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Making our offices universally accessible: guidelines for physicians

K E Jones1, I E Tamari

  • 1Department of Family and Community Medicine, Toronto Hospital.

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De L'Association Medicale Canadienne
|March 1, 1997
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Physicians should enhance practice accessibility for all patients, improving care and reducing legal risks. Recommendations cover facility design, examination rooms, and more, ensuring compliance with legislation.

Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Disability Studies
  • Primary Care Medicine

Background:

  • Office-based physicians require guidance to make practices accessible to all patients.
  • Accessibility is a multifaceted issue with patient care, economic, ethical, and legal implications.
  • Stakeholders include patients, physicians, government, and society.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop evidence-based recommendations for improving the accessibility of office-based medical practices.
  • To provide guidance for physicians aiming for universal patient access.

Main Methods:

  • Literature searches of MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Healthstar databases.
  • Telephone survey of 50 stakeholders.
  • Review of draft guidelines by 18 stakeholders for content validity.

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Main Results:

  • Benefits include improved patient access to care, broader physician patient populations, and reduced litigation risk.
  • Costs of accessibility improvements vary but some are minimal.
  • Guidelines address transportation, facility access, waiting rooms, restrooms, and examination rooms.

Conclusions:

  • All physicians should implement measures to enhance practice accessibility.
  • Recommendations align with national and provincial legislation, including building codes.
  • Guidelines are endorsed by major disability advocacy organizations.