Blind Low Vision NZ are delighted to announce a four-part podcast series in partnership with Health Informatics NZ (HiNZ), focussing on accessibility in the healthcare sector.
People with disabilities interact with the healthcare system at least twice as much as those without disabilities, and yet accessibility in healthcare remains an ongoing problem. This is no small issue – the cost of getting it wrong could be a major privacy breach, or worse, someone’s life.
This series aims to shine a light on the gaps in the system that allow these issues to occur. Through these four episodes we will look at accessibility in healthcare from a number of angles – including privacy, informed consent, employment in the healthcare sector, interactions with disability support services, unconscious biases, and the underlying systems underpinning the issue.
Kicking off the series is digital accessibility consultant Neil Jarvis with the episode “Accessing healthcare: a Blind and Low Vision perspective.” In this insightful interview, Neil gives his account of being blind and engaging with the healthcare system. He touches on issues of inconsistent quality of care, the negative effects of poor accessibility, and what would be needed to improve the system as a whole.
This series will be released on the eHealthTALK podcast, available to listen on all regular streaming platforms. You can also watch the first full interview on YouTube, and/or download the Health Informatics NZ podcast transcript.
The eHealthTalk podcast is brought to you by HiNZ, a not-for-profit organisation supporting the field of digital health. Digital health is the intersection of healthcare, information technology and business – it’s about data systems that allow information to be stored, shared and utilised in a way that will improve healthcare for practitioners and patients alike.
By sharing stories and solutions, Blind Low Vision NZ and HiNZ hope to spark positive change across the sector. Because accessible healthcare is a right – not a nice-to-have.
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