tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post2788455069685499077..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Badly-designed EHR forces mother to decide on sick child's genderRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-88261368683856754052007-06-01T09:50:00.000-04:002007-06-01T09:50:00.000-04:00I'm with you, noodle. Sex and gender are not the ...I'm with you, noodle. Sex and gender are not the same thing and if the question of sex can be so uncertain, the question of gender is exponentially more so. Using the term "gender" to mean "sex" severely restricts the kind of conversations one can have about sexual diversity and gender constructs in society. Don't be afraid to say "sex" when you mean sex!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-41689024024978014422007-05-31T21:35:00.000-04:002007-05-31T21:35:00.000-04:00Regardless, and as much as I hate having the untid...<I>Regardless, and as much as I hate having the untidy 'Other', it's pretty much a requirement in medicine since nature is not always so clean cut.</I><BR/><BR/>I think nature is the easy part. Now we have LGBT etc. etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-50708352504894725512007-05-31T17:23:00.000-04:002007-05-31T17:23:00.000-04:00A system we have here has fields for genotypic sex...A system we have here has fields for genotypic sex and phenotypic sex. Regardless, and as much as I hate having the untidy 'Other', it's pretty much a requirement in medicine since nature is not always so clean cut. BTW, does it bother anyone else as much as it does me when people insist you use the term Gender when they really mean Sex? I'm just sayin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-3764652625565203912007-05-31T16:22:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:22:00.000-04:00For more on the wonderful state of health IT and h...For more on the wonderful state of health IT and how it uniformly abides by the best clinical and engineering practice, and goes in like a snap as long as "all the right processes are followed", see <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=0OCLCU4QRKPS5QFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/02/13/ncomputer13.xml" REL="nofollow">this recent article</A>.InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-81331692334565423562007-05-31T16:15:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:15:00.000-04:00Yes, hard to believe, but it's also hard to believ...Yes, hard to believe, but it's also hard to believe that, say, <A HREF="http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/293/10/1197" REL="nofollow">a CPOE system could be as flawed in 2005</A> as it was, say, in 1992, when I was involved in an implementation of its predecessor.<BR/><BR/>I report, you decide.InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-56979226065845151542007-05-31T13:21:00.000-04:002007-05-31T13:21:00.000-04:00Even more surprisingly, they seem to have utterly ...Even more surprisingly, they seem to have utterly ignored both the US and international standards. For over 15 years the standards have clearly stated that administrative sex can be male, female, unknown, or other. I find this story so bizarre that I wonder whether it is true. A system like this could not issue an MRN for a trauma victim, because they are usually unknown sex, name, etc. for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com