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April 6, 2011 | Program Results Report
"We would never have gotten this information if the doctor had just gone in with broken Spanish," said Beth Ebel, M.D. "Often you don't know what you're getting into with medicine. If you don't know the nuances of the situation it can be a problem."
April 6, 2011 | Program Results Report
As the project manager at the University of Michigan said: "We could just grab the phone when patients came in who spoke languages for which we don't have an interpreter."
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The language barrier can prevent Spanish-speaking patients from adhering to treatments and follow-up plans after visiting the ED. During ED visits, this trial provided Spanish-speaking patients, with limited English proficiency, the services of professionally trained medical interpreters.
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article examines how language and income interact with treatment of Type II diabetes in a large managed-care trial. Previous research has shown that minorities and low-socioeconomic status individuals have more poorly controlled blood sugar levels than White Americans.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Having doctors rerate their non-English language skills on a descriptive, 5-level scale, from an initial, non-descriptive 3-level scale, resulted in physicians more modestly assessing their fluency. This seems to improve the accuracy of self-reported proficiency.
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
Research demonstrates that the use of unqualified individuals can result in increased medical errors.
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
The presence of a readily accessible, qualified language services workforce is necessary for a high-quality program.
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
Select Findings from the Literature
March 1, 2007 | Toolkit
The presence of a readily accessible, qualified language services workforce is necessary for a high-quality program.
August 12, 2010 | Journal Article
Hablamos Juntos supplied Spanish interpreters to health care providers in eight states. This study examined data from the program to determine if the presence of an interpreter improved communication between health care providers and their Latino patients.