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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
      <issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">494</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2025.51229</article-id>
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      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Family Medicine</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Enhancing Accessibility and Hospital Accommodations for Patients with Disabilities&#13;
</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alsultan</surname>
            <given-names>Ibrahim Mohammed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alasmari</surname>
            <given-names>Hussam Saeed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Al-shaban</surname>
            <given-names>Wafa Radhi</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alshalan</surname>
            <given-names>Abdullah Ali</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alkahtani</surname>
            <given-names>Lamia Dakhail</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>AL-Qahtani</surname>
            <given-names>Saeed Ahmad</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Gazzaz</surname>
            <given-names>Anhar Khaled</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>5</volume>
      <issue>12</issue>
      <fpage>940</fpage>
      <lpage>945</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Hospitals play a crucial role in ensuring equitable healthcare delivery, yet accessibility remains limited for many patients with disabilities. Physical infrastructure often lacks the necessary design features to accommodate mobility aids, sensory needs, and assistive technology, resulting in delayed or compromised care. Beyond physical barriers, communication challenges and limited staff training contribute to misunderstandings, reduced patient engagement, and lower satisfaction. Many healthcare providers report minimal exposure to disability-related education, leading to unconscious biases and clinical decisions that may not align with the needs or preferences of patients with disabilities. Policy frameworks intended to protect the rights of people with disabilities often fall short in practice due to weak enforcement and a lack of integration into hospital protocols. Regulations tend to emphasize basic compliance rather than comprehensive inclusion, leaving gaps in areas such as emergency preparedness, appointment systems, and diagnostic equipment accessibility. Interdisciplinary care models, when effectively applied, can mitigate some of these challenges by fostering collaboration across medical, rehabilitative, and support services. However, institutional silos and rigid workflows often prevent the consistent application of these models. Digital health systems are increasingly shaping the patient’s experience but frequently lack accessibility features for users with visual, cognitive, or motor impairments. Many patient portals and electronic forms remain inaccessible, limiting autonomy and self-management. Collecting data on patient outcomes disaggregated by disability status remains rare, which hinders evidence-based interventions and accountability. Addressing these barriers requires a shift in hospital culture, structural investment, and active involvement of people with disabilities in the design and evaluation of care systems. Inclusive healthcare is not achieved through isolated changes but through sustained, system-wide efforts that acknowledge disability as a vital dimension of health equity.&#13;
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      </abstract>
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        <kwd>accessibility</kwd>
        <kwd> Disability Inclusion</kwd>
        <kwd> Hospital Care</kwd>
        <kwd> Health Equity</kwd>
        <kwd> Interdisciplinary Healthcare</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
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