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We, at MasterWord, offer comprehensive healthcare language and communication access solutions and work with our clients to ensure better outcomes, while reducing costs, readmission rates, liability risks, and barriers to quality care. We consult with our clients to identify and access existing language resources, and then supplement them with MasterWord’s professional healthcare interpreters, medical translators, and training & testing programs.
MasterWord offers comprehensive healthcare language and communication access solutions and works with our clients to ensure better outcomes, while reducing costs, readmission rates, liability risks, and barriers to quality care. We consult with our clients to identify and access existing language resources, and then supplement them with MasterWord’s professional healthcare interpreters, medical translators, and training & testing programs.
Our healthcare interpreters are dedicated to helping healthcare providers establish a direct relationship with their Limited English Proficient (LEP) or Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing patients.
The most effective form of interpreting for longer, complex interactions.
Perfect for shorter, more routine interactions, or when an interpreter is needed rapidly.
Preferred by patients and providers over OPI for longer, straightforward or routine interactions
Interpreting services offered through video conferencing or telemedicine platforms to provide accessible remote or tele-treatment to Limited English Proficient, Deaf, or Hard-of-Hearing patients.
We offer HIPAA and HITECH compliant medical translation services with rigorous quality assurance and dedicated project management support.
A document is considered “vital” if it contains information that is critical for obtaining services and/or benefits provided by a covered entity or is required by law. Consider making vital documents available in top 5-10 languages and braille.
Patient portals provide patients with a gateway access and manage their medical information. They also minimize the administrative burden on healthcare systems and clinical staff by eliminating or reducing call traffic for managing appointment times, refilling prescriptions, requesting referrals and other tasks that limit the efficiency of clinical staff. However, monolingual patient portals are not accessible to Limited English Proficient (LEP) patients and could result in additional costs related to language support for preventable phone communication and visits.
Ensuring that all documents and publications are fully accessible to individuals with disabilities as well as Limited English Proficient, Deaf, and Hard-of-Hearing individuals, and comply with Section 508 requirements can prove challenging. Consider partnering with our Team to ensure your publicly available documents are accessible and compliant, including:
We aid in ensuring compliance with requirements for cultural competency, interpreter and translator skill verification and qualification in compliance with HHS Guidelines, CLAS Standards, and other legislative, regulatory, and accreditation requirements.
Partner with MasterWord to effectively meet Section 1557 requirements under the Affordable Care Act. Ensure seamless access to care for all patients by overcoming language barriers and accessibility hurdles with dependable, high-quality services in over 250 languages.
A comprehensive Language Access Plan is key for risk managers and patient services coordinators. The professionals at MasterWord assist through facility audits, staff language proficiency assessments, interpreting services, document translation, cultural competency training and program development in compliance with:
The Americans with Disabilities Act is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. The purpose of this law is to provide the same rights and opportunities through reasonable accommodations.
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. Failure by a recipient to provide meaningful access to individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) can constitute national origin discrimination.
Outlines the skill areas for interpreters and translators to be considered competent or qualified to interpret and/or translate in compliance with Title VI prohibition against national origin discrimination. Also suggest that staff communicating directly with a limited English proficient person in a foreign language should be bilingual and competent to do so.
Prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs and activities. Covered entities are encouraged to develop and implement a language access plan to ensure they are prepared to take reasonable steps to provide meaningful access to each individual that may require assistance.
Requires federal agencies to examine the services they provide, identify any need for services to those with limited English proficiency, and develop and implement a system to provide those services so LEP persons can have meaningful access to them. Also requires that federal agencies work to ensure recipients of federal financial assistance provide meaningful access to their LEP applicants and beneficiaries. Meaningful access is defined as language assistance services that result in accurate, timely, and effective communication with the LEP individual.
Requires that federal agencies coordinate their Title VI enforcement efforts under the guidance of the Federal Coordination and Compliance Section of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.
Provide a blueprint for healthcare organizations to provide effective, equitable, understandable, and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, health literacy, and other communication needs.
This crosswalk document highlights The Joint Commission’s accreditation standards that directly or indirectly support the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
Federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge.
Promotes the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology and addresses the privacy and security concerns associated with the electronic transmission of health information.
