Among many factors that determine an individual’s access to healthcare, the language of medicine stresses a fundamental distinction between communication and transaction. To access healthcare is to ...

James Calderon, right, translates to a defendant during a court hearing Thursday, April 7, 2011. Calderon is a judicial and medical Spanish interpreter. James Calderón sits patiently in a chair in the ...

YAKIMA, Washington – When Maria Guadalupe Diaz-Lisaola and her husband, Refugio Cepeda, go to a medical appointment, it's usually a businesslike affair. Over the years, Diaz and Cepeda have faced ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Many of us take for granted the ability to talk with our health care provider but for many of our neighbors there is a language barrier to receiving adequate care. A program ...

South Shore University Hospital has phased out its in-person Spanish interpretation program and transitioned to a digital and phone-based system that Northwell Health already uses for other languages.

Federal regulations bar bilingual staff from interpreting unless they become certified, yet many clinics rely on these employees anyway. So researchers tested whether a 1-week long training in medical ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Imagine going to the doctor and not understanding what is being said at your appointment. That's the reality for some East Tennesseans in the Latino community. An East Tennessee ...

Going to the doctor can be an uncomfortable and intimidating experience. But imagine if you couldn't communicate with your doctor or nurse to describe your symptoms or explain your medical history. As ...

Anita LaPlaca has a specialty niche in the health-care industry - a medical Spanish interpreter who aids communications between Spanish-speaking patients and doctors at Rainbow Pediatrics at the ...

Roxana Del Barco is the Medical Interpretation Coordinator at University of Maryland Medical Center and the Maryland State Chapter Chair of the International Medical Interpreters Association. She has ...