Have you heard the news? Only July 25, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed changes to Section 1557, which is the nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). With respect to language access in healthcare, it’s the law that currently requires the use of qualified interpreters and translators…
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10 Tips to Work With Remote Medical Interpreters
I wrote this article after reading the PubMed article ”Training Healthcare Professionals To Work With Interpreters” by Aarti Bansal, which pointed out the issue of inadequate provision of training to providers on how to work with interpreters. Also, I asked my remote interpreting colleagues ”What would you tell a provider if you had the opportunity…
First Remote Interpreters of the Americas Meeting!
In March 2022 we had our first meeting for the *Remote Interpreters of the Americas Workgroup.* It was very interesting to solve ethical dilemmas specific to remote interpretation! We discussed topics such as * Post-session with the provider during remote interpretation * How to intervene when the flow of the communication is hindered by one…