Background: Race and racism are social determinants of health resulting in marginalized groups often experiencing worse health outcomes. These racial differences are often due to physician bias as well as biased processes. To mitigate this, it is recommended that clinicians avoid reifying racial differences as biological differences. This study describes the use of racial identifiers [...]

Background: Hospitalists are core to the U.S. inpatient provider workforce and serve a central role in adults’ inpatient health system interactions. Over 11 million Americans identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) [1] and 1 in 6 LGBTQ Americans describe facing discrimination in the medical setting [2]. To provide culturally responsive and clinically [...]