EHRs should also incorporate discrete data points such as gender identity and sexual orientation which will assist clinicians in providing appropriate care. AHIMA added that significant challenges ...

according to a new report on how to maintain data integrity during the process. A lot can go wrong, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) notes in its paper. For example ...

AHIMA commissioned the study, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, to better understand the operational realities of how SDOH data is collected, coded, and used in real-world healthcare ...