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Search Results "Medical Care Facility"
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12181(7)(F)
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Provider knowledge
As we see in Jack’s story above, a provider’s lack of knowledge is one barrier to accessing health care for patients with physical disabilities....
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Attitudinal Barriers
Health care providers may view physical disability as an illness or an abnormality that needs to be “fixed” rather than a natural condition of a person’s life....
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Communication Barriers
Sometimes the health care provider talks to a person’s aide or caregiver rather than talking directly to the person with the disability....
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Social Policy
Policies that prevent people from having access to comprehensive health care can be a huge barrier....
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How Can You Overcome These Barriers to Work with Your Providers?
There are many things that a person with a disability can do to improve his or her quality of health care and break down the barriers that compromise care....
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Physical Barriers
Call your transportation provider and the health care office before your visit if you need to answer the following questions....
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Attitudinal Barriers
People with disabilities need to be able to recognize health care providers’ unintentional yet unproductive attitudes towards them. ...
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Communication Barriers
Ask questions about follow-up treatment plans, if any, and the expected benefits or side-effects of medications....
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Social Policy Barriers
Learn about which health care services are covered and which are not....
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A. Final Regulatory Assessment (EO 13563 and EO 12866)
If enforcing agencies adopt the MDE Standards as mandatory for entities regulated under their jurisdiction, the Standards could affect health care providers, medical device manufacturers...
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PART 2: COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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2. IMPROVING PHYSICAL ACCESS
People with disabilities should be able to travel to a health care site, approach and enter and move around the building as conveniently as everyone else....
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2. Getting To, Into and Through a Health Care Facility
You can encounter barriers even before you get to your medical appointment. ...
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1. MOVING (MOBILITY / PHYSICAL / MOTOR – LIMITED OR NO ABILITY GRAB, GRIP, LIFT, HOLD, ETC)
Accessible medical equipment Scale Exam / diagnostic table or chair Assistance transferring Full Partial Lift equipment...
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Is it OK to examine a patient who uses a wheelchair in the wheelchair, because the patient cannot get onto the exam table independently?
Examining a patient in their wheelchair usually is less thorough than on the exam table, and does not provide the patient equal medical services....
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2. a. Accessible route into and throughout the facility
Accessible route into and throughout the facility - The following is a 4-point guideline for ensuring equal access from the parking lot, outdoor walkways, entrances and exists of the buildings...
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2.1 Parking
Are there accessible parking spaces (8 feet wide for car plus 5-foot wide access aisle)? Are there usable ramps or curb cuts onto the sidewalks? How...
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2. a. i. Accessible parking
Accessible Parking vi “A greater number of accessible parking spaces is required at facilities providing medical care and other services for persons with mobility impairments....
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2. a. ii. Accessible entrance and exit route
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2. a. iii. Clear (Path-of-Travel) Floor Space
Access also includes how people will move into and around lobby and office reception areas, and determine the unobstructed floor or ground space to accommodate a wheelchair user....
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2. a. iv. Path-of-Travel (wheelchair) space allowances
2. a. iv. Path-of-Travel (wheelchair) space allowances.xii In general, a 36” wide accessible route is needed with a slightly larger space provided at corners. If a 180° turn is...
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2.2 Entrances
Are there signs showing the locations of accessible entrances? If there are stairs at entrances, are there also ramps or lifts? Can...
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Can I tell a patient that I cannot treat her because I don’t have accessible medical equipment?
Q Can I tell a patient that I cannot treat her because I don’t have accessible medical equipment? Generally no....