Language services are essential for health equity and good patient health outcomes, but recent executive actions threaten to ...

In recent years, Americans have gotten used to logging on to a patient portal through their smartphone or computer to have telehealth appointments with their doctors and health care teams, see their ...

To effectively address language barriers in the delivery of healthcare, a comprehensive approach comprising both tactical and creative solutions is needed. The integration of Natural Language ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Avery Nelson. Buy this photo. A University of Michigan study published this past ...

A lower proportion of children from non–English-speaking households received preventive medical care visits than their English-speaking peers. Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of data ...

Latino patients face multiple obstacles to proper melanoma care, including language barriers and untimely referrals, according to a study.Compared with white patients, Latino patients are more ...

In “A Mind That Found Itself” (1908), mental-health reformer and founder of Mental Health America Clifford W. Beers chronicled the death of an 80-year-old French-Canadian asylum patient. Confused by ...

Alfredo David lay in bed, looking deflated under an Avengers blanket, as a doctor, two nurses, and medical interpreter Veronica Maldonado entered his hospital room. He wrapped up a call from his wife, ...

Nolga Valadez knows that her work for Three Square, which provides food to those in need, consists of more than offering sustenance. After a course in bilingual community health worker training, ...

A recent report finds that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Pa. continue to encounter ...

This post was updated March 12 at 7:50 p.m. Undocumented people living in the United States are denied their basic right to health care each and every day, with only a few states choosing to expand ...