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Limited English Proficiency

Suffolk Police Failing Residents With Limited English, Need Meaningful Changes [VIDEO]

Ted Hesson | Posted 11.29.2011 | New York
Read More: Immigrant Rights, Hate Crimes, Scpd, Sepa Mujer, Suffolk County Police Department, Language Access, Long Island Immigrant Alliance, Immigration, Department of Justice, Limited English Proficiency, Justice Department, Empire Justice Center, Suffolk County, Long Island Wins, Video, New York News
Ted Hesson

Despite touting new translation tools and cursory Spanish-language trainings, Suffolk County police consistently deny basic services to residents with limited English proficiency.

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Open Letter to Hospital Compliance Officers: Questions to Ask as Standards Enter Pilot Phase

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Language Access, Interpretation, Medical Interpreter, Interpreter Training, Politics News, Asl, Limited English Proficiency, Hard-of-Hearing, Patient Care, Health, Joint Commission, Patients, Contractor, Hospitals, American Sign Language, Government, Language Barrier, Language, Patient-Centered Communication, Healthcare Provider, Dialect, Translation, Deaf, Healthcare, Sign Language, Spanish, Home News
Louis Provenzano

New and revised Joint Commission requirements for language and interpretation standards took effect this month on a year-long pilot basis for healthca...

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State of Oregon First to Adopt National Certification for Medical Interpreters

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Language Access, Interpretation, Russian, National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters, Oregon Office of Multicultural Health & Services, Vietnamese, Interpreters, Oregon, Limited English Proficiency, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Lep, Language Barrier, International Medical Interpreter Association, English, Language, Patients, Multicultural, Health, Korean, Medical Interpreters, Healthcare, Imia, Cmi, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

The National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters announced today that the State of Oregon has become the first state in the nation to offi...

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Protections of Justice System Should Apply to Us All, Even Non-English Speakers

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Legal Aid Society, David Nahmias, Civil Rights, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Language Line Services, Interpreters, Limited English Proficiency, Navajo, Legal, Mandarin, Harold Melton, Georgia Supreme Court, Annie Ling, Decision, Robert Benham, Laws, Lep, Defendants, Haitian Creole, Aclu, Judicial System, Carol Hunstein, Spanish, Court System, Las-Elc, Aousc, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

With more than 176 different languages and dialects spoken in the United States, we still have a long way to go to assure full support for all legal Limited English Proficiency defendants in court cases.

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Hospitals Must Overcome Language Barriers to Save Lives, Cut Costs

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Patient-Centered Communication, Language, Limited English Proficiency, Health, Language Barrier, Medical Error, Hospitals, Language Access, Medical Interpreter, Spanish, Patients, Joint Commission, Translation, Patient Care, Interpretation, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

More than 60 million people - about one in five legal U.S. residents - speak a language other than English at home, and it's not all Spanish, with mor...

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Language Access and the Prevention of Medical Errors

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Medical Interpreter Advocacy Day, Language, Capitol Hill, Lep, English, Language Barrier, Kidney, Francisco Torres, Language Access, Medical Interpreter, Limited English Proficiency, Medical Errors, Patients, National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters, The Joint Commission, Misdiagnosis, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

The case of Francisco Torres, a Spanish-speaking patient in Riverside, Cali., who had the wrong kidney removed during surgery, once again gives the me...

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