[NFB-Science] Suggestions for Job Accommodations in Healthcare

[Justin Nelson]

Jenn,

You might want to provide everyone with the EMR system you will be working with. This might play a big factor in what might be compatible.

-Justin

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 31, 2020, at 4:55 PM, Jenn Han via NFB-Science <nfb-science at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone!
> 
> I recently was hired as a medical scribe and was wondering if anyone has
> suggestions for technology/accommodations to effectively perform my work.
> If you’re unfamiliar with what they do, scribes transcribe the patient
> interaction with the physician into their electronic medical records. This
> includes diagnoses, lab results, patient procedures, and anything else the
> physician dictates during the interaction in real-time.
> 
> I have been considering appropriate accommodations for this, as the
> charting requires a lot of specific boxes to click and boxes to type in to
> fill based on patient-by-patient case.
> 
> I considered using text-to-speech, but that feels ineffective because I
> won’t be able to listen to the physician and type what they say while
> giving my full attention.
> 
> I’m not sure if a Braille display of any sort would be useful here, but if
> you have one in mind, that would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Any other suggestions are welcome. I’ll be working on a laptop or desktop
> provided by the hospital and handling sensitive medical information, so I
> want to make this accessible to me but not compromise the patient’s privacy
> rights.
> 
> In general, what are good accommodations to use to access the computer
> screen when audio is out of the question?
> 
> You can also reach me personally at: jenniferhan17 at gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks so much!
> 
> 
> Best,
> Jenn
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jenn Han
> University of California, Los Angeles
> Class of 2021 | Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology
> USAC Community Service Commission | Campus Liaison Director
> Life Sciences Student Association (LSSA) | Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
> Advisor
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