Identifying Accessibility Requests for Patients With Disabilities Through an Electronic Health Record-Based Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

People with disabilities experience disparities in health care access and outcomes, and inaccessible health care facilities are major barriers to health care access. Methods to collect accessibility request information are needed to improve health care outcomes for patients with disabilities.

Objective

To evaluate an electronic health record (EHR)-based questionnaire designed to identify accessibility requests for patients with disabilities at an eye clinic.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional pilot study implemented an EHR questionnaire and prospectively collected data on accessibility requests at a university-based eye clinic. The study included 55 722 patients making appointments at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute from April 1,

SUBMITTER: Varadaraj V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8994132 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature