Greek Hospitals Web Accesibility

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Jun 16:270:1299-1300. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200411.

Abstract

Even though Internet is an exciting technological tool, it requires innovative design to be accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.The purpose of the present work is to evaluate the accessibility of the web sites of the hospitals which are under the Greek Ministry of Health and belong in the first Health Regionusing afreeWCAG 2.0 and Section 508 Web Accessibility Checksoftware. An observation of the websitesalong with the software showed that no website meets the W3C criteria of accessibility.

Keywords: Accessibility; disability; website.

MeSH terms

  • Disabled Persons
  • Greece
  • Humans
  • Internet*
  • Software