[Athen] Accessible Medical Heath Record and Billing Software

[Howard Kramer]

Thanks Sean. Seems that EPIC - or at least parts of it - maybe offer at
least some accessibility (based on the other comment).

-Howard

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Sean Keegan <skeegan at ccctechcenter.org>
wrote:


> 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/h

>> umanser_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

>>

>>

>>

>> 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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