November 1, 2011
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Journal Article
The report profiles a program at Temple University that aimed to increase the availability of highly trained medical translators. Temple University was one of 10 sites across the country awarded grants under the RWJF initiative Hablamos Juntos.
February 2, 2009
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Story
The majority of health information provided to the Latino community often lacks language and cultural sensitivity, making it hard to understand.
September 1, 2002
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Program Result
The Private Adjudication Center, an affiliate of Duke University School of Law, wrote a paper and held a conference examining issues regarding the use of court-ordered arbitration in medical malpractice cases.
March 1, 2008
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Program Result
The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication established the General Robert Wood Johnson Program in Ethical Leadership to identify and help correct the causes of ethical lapses increasingly present in American life.
October 16, 2007
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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.
June 4, 2008
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Story
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center improved management of pain and more informed patients through a "pain poster"