Guidance of best practices to assist in hosting telemedicine visit for patients who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or DeadBlind.
Isolating together during COVID-19: Results from the Telehealth Intervention Program for older adults.
Research article highlights the challenge of isolation of older adults in the community especially during COVID-19, and how TIP-OA (Telehealth Intervention Program for Older Adults) is able to combat the challenge of isolation. This program is volunteer-based and includes friendly telephone conversations on a regular bases to older adults who may struggle with stress, depression, anxiety or fear of COVID-19.
Toolkit for Digital Health Equity: Bridging the Digital Divide
Toolkit explaining methods to increase reach to older adults with mental illness and adapt telehealth practices for Latinx communities.
Patient tool: Improving internet and device fun auctioning for telehealth visits
Fact sheet for hard of hearing patients instructing how to improve their content and devices for optimum functioning during telehealth visits
Patient tool: Connecting Hearing devices to audio during telehealth video meetings
Fact sheet for hard of hearing patients with detailed instructions on how to connect their hearing devices to audio for teleath video meetings
Patient tool: captioning technology for mobile phone calls
Fact sheet on how to enable captioning on mobile calls
Patient tool: amplification for telehealth, video conferencing phone calls
Fact sheet for hard of hearing patients to reference in order to know how to amplify the sound during a telehealth appointment.
Patient tool: tips for improving visual communication for telehealth video visits
Fact sheet suggesting tips for hard of hearing patients to help improve the visual aspect of communicating for telehealth visits
Patient tool: pre-appointment checklist for Hard of Hearing People Using Telehealth
Fact sheet for hard of hearing patients listing important pre-appointment things that need to be done prior to the telehealth call in order to prepare adequately
Patient tool: Communication strategies for telehealth visits
Fact sheet for hard of hearing patients to use to help prepare for telehealth visits
Patient tool: Appointment Checklist for Hard of Hearing People Using Telehealth
Fact sheet for patients who are hard of hearing, this is an imperative checklist to ensure having a successful telehealth appointment
Telehealth Provider tool: American Sign Language Interpreters in Telehealth Appointments
Manuscript informing providers what they need to know when an interpreter is involved during an apporintment.