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Health Care Interpreter Training Expands to Include Arabic and Mandarin

November 30, 2012 | Program Result Report

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters developed and pilot tested certification exams for health care interpreters seeking professional certification in Mandarin and Arabic to help patients communicate with health professionals.

Health Insurance Plans Collecting More Data on Race, Ethnicity, and Language

March 13, 2012 | Program Result Report

Researchers at America's Health Insurance Plans conducted four surveys of health insurance plans from 2003 to 2011 to chart the extent to which the plans collected and used data on the race, ethnicity, and language of their enrollees.

Memphis Medical Center (the MED) Improves Language Services for Spanish-Speaking Patients Through RWJF's Hablamos Juntos Program

October 15, 2007 | Program Result Report

From 2002 to 2006, the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, known as the MED, in Memphis, Tenn., improved and expanded language services for Spanish-speaking patients throughout the organization.

Hospitals Prefer In-House Solutions For Medical Interpreting

August 1, 1998 | Program Result Report

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.

Temple University Health System in Philadelphia Improves Language Services for Spanish-Speaking Patients Through RWJF's Hablamos Juntos Program

October 16, 2007 | Program Result Report

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.

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