Category: Healthcare/Medical Interpreting

Too long, didn't watch: Here's a recap of our webinar with language industry leaders Jinny Bromberg, Michelle Rabie, Simon Andriesen, and Kristin Quinlan.
Learn how a prepared interpreting services company like CLI can help health plans nail CMS call center monitoring.
LEP patients are still experiencing barriers to vaccination. ConsejoSano's Abner Mason describes a few strategies to help build trust and get more vulnerable people vaccinated.
In order to make healthcare more equitable for limited English proficient patient populations, easy access to medical interpreting services is
To achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus, officials will need the help of credible community messengers to reach vaccine hesitant individuals.
The pandemic has tested the resolve of most healthcare workers, medical interpreters included. There are ways to help your staff, though, starting with these tips.
Communication, especially during a pandemic, is more than just language. Language access managers can borrow strategies from community outreach approaches to improve language access.
Providing medical interpreters during telehealth calls can be a challenge for many healthcare systems. Three-way video calls from a secure video remote interpreting (VRI) platform is an effective solution.
In-person interpreting is still a critical service during the pandemic, but with in-person care volume down and virtual care volume up, language access managers will need to find a different way to use their skills.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, telehealth adoption was slow. Now, it's highly unlikely anyone will be able to put that genie back in the bottle.
It's likely telemedicine will stick around after the pandemic, which means healthcare organizations will need to involve stakeholders of diverse backgrounds to determine a permanent telemedicine strategy. This needs to include language access professionals.
A final rule has been issued regarding Section 1557 of ACA. See how these new changes affect language access.