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Access to Medical Equipment – Where are We?

Objectives:

Review

  1. Survey results from National Consumer Needs Assessment 
  2. Strategies for getting accessible equipment into offices of health care providers.
  3. Existing accessible equipment resources.
  4. Present new & reinforce known tools/strategies that bridge gaps between safe, quality health care & reality of health care experiences today
Intended Outcomes:
  1. Motivate you to advocate for increased accessibility of medical equipment
  2. To get this on the radar screen of  health care providers
  3. To create the ground swell, the tipping point to make change happen!

 

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