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October 16, 2007 | Program Result
Temple University Health System in Philadelphia developed and promoted language services for Spanish-speaking patients in all of the system's hospitals and recruited, trained and credentialed six health care interpreters.
October 16, 2007 | Program Result
Hablamos Juntos: Improving Patient-Provider Communication for Latinos was the first national effort to help health care organizations meet the challenge of providing language services and signage.
October 1, 2007 | Toolkit
How Effective Medical Interpretation Can Increase Quality of Care A successful language services program begins with a strong foundation. Structuring policies, procedures and other elements to reflect and build on the organization's priorities will ...
December 26, 2005 | News Release
New symbols remove language barriers, provide better access to care.
April 17, 2006 | Story
Once she completes her residency in one of several internal medicine sub-specialties she is considering, Mudasiru would like to practice both here and in her native country.
August 1, 1998 | Program Result
Helping Hands, Inc., a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Boston University School of Medicine, piloted shared medical interpretation services for non-English speaking patients in health care institutions in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
December 1, 1998 | Program Result
One of the most significant changes affecting health care in the United States is the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the population.
January 1, 1997 | Program Result
This initiative serves low-income, foreign-born children of elementary school age who have lived in the United States for two years or less and who have unresolved health or medical problems and/or are having difficulty in obtaining the health care services they need.
October 1, 1997 | Program Result
Bellevue Hospital, New York, formed a coalition with five community-based organizations to screen for tuberculosis infection and disease in the community and provide appropriate patient management services.
October 1, 1997 | Program Result
Emory University School of Medicine oversaw the Atlanta TB Prevention Coalition, a collaborative and coordinated effort by the various groups in Atlanta involved in education, care, and management of individuals with or at risk for TB.