Does a Video-Interpreting Network Improve Delivery of Care in the Emergency Department?
October 18, 2011 | Journal Article
Video interpreting services had minimal impact on health care outcomes in this study of two hospitals in California.
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Helping Non-English Speakers Navigate Emergency Departments
October 17, 2011 | Story
Study by RWJF Scholar finds video-interpreting may reduce number of Spanish-speaking patients who leave emergency departments against medical advice.
The Impact of Interpreters on Parents' Experiences with Ambulatory Care for Their Children
February 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The current investigation focused on individuals seeking health care who had limited English proficiency (LEP). The study sample of 26,671 respondents was taken from the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS). Surveys were completed via ...
Item and Scale Differential Functioning of the Mini-Mental State Exam Assessed Using the Differential Item and Test Functioning (DFIT) Framework
November 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Survey items or multiple-item scales on statistical analyses can produce misleading results when the probability of an individual endorsing an item or category is influenced by an individual's membership in a particular group. In the present study t ...
Overcoming Language Barriers in Health Care
May 1, 2004 | Journal Article
More than 46 million people in the United States do not speak English as their primary language, and more than 21 million speak English less than "very well." Persons who have limited English proficiency are less likely to have a regular source of p ...
Getting By
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This qualitative study examined the underuse of interpreters by residents at two major urban teaching hospitals. Professional interpreters can improve communication and the quality of care received by patients not fluent in English, but remain underused even when their services are readily available.
Acute Myocardial Infarction Length of Stay and Hospital Mortality are Not Associated with Language Preference
February 1, 2008 | Journal Article
In this study, the researchers examine the relationship between language preferences, length of stay and in-hospital mortality for a group of patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction (AMI).