which also included taking data on gender identity — were set to be enforced by Jan. 1, 2026. Stat reports that providers can still gather the information if they ...

Sexuality, or sexual orientation, has to do with who a person is or is not attracted to either sexually or romantically. There are many ways of identifying sexually, and a person may identify more ...

The changes to medical records hit federal systems first. In February, CMS removed sexual orientation and gender identity questions from enrollment forms for Medicare beneficiaries, and the U.S ...

Two California researchers have alleged that the US Government health journal instructed them to remove references to gender and sexual orientation from a scientific manuscript that had already ...