How 7 hospitals are improving LGBTQ-centered care and reducing discrimination

For Pride Month, Becker’s Hospital Review looks at how 7 hospitals across the country are trying to reduce LGBTQ health care disparities.

“More than half of patients in the LGBTQ community report having faced discrimination in a healthcare setting. Seventy percent of transgender or gender-nonconforming patients said they have experienced discrimination in a healthcare setting, and 56 percent of lesbian, gay or bisexual patients reported facing discrimination in healthcare, according to the Human Rights Campaign’s “Healthcare Equality Index 2020.”

Locally, you can read about what Norton Healthcare is doing to be LGBTQ+ affirming.