Updated Birth Sex and Legal Sex Demographic Values

Capture Birth Sex and Legal Sex

Register New Patient

Review Demographic Changes

Manage Supported Demographic Settings

What’s New

• A new Select option is displayed as the first value in the Birth Sex dropdown.
• For new databases, Select is the default Birth Sex value.
• Select functions as a placeholder and cannot be saved as a patient’s Birth Sex.
• If a user attempts to save a patient record while Select remains selected, the system displays the applicable validation alert.
• Existing Birth Sex options remain unchanged and available for selection.
• Existing patient Birth Sex values are not modified.
• Previously configured Birth Sex defaults remain unchanged.
• The following Legal Sex values have been renamed:
    – Patient Sex Unknown → Unknown
    – Identifies as nonbinary gender → Nonbinary
• The renamed Legal Sex values remain in their existing locations.
• Updated terminology is reflected consistently across:
    – Patient Demographics
    – Patient Registration
    – Quick Add
    – Settings
    – Avalon
    – Patient Audit Trail

How It Works 

• Open a supported patient registration or demographic workflow.
• For applicable new records, the Birth Sex dropdown displays Select as the initial placeholder.

 

• Select a valid Birth Sex value before saving the patient record.
• If Select remains selected, the system prevents the record from being saved and displays a validation alert.
• When selecting Legal Sex, users will see Unknown and Nonbinary in place of the previous terminology

 

• The updated values and terminology are reflected consistently across connected workflows.
• Existing patient Birth Sex information and previously configured defaults remain unchanged.

Impacted Areas

• Patient Demographics
• Patient Registration
• Quick Add
• Settings
• Avalon
• Patient Audit Trail

Benefits

• Provides clearer and more consistent Legal Sex terminology.
• Prevents applicable new patient records from being saved without a valid Birth Sex selection.
• Preserves previously recorded demographic information for existing patients.
• Maintains existing Birth Sex defaults without automatically replacing them with Select.
• Provides consistent demographic terminology across Demographics, Settings, Avalon, Quick Add, and Patient Audit Trail.
• Supports more consistent demographic data capture and review throughout the application.