Objective. This study assessed safety culture and staff communication with patients with
limited English proficiency (LEP) to identify system-level approaches to increasing …

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to understand different roles that interpreters play in a
pediatric, limited English proficient (LEP) health care encounter and to describe what factors …

OBJECTIVE Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) benefit from the appropriate use
of medical interpreters. A multidisciplinary quality improvement team sought to improve …

BACKGROUND Achieving effective communication between medical providers and families
with limited English proficiency (LEP) in the hospital is difficult. OBJECTIVE Our objective …

BACKGROUND Communication is fundamental to high-quality health care. Despite federal
requirements to provide interpreters and growing evidence favoring the benefits of …

BACKGROUND Patients with a language for care other than English (LOE) face
communication barriers and inequitable outcomes in health care. Professional interpretation …

The limited English proficiency (LEP) status of parents is associated with poor health care
outcomes in children. 1–3 The use of professional interpretation has been associated with …

Abstract Background and Objective Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP)
experience worse health care outcomes compared to English proficient (EP) patients, and …

Aim Linguistic diversity is increasing nationally; patients with limited English proficiency
require provision of professional interpreters. We reviewed hospital‐wide use of interpreters …

Background Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) experience poorer quality care
and more adverse events in hospital. Consequently, there is interest in understanding the …