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April 16, 2019

Medical Interpreter Certification: Which should I choose?

THIS BLOG WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2014 Regulatory changes at local and state levels, as well as publications by Health and Human Services and accrediting agencies are encouraging the documentation and skill verification of interpreters and bilingual personnel. With this increased demand for…
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April 12, 2019

Impostorism in the Language Industry

Have you ever asked yourself: Did I transmit the speaker’s tone accurately? Was it my fault that the two parties did not arrive at an agreement? Did I introduce vagueness or confusion into the message or text? Have you ever researched a term for which…
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March 20, 2019

Technology Involved in Scheduling of Interpreters

Every aspect of arranging for patient language support requires technology. The language access program manager must be proficient in database management, in use of the EMR (electronic medical record) program, in pager and smart phone management, and in managing messaging between interpreter schedulers and external…
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March 19, 2019

Surgery Black Box – Where Patients Lose Language Support

Consider the following patient language support scenarios: Surgery & Patient Language Support Case Study 1 The interpreter schedulers had worked for weeks to find an ASL (American Sign Language) interpreter for a patient who was to undergo a colon resection for cancer. The Surgery schedulers…
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