One in five households in the United States speak a language other than English at home, and 25 million people in the U.S. — the majority of whom are U.S. citizens — have limited English proficiency ...
At Fred Hutch Cancer Center, we believe that equal access to health care is very important. One way that we can help people get care is by having free interpreters for our patients if English isn’t ...
The IRC’s Interpreter Services has been serving the local and surrounding communities with in-person interpreters in twenty different languages for the last two decades. The program is now expanding ...
Mid adult counseling patient has a confused expression on her face while listening to a counselor. The counselor is gesturing while talking with the patient. Remote interpreter mobile app may overcome ...
Language access in healthcare is a crucial component in minimising inequities among patient populations with limited proficiency in the dominant language. Extensive research has demonstrated that ...
Funding cuts, immigration crackdowns, an executive order declaring English the nation’s official language and a lack of clarification from HHS on medical interpretation requirements have left medical ...
Patricia Michelsen-King was observing the proceedings in a Chesterfield, Virginia, courtroom a few years ago when a man shouted in Spanish from the back of the courtroom, “I didn’t rape anybody!” ...