The health care industry is a critical sector that helps save people’s lives. Sometimes, medical professionals and patients have communication barriers that can hinder that process. However, the great ...

Debbie Lesser is a catalyst, facilitating crucial conversations taking place in often highly sensitive situations. As a certified medical interpreter for one of the largest health systems in the ...

One of the most vital parts of providing adequate healthcare is the exchange of information between patient and caregiver. Without clear communication, it can be difficult, and even dangerous, to ...

Language barriers can lead to dangerous deficiencies in patient care, but financial constraints have kept the use of medical interpreters in physician offices relatively low. A proposed rule would ...

Even people who speak English fluently often find that conversations with healthcare professionals sound like Greek to them. So imagine if you speak only Greek or Spanish or Farsi and want to have, ...

Roxana Del Barco is the Medical Interpretation Coordinator at University of Maryland Medical Center and the Maryland State Chapter Chair of the International Medical Interpreters Association. She has ...

Cornelia E. Brown, Ph.D., is executive director of the Multicultural Association of Medical/ Legal Interpreters (MAMI) in Syracuse. MAMI is a not-for-profit providing translation services in medical ...

"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," ...