"Health care interpreters in Australia are trained to work with health professionals and need to regularly update their medical knowledge as part of their professional recertification requirements," ...

That s where Tanja Samayoa comes in. Samayoa is a medical interpreter who joined Padin at a Spectrum Health rehabilitation unit recently to act as a communication bridge between her and the physical ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — New rules that go into effect July 1 will require health care providers reimbursed with public funds to work with credentialed health care interpreters qualified or certified ...

TINTON FALLS - Until the mid-2010s, George and Linda Chen of Point Pleasant would go out of their way to travel to New York City to see a Chinese-speaking doctor. “Every time we saw a doctor, we had ...

Groups are joining Legacy Health to ask lawmakers to beef up the training and accreditation program for interpreters to help people access care, other services. This story was originally published by ...

We must go further than the heavy reliance on interpreter services, instead embracing the fundamental principles of linguistically adept care. Nevertheless, even if undocumented migrants were granted ...

This article is the third part in a series, Where culture meets health. Almost one quarter of the Australian population speaks a language other than English at home. But health services in Australia ...

"As a result, health care access for a huge number of people without functional English is limited, and that can have a real cost in terms of health outcomes." Australia was regarded as a world ...