Featured Session: Overcoming Barriers in Healthcare
The session will present the topic of overcoming barriers in healthcare and identify the challenges encountered by the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. The panelists will discuss the culture and health disparities, and how healthcare providers can advocate for and support them.
Learning objectives:
Participants will be able to understand the specific barriers such as communication challenges and misconceptions that the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community encounters within the healthcare settings.
Participants will explore cultural competency and its importance in healthcare settings.
Participants will learn of specific health disparities faced by the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.
IV Mirus, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Health Equity Scholar
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Heather Hughes
Executive Director
Deaf Action Center
Michael McLaurin
Director of Accounting
Managed Joint Ventures
Texas Health Resources
Jamie Hill-Waters
President-Elect
HFMA Lone Star Chapter
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