Tag: Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
New Mexico’s Language Access Services Best in U.S.
In its recently released Justice Index, the National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ) named the state of New Mexico as the number one...
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...
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,...
Translators and interpreters respond to the Covid-19 pandemic
What happens if critical messages aren’t communicated to Americans considered Limited English Proficient (LEP) citizens? To put it bluntly: how are we going to stop the spread if a group of 25 million Americans goes uninformed?