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October 15, 2007 | Program Result
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.
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 ...
November 1, 2007 | Program Result
The University of Oregon defined patient activation as it relates to those with chronic illness, and developed and tested an instrument to measure patient activation.
December 29, 2007 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham examined state medical malpractice reform legislation to evaluate the effects of malpractice reforms on physician malpractice insurance premiums.
December 1, 2007 | Program Result
The University of Pennsylvania Schools of Nursing and Medicine and the Lenape Tribal Nation of Pennsylvania convened a multidisciplinary "Summit on Indian Health Care," June 9-11, 2005.
December 26, 2005 | News Release
New symbols remove language barriers, provide better access to care.
June 4, 2008 | Story
Staff placed white boards in all patient rooms, allowing nurses to outline patient goals and the plan of care for the day.
June 4, 2008 | Story
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center improved management of pain and more informed patients through a "pain poster"