The Duke Family Medicine Center is working to expand its clinical practice to include an LGBTQ+ patient-centered medical home (PCMH), in coordination and cooperation with key Duke University stakeholders and the local LGBTQ+ community, to increase the quality of care experienced by Durham and Duke’s LGBTQ+ identified patients.

Several unique aspects of our LGBTQ+ PCMH distinguish us from other programs. Below are some of the ways we are approaching addressing the needs of our LGBTQ+ community:

• By using authentic community engagement to bring together key stakeholders and build lasting relationships with the local LGBTQ+ community.
• By training clinic providers to provide high quality, knowledgeable LGBTQ+ specific patient care.
• By ensuring that all clinic staff are culturally proficient in meeting the needs of LGBTQ+ patients and ensuring that all patients are treated with dignity and respect.
• By changing the cultural climate in the clinic to include visual representation of the LGBTQ+ community.

Specific services offered

Specific services offered at the Duke Family Medicine Center include:

• Reproductive health and gynecological procedures
• Low-risk obstetrical care
• Well-child visits
• Annual physical exams for adults and seniors
• Specialized care for older adults
• Visits to home-bound patients
• Immunizations
• Social work services
• Behavioral health care
• Anti-coagulation clinic
• Pharmacotherapy clinic
• Smoking cessation clinic
• Endocrinology
• Hormone affirming therapy
• Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) therapy
• Vasectomies