Kaiser Permanente Adopts Sweeping Plans to Improve Accessibility for Individuals with Vision Disabilities
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Oakland, CA – February 2, 2016 –The California Council of the Blind (CCB) and Kaiser Permanente today announced an historic agreement to further enhance the accessibility of health services for California patients with vision disabilities.
Highlights of the agreement include:
- Adoption of new policies and practices regarding alternative formats (such as braille, audio, large print, and talking prescription labels) that Kaiser Permanente will provide to its patients who are blind or have other vision disabilities;
- Ongoing training of new and existing Kaiser Permanente personnel on best practices for interacting with people with vision disabilities;
- Improved methods of providing individuals with vision disabilities with equivalent information and privacy in pharmacies and laboratories;
- Evaluating the accessibility of all touch-screen kiosks to individuals with vision disabilities and undertaking efforts to prioritize making these kiosks accessible; and
- Accelerated removal of architectural barriers affecting persons with vision disabilities.
This agreement is the result of negotiations between Kaiser Permanente, the California Counsel of the Blind, Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & [...]