Tag: healthcare
Asian Americans with LEP face unique barriers in healthcare, researchers say
A recent study published by the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute found that Asian Americans with limited English proficiency (LEP) face unique language barriers compared to other groups with high levels of LEP.
Oregon’s healthcare interpreter law goes into effect next week
Beginning next week, non-English-speaking residents of Oregon will benefit from expanded language access measures in the state’s healthcare system.
House Bill 2359 (HB 2359) addresses...
Akorbi’s Virtual Summit Sponsorship Spotlights Need for Qualified ASL Interpreters in...
Organized on the theme, “Ascending in the New Normal,” this virtual summit is designed to provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters with a professional platform to learn from and collaborate with Deaf and hard of hearing stakeholders, medical interpreters and medical professionals.
Massachusetts General Hospital clinicians detail language access strategy amid COVID-19
A paper recently published in the American Journal of Medical Care is shedding light on the importance of providing language access services in the healthcare setting — even before a patient makes their appointment.
Kriol interpreting efforts misunderstood in Western Australia and abroad
Earlier this month, Australian politician Mark McGowan received harsh criticism for a video campaign intended to disseminate COVID-19-related information to Aboriginal people living in the state of Western Australia (WA). MultiLingual an Australian interpreter about the video and why the outrage against it is largely unjustified.
Partial amputation prompts medical language access concerns
An ongoing federal lawsuit has been filed against a Tennessee hospital that did not provide adequate sign language interpreting services for a deaf patient, drawing attention to the importance of language access measures in the healthcare system.
Rapid antigen tests present language barriers in Australia
According to a recent report from the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC), community health advocates have been calling on improved language accessibility for rapid antigen tests, most of which only provide instructions in English and generally lack translations into other languages spoken widely throughout the country or even instructional pictures or diagrams.
AMN Languages Services Reports on LEP in Healthcare
AMN Languages Services, the division of AMN Healthcare that provides medical interpretation services, recently conducted a survey documenting the diversity of languages used in...
Addressing Language Barriers in the Healthcare System
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has certainly shed light on the language gap in the United States’ healthcare system — all too often, individuals with...
When Doctors Double as Medical Interpreters
An anthropological study published earlier this year in Sage Journals suggests that hospitals in the United States may be asking a bit extra of...