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Language Barriers in Healthcare by Dr. Flores

Language Barriers in Healthcare

Dr. Glenn Flores, MD., Director of Research at Conneticut Childrens Hospital Adverse impact of language barriers on healthcare: why health-plans must reimburse for professional healthcare interpreters and translators · Healthcare language services improve health outcomes and reduce costs and resource utilization · Findings from 2 studies by our team on o Dangers of ad-hoc and other untrained interpreters o Interpreter errors and their potential clinical consequences · Strategies for improving access to language services in healthcare .