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Speaking Together Program Achievements Video
Published: Sep 29, 2008
Speaking Together: National Language Services Network, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, aimed to improve the quality and availability of health care language services for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). Ten hospitals with racially and ethnically diverse patients worked together for 18-months to study and improve their language services. This video highlights the achievements of the Speaking Together program and the important role that language services can play in eliminating disparities and improving quality in America’s health care system.
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- Speaking Together National Language Services Network (Chart packs and books)
- Speaking Together Toolkit (Toolkits)
- Tools for Improving Language Services Delivery (Toolkits)
- In Any Language: Improving the Quality and Availability of Language Services in Hospitals (Reports)
Speaking Together National Language Services Network
By:
Regenstein M
Publication date:
2008
Summary:
A PowerPoint presentation from Martha Regenstein, Ph.D., director of the RWJF national program Speaking Together, and associate research professor in the Department of Health Policy at The George Washington University Medical Center.
Speaking Together Toolkit
Publication date:
June 06, 2008
Summary:
Ten hospitals with racially and ethnically diverse patient populations participated in RWJF's Speaking Together: National Language Services Network—a program aimed at improving the quality and availability of health care language services for patients...
Tools for Improving Language Services Delivery
By:
Speaking Together: National Language Services Network
Publication date:
2007
Summary:
This document details a number of tools and ideas developed and tested that can be implemented in hospitals to facilitate effective, efficient, and timely communication between health care providers and their patients.
In Any Language: Improving the Quality and Availability of Language Services in Hospitals
Publication date:
Sep 29, 2008
Summary:
This report highlights the experiences of the 10 hospitals participating in the Speaking Together program, showcasing the proven practices that were implemented to improve language services at the health care institutions.
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