How Adopting a Hybrid Model with a Virtual Interpreter Call Center Can Make Your In-House Interpreters More Efficient

Many large hospitals have a team of dedicated, in-house interpreters. With the diversity of languages spoken in the U.S. continuing to grow, it can be challenging to support patients in every language while managing in-house interpreting resources. In this article, Kristin Quinlan, CEO of Certified Languages International, dives into how leading-edge healthcare organizations are adopting a hybrid interpreting model by using a virtual interpreter call center and outlines the numerous benefits offered to both staff and patients when hospitals take advantage of having a language services partner.

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CLI Director of HR Elizabeth Garvin, winner of the Portland Business Journal’s 2024 HR Leadership Award, has met the challenge of supporting a diverse workforce — and then some!
Remote medical interpreters, like CLI’s Helen Sweeney, played crucial roles during the pandemic, ensuring patients with a non-English language preference had access to healthcare amidst restrictions.
If a patient with limited English proficiency declines an interpreter, their healthcare provider still can — and should — request one. The benefits are too big to overlook.