EHRs may present barriers to health equity research for deaf patients

November 9, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsAmerican Sign Language, ASL, deaf, deaf patients, deafness, EHRs, equity, health inequity, healthcare communication, SDOH, social determinants of health

A perspective paper published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association outlined barriers to health equity research serving deaf and hard-of-hearing patients, and how EHRs may be making such barriers worse.   Although EHR systems can be useful when it comes to identifying health inequities, researchers noted that they may also be interfering…

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