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Hans Ove Ringstad

Tidligere avdelingsleder

Hans Ove Ringstad jobbet tidligere som avdelingsleder i Kantega.

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Third-gender proof your it-systems

Imagine this scenario: A person walks into a health facility, and is asked to fill out a form with medical information. The form is then handed back to the receptionist, who starts to fill the information into the it-system. When the receptionist gets to field for gender, the two standard options, man, woman, are crossed out, and the patient has written «3. gender» instead. Problem is, the field for gender is compulsory in the it-system, and it only accepts ‘man’ or ‘woman’, and not both.