Community Connections Hold Key to Expanding Telehealth Access, Report Says
Over the last several years, patients and providers alike have recognized the efficiency of telehealth, and today it holds particular promise for the one in nine Virginians with a disability. However, the adoption of telehealth across the Commonwealth often faces hurdles due to the limited availability of broadband access. Four years ago, an estimated half-million [...]
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Enhancing Telehealth for Patients who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Felecia Smith’s primary job is to help ensure that individuals who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing can get access to information. Her main objective for becoming a Virginia Telehealth Network member is to educate health care providers of their obligations to Deaf and Hard of Hearing patients and the ways in which their practices [...]
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OTs Help Chesterfield Students Transition to Teletherapy and Online Learning
Michelle Allen is an occupational therapist for Chesterfield County Public Schools and serves students privately through Treehouse Pediatric Therapy. In the school system, occupational therapists help students access their social and academic environments, which completely changed during the pandemic. “In an in-person classroom, we might be looking at positioning for seating or how students use [...]
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Equity in Your Practice
Tips and Resources:
- Telehealth HHS: Telehealth For Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Telehealth HHS: Improving Access to Telehealth for People with Disabilities
- OTPotential: Telehealth Occupational Therapy Guide
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: Ensuring Full Participation of People with Disabilities in an Era of Telehealth
- University of New Hampshire Disability and Health Program: Training for Providers: Providing Disability-Competent Care
- AUCD: Best Practices in Telehealth Care for Adults with Developmental Disabilities
- ADA: Guidance on Telehealth
- MATRC: Telehealth and Disabilities
- Telehealth HHS: Guidance on Nondiscrimination in Telehealth
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: The Use of Telehealth for Disability Evaluations in Medicine and Allied Health
- Resources for Integrated Care: For Health Plans: Telehealth and People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
- American Telemedicine Association: Ensuring Accessible Telehealth for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Patients
