eSSENTIAL Accessibility

The State of Digital Accessibility in Healthcare 5 Problems Healthcare Providers Need to Fix to Make Their Websites Accessible and Compliant

• Cover
• Introduction
• Who Will Benefit From Reading This White Paper?
• More Americans Are BeingDiagnosed With Disabilities: AreYou Prepared to Serve Them?
• New Study: Most Healthcare Provider Websites Fail to Comply With Regulations
• Which Regulations and Guidelines Must Healthcare Providers Comply With?
• The Affordable Care Act, Section 1557
• The Americans with Disabilities Act
• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
• How Healthcare Websites Stack Up
• 1. Lack of a Notice of Non-Discrimination
• 2. Focusing on Investors, Not Patients
• 3. Failure to Comply with WCAG 2.0
• 4. Mobile Accessibility
• 5. Depicting Disabilities
• Why Healthcare Providers Must Make Digital Accessibility a Top Priority
• The Biggest Misconception AboutDigital Accessibility
• 5 Best Practices for Digital Accessibility
• 1. Integrate assistive technology with your website.
• 2. Ask persons with disabilities to test your website and mobile app.
• 3. Allow people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devicesto view your online content.
• 4. Provide digital content in multiple, accessible formats.
• 5. Keep persons with disabilities in mind when you develop your site.
• Give Patients with Disabilities a Seamless and Inclusive DigitalExperience
• Achieve and Maintain Compliance
• Enhance Your Digital Experience for Patients With Disabilities
• Project a Disability-Friendly Environment
• eSSENTIAL Accessibility in Action