health care interpreting
Press Release
AOI Partners With Tica Interpreter Training to Offer Specialized Course on Infertility for Medical Interpreters
This course is specifically designed to equip medical interpreters from all language pairings with essential knowledge and skills related to infertility.
Press Release
The Language Exchange Inc. and Skagit Valley Community College Team Up to Provide Opportunities to Local Students
The Language Exchange Inc., a Washington Language Services Provider that is part of the Language Network Inc. group of companies, and Skagit Valley College...
Katharine Allen
If there is ever a "Language Industry Hall of Fame," Katharine will surely be among the inaugural inductees. Katharine is an established healthcare and community interpreter with over three decades of experience.
Press Release
MasterWord’s Epic Integration Makes Connecting With Healthcare Interpreters Easy
This integration marks a significant stride in enhancing communication in healthcare, ensuring convenient availability of essential language support for effective patient care.
Interpreting
Hawaii to Expand Medical Interpretation Services
A new state bill could require Hawaii island hospitals to provide medical interpretation services for speakers of Micronesian languages such as Chuukese and Marshallese....
Business
New Medical Interpreter Law Proposed
In the United States, there's already a federal law stating hospitals have to provide equal language access to limited English proficient (LEP) patients —...
Interpreting
New research on hospital interpreter use
The evidence that professional interpreters improve patient health is overwhelming — so why don't more American health care facilities provide interpreters? Two new studies...
Interpreting
Hospital adapts language plan after LEP deaths
Latino patients who don't speak English are 35 percent more likely to die from covid-19, Brigham and Women’s Hospital research suggests. Located in Boston,...