A research agenda for using machine translation in clinical medicine

EC Khoong, JA Rodriguez - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2022 - Springer
P rovision of linguistically appropriate care remains a challenge to achieving health equity.
Language barriers impact 25.6 million limited English proficient (LEP) individuals in the …

[HTML][HTML] The Use of Machine Translation for Outreach and Health Communication in Epidemiology and Public Health: Scoping Review

PS Herrera-Espejel, S Rach - JMIR Public Health and …, 2023 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: Culturally and linguistically diverse groups are often underrepresented in
population-based research and surveillance efforts, leading to biased study results and …

Reliable and safe use of machine translation in medical settings

N Mehandru, S Robertson, N Salehi - … of the 2022 ACM Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Language barriers between patients and clinicians contribute to disparities in quality of care.
Machine Translation (MT) tools are widely used in healthcare settings, but even small …

Are you spying on me?{Large-Scale} analysis on {IoT} data exposure through companion apps

Y Nan, X Wang, L Xing, X Liao, R Wu, J Wu… - 32nd USENIX Security …, 2023 - usenix.org
Recent research has highlighted privacy as a primary concern for IoT device users.
However, due to the challenges in conducting a large-scale study to analyze thousands of …

Angler: Helping machine translation practitioners prioritize model improvements

S Robertson, ZJ Wang, D Moritz, MB Kery… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Machine learning (ML) models can fail in unexpected ways in the real world, but not all
model failures are equal. With finite time and resources, ML practitioners are forced to …

A new role for translators and trainers: MT literacy consultants

M Ehrensberger-Dow, A Delorme Benites… - The Interpreter and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Recent developments in machine translation (MT) might have led some people to believe
that soon professional translation will not be needed, but most translator trainers are aware …

Communicating with Spanish-speaking families of hospitalized children with medical complexity

M Luercio, B Quiñones-Pérez, A Castellanos… - Hospital …, 2024 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Hospitalized families who use languages other than
English (LOE) for care encounter unique communication challenges, as do children with …

Point-of-care communication for patients with limited language proficiency: A scoping review of healthcare interpretation applications

T Kiblinger, K Daniels, C Calamaro - Patient education and counseling, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Linguistic diversity has the potential to create barriers for limited language
proficiency (LLP) patients when navigating the healthcare system. When a verified …

A global survey of android dual-use applications used in intimate partner surveillance

M Almansoori, A Gallardo, J Poveda… - Proceedings on …, 2022 - petsymposium.org
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive societal problem that affects millions of people
around the world. IPV perpetrators increasingly weaponize digital technologies like mobile …

[HTML][HTML] Adopting machine translation in the healthcare sector: A methodological multi-criteria review

M Zappatore, G Ruggieri - Computer Speech & Language, 2023 - Elsevier
Background: The recent advances in machine translation (MT) offer an appealing and low-
cost solution to overcome language barriers in multiple contexts (eg, travelling, cultural …