Debbie Lesser is a catalyst, facilitating crucial conversations taking place in often highly sensitive situations. As a certified medical interpreter for one of the largest health systems in the ...

Federal regulations bar bilingual staff from interpreting unless they become certified, yet many clinics rely on these employees anyway. So researchers tested whether a 1-week long training in medical ...

A recent study, published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, has revealed that non-English speaking patients who are provided with a professional interpreter in the Emergency Department (ED) of a ...

The number of patients with limited English proficiency getting access to medical interpreters increased nearly threefold between 2011 and 2023, an indication that Affordable Care Act provisions ...

Going to the doctor can be an uncomfortable and intimidating experience. But imagine if you couldn't communicate with your doctor or nurse to describe your symptoms or explain your medical history. As ...

Perhaps there's a way we can get automation to help us eliminate some of the rote things we are asked to do that have little to nothing to do with the art and science of practicing medicine. As we ...

Roxana Del Barco is the Medical Interpretation Coordinator at University of Maryland Medical Center and the Maryland State Chapter Chair of the International Medical Interpreters Association. She has ...

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Language barriers can lead to dangerous deficiencies in patient care, but financial constraints have kept the use of medical interpreters in physician offices relatively low. A proposed rule would ...

Cornelia E. Brown, Ph.D., is executive director of the Multicultural Association of Medical/ Legal Interpreters (MAMI) in Syracuse. MAMI is a not-for-profit providing translation services in medical ...

A woman rushes to a hospital after taking her baby’s temperature. In English, she tells the nurse that her child has been crying nonstop and is burning up. She begs to see a doctor. The nurse turns to ...