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Eliminating Inequities with Interpretation: Effective Communication for Improving Health Outcomes
In the United States, nearly 68 million people speak a language other than English at home. That number has virtually tripled over the last three decades. As our country continues to experience this soaring growth, qualified medical interpreters are becoming more essential to improving health outcomes and achieving health equity goals.
Listen to our pediatric experts discuss the impact of effective interpretation services
In this episode, Anna Ruman, MD, and Nancy Casillas join us to discuss the importance of effective and accessible interpretation and translation services. They explain how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has specifically identified language access as one of the five priority areas for the next year, aligning with the shared goal to reduce or eliminate healthcare disparities.
Dr. Ruman is a hospitalist at Children’s Hospital Colorado and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
Casillas is a medical interpreter and program coordinator for hospital interpretation and translation services at Children’s Colorado.
In this episode, our experts discuss:
- How medical interpreters enhance health equity
- Advantages and disadvantages of different types of interpreting
- Qualifications for medical interpretation services
- Advancements happening at Children’s Colorado
- How a lack of proper interpreter utilization impacts patient care
- Best practices for working with interpreters
Listen here or on your podcast platform of choice, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.
Interpretation and translation services at Children's Colorado
To help ensure families understand their child’s medical care and circumstances, we offer in-person medical interpretation services to patients who do not speak English or who are deaf or hard of hearing. Learn how our interpretation services can help your patients.