Language help in NY hospitals has room for improvement
Case Management Weekly, April 30, 2008
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A report released last week by The New York Immigration Coalition says that language assistance in hospitals for patients whose native language isn’t English has improved since state health officials started enforcing regulations in 2006, according to an article in The Washington Post.
The report surveyed 617 patients in
In a city where approximately two million people do not speak English, language help in hospitals is critical to ensuring proper diagnosis and treatment. The report found that Spanish assistance has improved greatly, but languages such as Korean, Haitian Creole, Russian, Arabic, and Bengali still need more work.
Source: The Washington Post
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