By: Mara Youdelman
Executive Summary
The full “What’s in a Word?: A Guide to Understanding Interpreting and Translation in Health Care.” The Guide is essential for health care providers, their staff to understanding interpreting and translation in health care for individuals who are limited English proficient (LEP). “To provide quality patient-centered health care, it is essential that health care providers, their staff and patients be able to communicate effectively with one another.” A brief overview of the longer guide is available here.