The Supporting Patient Education and Knowledge (SPEAK) Act, introduced in October 2023, would create a task force to address barriers facing patients with limited English proficiency.
The payout — a little under USD 2m after attorney fees — will be split among several overlapping groups of nearly 1,500 healthcare interpreters who worked between 2018 and 2022.
Inter-agency complaint, executive order prompt HHS to reexamine services for people with limited English proficiency, revive inactive Language Access Steering Committee.
Research by University of Minnesota and the HealthPartners Institute reveals language access disparities negatively impact health outcomes for non-English speakers.
An Oregon Task Force comprising representatives from language service providers including LanguageLine, Boostlingo, and AMN successfully advocated against the bill.
Following a February 2023 letter, a March 2023 amendment incorporates ATA’s suggestion. Bill to establish web-based platform scheduling and payment platform still under consideration.
Finland’s capital needs providers for the 70,000 interpreting encounters, in nearly 40 language pairs, that take place yearly, primarily in social service and healthcare settings.
YouTube announces that Google’s machine dubbing product, Aloud, is available to its healthcare partners in India, making “dubbing as easy as one, two, three.”
Covid-19 accelerated healthcare’s digital transformation, but left behind patients with limited English proficiency; how new tech should include language support from the start.
The 60-page Interpreting Services and Technology Report provides a 360-degree view on the growth industry of interpreting, featuring analysis by mode, setting, geo, buyers, use cases, and more.
Proposed rule to Affordable Care Act outlines how machine translation output may be used in healthcare settings, including review by qualified human translator. But how is “qualified” defined?
Study by language service provider, Inbox Translation, finds 27% increase in UK spend on healthcare translation and interpreting since 2015, driven mainly by British Sign Language.
New study at outpatient otolaryngology clinic finds patients with limited English proficiency less satisfied with visits than English-speaking patients, regardless of interpreting mode.
Jeenie CEO, Kirsten Brecht Baker, joins SlatorPod to talk about virtual interpreting in healthcare, partnering with growth equity, and their pivot to success.
Study of 10,000 Covid-19 patients shows limited English proficiency correlates with worse outcomes during first wave of pandemic; trend disrupted by more interpreting, translation.
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