Reducing Barriers to Language Assistance During a Pandemic.
J Immigr Minor Health
; 23(5): 1126-1128, 2021 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1333100
ABSTRACT
This "Notes from the Field" article discusses language assistance within healthcare during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Providing adequate language assistance within healthcare is fundamental. At Houston Methodist we learned that we could leverage existing technologies to address language needs of our COVID-19 patients with limited English proficiency during the pandemic when personal protective equipment was in limited supply across the United States. By leveraging the use of our existing technologies (ex. Telephone interpretation with wearable communication devices) we increased utilization of language assistance for our patients with limited English proficiency. We urge other healthcare organizations to re-evaluate their language assistance programs and leverage similar technologies to empower both clinicians and patients.
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Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Communication Barriers
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
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Language
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Immigr Minor Health
Journal subject:
Social Sciences
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Public Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10903-021-01251-2
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