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Today´s news briefing at 11 a.m. PDT is on "The troubling impacts of language barriers in healthcare access," with Dr. Latha Palaniappan, cofounder of @StanfordCAREs Dr. Ingrid Hall, from the @CDCgov and Dr. Elena Rios from the @NHMAmd #healthcareforall #ethnicmedia
Today's news briefing on "The troubling impacts of language barriers in healthcare access" is under way. Follow for live tweets here!
Dr. Latha Palaniappan, cofounder of
@StanfordCAREs Language and language access is an important determinant of health. Language barriers occur when healthcare providers and patients do not share a native language. Limited English proficiency patients face health disparities.
@StanfordCAREs Language and language access is an important determinant of health. Language barriers occur when healthcare providers and patients do not share a native language. Limited English proficiency patients face health disparities.
America is multi-lingual, from 1980 to 2019 number of people in the US who spoke a language other than English at home nearly tripled. 67.2 million in the US a language other than English at home.
Dr. Latha Palaniappan, cofounder of
@StanfordCAREs recommends using a translator or interpreter even by health care providers that are somewhat proficient in a language: They are often not so in medical terms.
@StanfordCAREs recommends using a translator or interpreter even by health care providers that are somewhat proficient in a language: They are often not so in medical terms.
Patients with language-discordant healthcare providers reported receiving less health education, worse interpersonal care, and lower patient satisfaction. There's also less than satisfactory access to adequate interpretation services. #DrLathaPalaniappan
For LEP *Limited English Proficiency patients, it's harder to navigate healthcare systems, delays in reporting systems, not receiving timely care, and more undiagnosed conditions. #DrLathaPalaniappan
Language barriers are an important barrier to address to improve care for LEP patients. Possible solutions? 1. Translate materials into the patient's preferred language. 2. using translation tools with interpretation services. #DrLathaPalaniappan at @StanfordCAREs
Federal law Section 1557 of the American Care Act mandates that healthcare providers provide qualified interpreting services free of charge. Also, relying on informal translators like family it's prohibited, except in emergencies.
#DrLathaPalaniappan at@StanfordCAREs17 talks about her time as a volunteer in the East Timor conflict, and her experience is that non-experienced interpreters cannot convey the needs of the patient adequately. Good interpreters add to the care.
Dr. Ingrid J. Hall, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is now talking about a study on the use of preventive care by Hispanic adults with limited English proficiency.
Study results show that Hispanics that speak limited English have less access to a usual source of healthcare and receive less services in general care compared to Hispanics who speak English well and Non-Hispanic Whites. #DrIngridHall at the @CDCgov
Interestingly, Hispanics receive more breast and cervical cancer screening than non-Hispanic whites when they don't receive other screenings at the same rate. This is probably due to the fact that @CDCgov funds local public health departments to do those screenings.
Dr. Elena V. Rios, President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association @NHMAmd is on now. Language in our medical profession is part of the problem, we don't really learn about languages, we learn about disease. "Here comes the diabetic".
Dr. Elena V. Rios, President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association @NHMAmd, now we get many more immigrants from many countries/languages, and barriers continue to be there.
"We need to reimburse language services in healthcare," Dr. Elena V. Rios, President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association.
Dr. Elena Rios speaks about bills that have been introduced to improve healthcare language access and tools.
It's hard to bring in-language doctors and nurses because there are quotas, but this could help, says Dr. Elena V. Rios of the @NHMAmd
@sunita37 indicates that less than 6% of US healthcare providers are people of color. Dr. Elena V. Rios says #SCOTUS decision to strike down the use of race as a consideration in college and univ admissions makes it even harder to train a diverse workforce for healthcare
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