[Athen] Accessible Medical Heath Record and Billing Software

[Sean Keegan]

Hi Howard,

I did a bit of investigation around this topic about 18 months ago and the
short version was that the applications that offered a student- and
staff-facing web-based interface had numerous accessibility issues and
could be very difficult to use. For institutions that provide health center
services via web-based applications, (IMO) this is just a lawsuit waiting
to happen.

That said, I do know that my old health provider did license part of the
EPIC platform for the patient portal and there was decent documentation on
how to support access to that UI via assistive technologies. JAWS and
ZoomText were the two AT applications that seemed to get mentioned the most
in the product documentation and instructions for use were also part of the
UI.

Take care,
sean


On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Corey, Kirk <kirk-corey at uiowa.edu> wrote:


> Hi, Howard.  I don’t have a ton of info here, but I did see a screen

> reader demo of Epic’s MyChart module (patient portal) recently.  It seemed

> pretty usable in the demo, and the individual showing the software

> indicated that he was pleased with the accessibility of the software.

>

>

>

> I also noticed that the NFB had issued a call for comments on

> accessibility of EHR software in 2014 (http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/

> humanser_nfbnet.org/2014-August/002988.html) – I didn’t find any summary

> of the results, however.

>

>

>

> Hope this helps,

>

>

>

> Kirk

>

>

>

> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Howard Kramer

> *Sent:* Monday, August 08, 2016 1:13 PM

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> *Subject:* [Athen] Accessible Medical Heath Record and Billing Software

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>

>

> This may be a bit out of scope of this list ....

>

>

>

> One of the departments on our campus is looking at medical

> billing/management software such as EPIC, NueMD, iSalus, Point-n-Click, and

> Counselear. Supposedly, none of these products are accessible. Is anyone

> familiar with any of this software or know of any medical record/billing

> software that is accessible.

>

>

>

> Thanks,

>

> Howard

>

>

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