by Mimi Moore | Apr 5, 2023 | Healthcare Translation, Interpreting Services, Over-the-phone interpreting, Simultaneous Interpreting, Translation
How to Bridge the Language Gap for First Responders We talk about language access a lot when it comes to areas like legal assistance, health care, and voting, but the conversation shouldn’t just end there. For many people in our communities, language access — or...
by Mimi Moore | Feb 1, 2023 | Interpreting Services, Legal interpreting, Over-the-phone interpreting, Simultaneous Interpreting, Video remote interpreting
Language justice goes beyond language access, providing true equity for people who have limited English proficiency. Although language access — that is, enacting policies that ensure an individual’s access to important communications in their preferred language — is...
by Avantpage | Aug 17, 2022 | Healthcare Translation, Interpreting Services, Over-the-phone interpreting, Video remote interpreting
Language barriers can come in many forms, and reducing language barriers in healthcare needs to be innovative and detailed. Immigrants and limited English proficient (LEP) individuals have historically been marginalized and discriminated against due to accents or...
by Avantpage | Aug 3, 2022 | Healthcare Translation, Interpreting Services, Over-the-phone interpreting, Video remote interpreting
Telehealth services can increase equitable healthcare or exacerbate disparities. Telehealth services needs grew exponentially during the pandemic: the number of Medicare visits handled through telehealth increased 63-fold, from 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 million in 2020....
by Avantpage | Feb 16, 2022 | Healthcare News, Healthcare Translation, Interpreting Services, Localization, Over-the-phone interpreting, Uncategorized
eBook Download: Choosing from Phone, Video, and Event Interpreting The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of healthcare. One of those aspects is routine doctor visits. While many health issues still need to be handled in person, others can be done online...
by Avantpage | May 31, 2021 | Culture & Tradition, Language Spotlight, Localization, Over-the-phone interpreting, Translation
The recognition of the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage was introduced in 1977 but it was in 1992 that Congress passed Public Law 102-450 which designated May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Why the month of May? It was chosen by the Congress to...
