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Barriers to implementing accessible healthcare and potential council assistance
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Council Member Narcisse inquires about the barriers to implementing accessible healthcare and how the council can work with H+H and the city to improve access for patients with disabilities. Ivelesse Mendez-Justiniano responds with information on key challenges.
- Mendez-Justiniano identifies resources as a primary barrier, including both manpower and funding.
- Specific challenges mentioned include conducting outreach and implementing accessibility measures.
- The response suggests that assistance with resources and funding could help improve healthcare access for patients with disabilities.
- This exchange highlights the need for collaborative efforts between H+H, the city council, and other stakeholders to address accessibility issues.
Mercedes Narcisse
0:49:17
Which we should look into.
0:49:21
What are the barriers to implementing accessible healthcare?
0:49:24
It is primarily cost training.
0:49:27
How can the council work with H and H and the city to improve access to healthcare for patients with disabilities?
Ivelesse Mendez-Justiniano
0:49:35
I think that when you talk about healthcare for patients with disabilities, a barrier as always are the resources, having the manpower to do it, having the funds to go out there conduct the outreach, those are two ways that we could receive assistance.