[humanser] Updates from Merry

Mon Apr 3 16:21:54 UTC 2017

Hello All,

My name is Deborah Carter. I am a licensed psychologist.  I have been reading the information that has been shared regarding accessing electronic medical record's.  I recently Applied for a job where I would have needed to access medical records.  However, the IT Department was an able to figure out a way that would allow me to read, exes, and navigate between screens of the medical records system.  Tha name of the system they will be using is EClincal.  Does anyone have information about this system in terms of speech software accessibility as well as computer navigation through the various screens of the system? Please let me know as I am Magine that some of the other jobs that I will be applying for May use similar systems.   Thanks all.  

Deborah

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> On Apr 2, 2017, at 3:38 PM,   

> JD Townsend via HumanSer <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>   I not only need to be able to read the records, but navigate between screens.  The name of the medical records system is EClincal.  I would need to access the medical portion of 
> Excell  help me to read the records but does anyone know-----Original Message----- From: Merry Schoch via HumanSer
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2017 07 PM
> To: 'Human Services Division Mailing List'
> Cc: Merry Schoch
> Subject: [humanser] Updates from Merry
> 
> From the President's desk of the Human Services division of the National
> Federation of the Blind
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> Electronic Health Records (EHR)
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> If you have experienced the use of Epic electronic health recordsd
> 
> please contact Valerie Yingling @ VYingling at nfb.org. Currently, the NFB is
> working on a case of inaccessibility with this electronic health record
> software.
> 
> 
> 
> Accessibility  of High Stakes Testing  taken from the President's Notebook
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> 
> 
> Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards Case:
> The NFB is assisting Kristen Steele in her lawsuit against the Federation of
> State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB), which has denied her request to take
> its examination in Braille. Ms. Steele seeks to become a licensed massage
> therapist in Iowa and Nebraska, both of which require passing the exam in
> order to receive a license. Strangely, the FSMTB claims that Braille would
> somehow provide her with an unfair advantage.
> 
> 
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> 
> 2017 Jacobus tenBroek Disabilities Law Symposium
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> 
> Background Information: I have a BS degree in Criminal Justice. My last
> semester in the program, I was privileged to have an internship in the
> Social Services Unit of the Law Offices of Julianne M. Holt, Public Defender
> of Hillsborough County, 13th Judicial Circuit. In the student position I
> worked with staff to seek alternatives to incarceration for the individuals
> we served with co-occurring conditions . I loved what I was a part of and
> hoped I would be able to be hired there. Unfortunately, I graduated at the
> onset of the recession and there would be no hiring on the unit.
> 
> 
> 
> I searched for employment with no success and decided to apply for graduate
> school in the field of Social Work. I learned during this education that
> Social Policy and Justice were a part of Social Work and attended
> Tallahassee Days twice while in the program. I had a class mate come with me
> on the second trip since I knew my way around Florida's Capitol Hill; she
> made comments how the blind woman lead her around. I share this background
> with you to demonstrate my interest in the Criminal Justice System as well
> as Social Policy issues.
> 
> 
> 
> The 2017 Jacobus tenBroek Disability  Law Symposium: Six weeks ago I
> received a message about the Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposium, read the
> agenda, and instantly knew I wanted to go. As a Social Worker and division
> president, I believed that the offerings at the symposium could be a benefit
> for me and the division. The symposium discussed a wide spectrum of
> disability issues such as the Equal Protections of the 14th Amendment and
> the constitutional rights of people with disabilities, the Americans with
> Disabilities Act, Statutory remedies as well as topics related to
> para-transit, housing, disparities in jails/prisons, being screened out of
> employment and many more.
> 
> 
> 
> I was impressed with the presenters in all the workshops I attended and the
> individuals who presented in the general sessions. One of the greatest
> observations was that I was in a room that consisted mostly of lawyers -
> lawyers who worked diligently for the rights of people with disabilities.
> These lawyers demonstrated compassion, devotion, and dedication in their
> work - they were all passionate in the diverse areas whether it be working
> with people with intellectual disabilities, the deaf, those with mental
> illness, those who use wheelchairs, the blind, or the LGBTQ communities.
> These lawyers also included law professors teaching the next generation of
> lawyers. Other issues discussed were such topics as systemic changes in
> academia, jails/prisons, judges, legislation, and societal attitudes.
> 
> Another positive element I always experience while with my NFB family is
> that I am treated as an individual and do not endure the paternalism and
> custoldialism that I can experience while in another environment. These
> symposium participants treated me as an equal and many of the speakers spoke
> against this type of behavior toward individuals with disabilities. I
> appreciate the support of the Human Services Division to attend this event
> and hope that the readers of this experience received some benefit from my
> attendance, as well.
> 
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