LGBTQ Health Care | Bree Collaborative

We would like to congratulate our 2024 Award Winners for Best Practices in LGBTQ care:

United Healthcare

(Adopted September 2018)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning or queer (LGBTQ) persons often have distinct health care needs, including higher rates of behavioral health concerns. Men who have sex with men and transgender people who have sex with men have a higher risk for sexually transmitted infections including HIV. However, stigma and lack of training serve as barriers to consistent high-quality medical care and increase health disparities. The workgroup met from December 2017 to September 2018 to develop recommendations to align care delivery with existing evidence-based, culturally sensitive standard of care for LGBTQ people.

Implementation Tools

Read our Summary

Read our Checklist

Watch the Washington State Medical Association in Partnership with Washington Patient Safety Coalition Health Equity Mini Series on our LGBTQ recommendations and LGBTQ care at Virginia Mason

Previous Meeting Materials

Date	Materials
December 15	Agenda December 15 Department of Health LGBTQ Health Care Proposal Bree Collaborative Process
January 3	Agenda January 3 Minutes December 15 LGBTQ Health Care Charter and Roster End AIDS Washington One Pager
February 14	Agenda February 14 Minutes January 3 LGBTQ Health Care Charter and Roster Draft LGBTQ Health Care Recommendations
March 14	Agenda March 14 Minutes February 14 King County HIV Guidelines Fenway Structural Changes Department of Health Public Health Seattle King County PrEP Guidelines Fenway SOGI Questions Asking Essential Sexual Health Questions LGBTQ Health Care Draft Recommendations
April 11	Agenda April 11 Meeting Minutes March 14 Draft LGBTQ Health Care Recommendations LGBTQ Health Care Crosswalk of Guideline
May 9	Agenda May 9 Draft minutes April 11 Draft LGBTQ Health Care Recommendations
June 13	Agenda June 13 Meeting Minutes May 9 Draft LGBTQ Recommendation
September 12	Agenda September 12 Minutes June 13 Draft LGBTQ Health Care Recommendations Public Comments

Supporting Materials

Department of Health Letter Accepting LGBTQ Health Care Recommendations
Health Care Authority Letter Accepting LGBTQ Health Care Recommendations
LGBTQ Health Care Workgroup Charter and Roster

Workgroup Members

Name	Title	Organization
Dan Lessler, MD, MHA (Chair)	Chief Medical Officer	Washington State Health Care Authority
Olivia Arakawa, MSN, CNM, ARNP, RN	Parent Advocate
Scott Bertani	Director of Policy	Lifelong AIDS Alliance
Kathy Brown, MD	Provider	Kaiser Permanente
LuAnn Chen, MD, MHA, FAAFP	Medical Director	Community Health Plan of Washington
Michael Garrett, MS, CCM, CVE, NCP	Principal	Mercer
Chris Gaynor, MD, MA, FAAFP	Family Practice Clinician	Capitol Hill Medical
Matt Golden, MD	Professor, Director, PHSKC STD Control Program	University of Washington
Kevin Hatfield, MD	Family Practice Clinician	The Polyclinic
Corinne Heinen, MD	Physician Lead, UW Transgender Clinical Pathway	Department of Internal Medicine, Allergy & Infectious Disease, University of Washington
Tamara Jones	End AIDS Washington Policy and Systems Coordinator	Department of Health