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November 8, 2011 | Story
2011 Community Health Leader founds a New York nonprofit to educate Latinos about health, increase access to health care and provide other needed social services.
September 29, 2010 | Story
Beaumont Hospital changed hospital registration and record-keeping system so that they do not automatically input English as the default language for the patient.
September 29, 2010 | Story
Central Maine Medical Center developed contracts for outside interpreter agencies specifying qualifications and standards for interpreters.
January 14, 2010 | Story
Cambridge Health Alliance developed a system to ensure the accuracy of the patient's "language of care" in the electronic medical record.
August 11, 2009 | Story
UC Davis Health System's PICU team holds a monthly, multidisciplinary committee meeting that includes representatives of all PICU staff—physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers and more.
August 11, 2009 | Story
Seattle Children's Hospital created quick, hassle-free way for patients, their families and health care providers to access interpreters.
January 24, 2013 | Story
Ruth Murphey Parker's research has focused predominantly in two areas: medical education and health services for under-served populations.
October 17, 2011 | Story
Study by RWJF Scholar finds video-interpreting may reduce number of Spanish-speaking patients who leave emergency departments against medical advice.
August 29, 2011 | Story
Maren Coffman develops an interactive teaching method that helps Latinos with diabetes access care and manage their disease.
October 8, 2009 | Story
Sonith Peou, program director, Metta Health Center, Lowell, Mass., is being honored for his efforts to ensure access to culturally sensitive health services for the large Cambodian-American community in Lowell.