Background Approximately 25 million people in the USA are limited English proficient (LEP).
When LEP patients receive care from physicians who are truly language concordant, some …

Context Language barriers can influence the health quality and outcomes of limited English
proficiency (LEP) patients at end of life, including symptom assessment and utilization of …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine
globally. The current consortium critically examines the telemedicine frameworks, identifies …

The concept of limited English proficiency (LEP) presents significant challenges when
applied to the healthcare needs of the diverse and growing multilingual population in the US …

Providing safe and high-quality health care for children whose parents have limited English
proficiency (LEP) remains challenging. Reports of parent perspectives on navigating …

Background Providers consistently underutilize professional interpreters in healthcare
settings even when they perceive benefits to using professional interpreters and when …

Medical Spanish (MS) education is in growing demand from US medical students, providers,
and health systems, but there are no standard recommendations for how to structure the …

Purpose To communicate with linguistically diverse patients, medical students and
physicians often use their non-English-language skills. However, there is no standard …

22 April 2018• Nursing Management www. nursingmanagement. com for patients in this
group to encounter a language barrier. 6 (No publicly available record of language skills of …

Abstract Objective Limited English proficiency (LEP) is a risk factor for health care inequity
and an important focus for improving communication and care quality. This study examines …