… For the 300 articles for which it was unclear from the title and abstract whether the article
contained data regarding professional medical interpreters and one of the previously …

… Access to medical interpretation helps to reduce these disparities.Our study is, to our knowledge…
of medical interpreter services on the quality of health care: a systematic review. Medical …

… A language access plan that involves professional medical interpreters will provide better
health outcomes, ethical patient care, improved patient satisfaction, and reduce costly repeat …

… not receive professional medical interpretation, but rather must resort to using ad hoc interpreters,
… room, or having no interpreter. One study of 530 Latino adult ED patients revealed no …

… The use of professional interpreters in medical settings is still limited, which is, among other
reasons, due to cost concerns. We performed a literature search in PubMed and included 11 …

… Professional medical interpreters are trained to interpret the spoken word, whereas translators
work with written words. Although the two professions are often confused, they require …

… Medical interpreters mediate language and culture, and … of professional medical interpreters.
As practitioners in a complex healthcare environment, professional medical interpreters are …

… Our study found that professional medical interpreters view their work as integral to the
delivery of safe care to patients with LEP. In order to effectively engage in patient safety efforts …

… for professional interpreters. This need cannot be met by the limited number of available
professional medical interpreters, … used to measure the skills of medical interpreters. Authentic …

… This study is the first showing that engaging a professional medical interpreter in the care
of people who prefer to speak languages other than English may influence the quality of their …