Effective Interpreter Use. Interpreter Use Training Goals: –Improved health care delivery to low proficiency English (LEP) patients and families –Improved.

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Effective Interpreter Use

Interpreter Use Training Goals: –Improved health care delivery to low proficiency English (LEP) patients and families –Improved provider satisfaction and fulfillment

Agenda Mandates for interpreter use Research supporting use Explore interpreter use skills - Video Discuss interpreter service at CPMC Discuss options for decreasing language barriers And, what you can do…

Magnitude of need: census data >28 million Americans are foreign born 44 million Americans speak a language other than English at home Over 300 languages spoken Not only urban, many immigrants now live in suburban and rural areas throughout the country.

Mandates Professional and training organizations Department of Health and Human Services Laws

CLAS: National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care “Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) to [diverse patients/consumers] has the potential to improve access to care, quality of care, and, ultimately, health outcomes.” Standards focus on access to care in the patient’s language. –Department of Health and Human Services December 2000

Laws Pertaining to the Provision of Interpreter Services Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964) New York State Public Health Law 405.7

Data Well documented negative impact of language barriers on: –Utilization –Satisfaction –+ Adherence

Cost Prolonged length of stay in ER and higher diagnostic costs »L. Hampers, et al. Increased probability of hospital admission »M. Waxman et al. 3-fold increase in CT scans done for abdominal pain in LEP cohort in which 100% had interpreters, but 80% were “ad hoc” or untrained interpreters. »M. Waxman et al.

Video: Communicating Effectively Through An Interpreter

Interpreter Services at New York Presbyterian Hospital Interpreter Services at NY Presbyterian Hospital: (212) Service provides Sign Language, Spanish, and French interpreters in person and by phone. Pacific Interpreters Professional interpreters, over 100 languages. Phone number and access code printed on cards available all over the medical center. Simply identify yourself and give the site-specific access code.

Overcoming Language Barriers, Options: On-site professional interpreters Remote telephone interpretation Increase language skills of students and residents Train staff as interpreters ESL for patients/families