One of the most prominent healthcare IT Software vendors, athenahealth EMR Software has joined hands with the American Council of the Blind (ACB) to design solutions for visually impaired people. Both athenahealth and ACB share the vision of offering accessible experiences through digital technology solutions. Expansion of digital access can have great benefits for athenahealth patients who have low vision. This can provide an opportunity for them to overcome challenges in life and even improve their daily lives.
Software Technology can Reduce Barriers to Visually Impaired
Visually impaired people have greater challenges when getting care in the United States. The fruitful collaboration with athenahealth EHR Software can help reduce care bridges for low-vision patients. This will be done by empowering patients with technology solutions to make swift communications with their healthcare providers. Patients will be able to manage their care through patient experiences that are digitally driven keeping in mind the needs of visually impaired people.
Accessibility Strategy by athenahealth EMR Software
By partnering with the American Council of the Blind the Electronic Health Records Software provider can have a better understanding of the daily needs of visually impaired people. This can help athenahealth EMR software develop and expand the accessibility of patient-facing applications.
The recent updates made in the accessibility strategy by athenahealth software include:
- Designing software tools that keep in mind individuals who are differently abled making them more accessible and intuitive.
- A program that is established on real-world usability testing. The program will be tested through ongoing patient feedback via athenahealth’s feedback channel. This will ensure that the EHR vendor understands how the digital platform solution is working and can improve the technology based on real-time user reviews.
- Athenahealth will provide support for patient accessibility education and feedback not only during the testing phase. But also for continuous staff training, design reviews, formal conformance testing, and other stages of the product development lifecycle.
Inclusive Healthcare Solutions
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software provider athenahealth values inclusivity and is driven to create solutions for everyone. For people with visual impairments, digital and technology design can successfully lower obstacles according to ACB and athenahealth. They will be able to engage more completely in healthcare, social, professional, educational, and communication activities as a result like every other individual.
