Archived Inclusive Healthcare Webinars

ADA National Network Learning Session: Healthcare and Civil Rights in the Opioid Crisis: DOJ on Utilizing the ADA and other Civil Rights Laws

22nd June, 2023

The opioid crisis has been an ongoing major issue in the United States. The treatment of those with opioid use disorder in both health systems and the criminal justice system ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Health Equity and Disability: Impacts of Unconscious Bias and Diagnostic Overshadowing

27th April, 2023

While everyone has unconscious biases as a result of our own experiences and histories, biases towards individuals with disabilities can result in inequitable healthcare and ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: State of Equitable Care for Persons with Disabilities: Fifty Years after Civil Rights Laws

23rd February, 2023

Despite multiple laws requiring the provision of equitable care, research repeatedly demonstrates that Americans with disabilities experience disparities and inadequate care. ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Healthcare and Civil Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic: HHS Office for Civil Rights on Telehealth and Effective Communication

27th October, 2022

People with disabilities have encountered numerous hardships during the COVID-19 public health emergency, including discrimination in the healthcare system. While the ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Effective Communication: Leveraging Alternate Formats in Healthcare

28th July, 2022

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that covered entities communicate effectively with people who have communication disabilities. It is essential to ensure that ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Healthcare and Civil Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Updates from the HHS Office for Civil Rights and the Department of Justice

28th April, 2022

People with disabilities have faced a heavy toll in the COVID-19 pandemic, compounded by discrimination in the healthcare system. This webinar will discuss recent guidance and ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Increasing Equitable Healthcare for People with Disabilities: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic and an Overview of NCD's Health Equity Framework

24th March, 2022

People with disabilities have long experienced barriers in accessing equitable healthcare and the COVID-19 pandemic served to starkly highlight the barriers and discrimination ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Learning from Patients to Provide Accessible Healthcare and Effective Communication for Patients who are Blind or have Low Vision

24th February, 2022

In this presentation American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) will share the experiences of people who are blind or have low vision when seeking healthcare based on focus group ...

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ADA National Network Special Session: Has the COVID19 Vaccine Effort Worked for People with Disabilities?

9th November, 2021

In this presentation, CDC survey data will be reviewed that shows adults with a disability are more likely to report difficulty getting a COVID-19 vaccine compared to adults ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Preparing Physicians to Care for People with Disabilities: Core Competencies and the ADA

23rd September, 2021

People with disabilities represent over 20 percent of the American population. Like other marginalized groups, people with disabilities have significant health disparities and ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Disability Accessibility in Health Care, Whats New? Recent OCR Cases and Guidance

26th August, 2021

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) enforces federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Challenges and Opportunities: Lessons Learned from ADA Coordinators Working within Diverse Healthcare Organizations

22nd July, 2021

A growing number of healthcare organizations are hiring fulltime ADA Coordinators. It is unknown how ADA Coordinators are integrated into healthcare organizations, including ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Achieving Equity in a Time of Scarcity: Lessons from the COVID-19 Vaccine Experience

1st July, 2021

This presentation will review the experiences of Medicaid beneficiaries and people with disabilities in California and nationally related to vaccine prioritization and ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Service Animals: At Home, At Work, and Everywhere Else

27th May, 2021

Service animals serve a diverse range of purposes and service animal requirements are different depending on the setting. These two factors have led to misunderstandings about ...

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ADA National Network Special Session: Vaccine Access for People with Disabilities: Guidance, Funding, Strategies, and Best Practices

22nd April, 2021

ACL Acting Administrator Alison Barkoff and HHS's Office for Civil Rights Acting Director Robinsue Frohboese will discuss new information on guidance, funding, strategies and ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: How Crisis Standards of Care Can Ensure Equity for People with Disabilities During Times of Crisis

25th March, 2021

As hospitals around the country are increasingly stretched to their limit by increasing numbers of patients presenting critically ill with COVID-19, many find themselves unable ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Health Care Disparities for People with Disabilities and Potential Role of Physician Bias

25th February, 2021

This presentation will review the evidence for health care disparities affecting people with disabilities. It will then introduce a recent nationwide survey of physicians from ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Accessible Medical Care and Long-Term Care Facilities

28th January, 2021

This session will provide an overview of the minimum requirements in the ADA and ABA Accessibility Standards for Medical Care and Long-Term Care facilities. The presenters will ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Efforts to Increase Health Care Access and Quality of Care for People with Disabilities

22nd October, 2020

During the year of the 30th anniversary of the ADA, it is a time to reflect on the state of various rights and access for people with disabilities. Work on improving health ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights

27th August, 2020

The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services enforces federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Physical Access in Health Care

23rd July, 2020

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that enhances equal opportunity for people with disabilities. In this session, two members of the ADA National ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: The Geographic Distribution of Accessible Medicaid Participating Primary Care Offices in LA County

25th June, 2020

The webinar will present the findings from a study that examined the geographic distribution of accessible Medicaid participating primary care offices in LA county. The ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Who Let the Dogs (and Miniature Horses) In? Service Animals in Health Care Facilities

28th May, 2020

According to the Bureau of Global Public Affairs within the U.S. Department of State, approximately 500,000 service dogs assist people with disabilities across the country. ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: COVID19, Health Care, and the ADA

23rd April, 2020

Given the unprecedented demands posed by the COVID19 pandemic for the provision of health care, it is critical for health care providers to understand how the decisions they ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Accessible Medical Diagnostic Equipment and Prescription Drug Container Labels

26th March, 2020

The Access Board, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has issued accessibility standards for medical diagnostic equipment. These standards provide design ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Effective Communication in Health Care

23rd January, 2020

This webinar will review the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws that apply to health care, with a focus on the rights and responsibilities for effective ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: The Provider Accessibility Initiative (PAI)

24th October, 2019

According to a 2017 CMS analysis, Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities receive less preventive care than beneficiaries with no disability because health care ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Access to health care and the ADA - A review of the case law

26th September, 2019

Access to health care is critical for people with disabilities, but often many barriers exist. This webinar will review how litigation has impacted the ADA's application to ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Opioid Use Disorder and the Americans with Disabilities Act in Health Care Settings

22nd August, 2019

Addiction to opioids and other substances has risen dramatically in recent years. How government and private entities view treatment of addiction to opioids and other ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Implementing Disability Access in a Healthcare Setting

25th July, 2019

The Americans with Disabilities Act and other Disability Access laws set out principles to follow. Implementing these principles requires careful program design. This session ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Department of Justice Barrier Free Health Care Initiative

27th June, 2019

This webinar will address health care organizations' obligations under the ADA. This will include a discussion of the Disability Rights Section's recent work on health care ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: The Basics of Health Care and the ADA

23rd May, 2019

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that aims for equal opportunity for people with disabilities to use the services provided in the United States. ...

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