Is is possible to access views from a module file?
You can use drupal function views_get_view_result($name, $display_id = NULL)

$name : name of the view 
$display_id : On the edit page for the view in question, you'll find a list of displays at the left side of the control area . e.g. 'MASTER', 'Page' 

This function will return An array containing an object for each view item.

Reference :https://api.drupal.org/api/views/views.module/function/views_get_view_result/7