[NFB-Science] Suggestions for Job Accommodations in Healthcare

[Jenn Han]

I’m not sure what EMR we will use. I believe it’s Epic, but I can consult
my manager about this and get back to you.



On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 4:03 PM Justin Nelson <justinnelson7 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
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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