by Avantpage | Mar 22, 2022 | Elections Translation, Specialized Translation, Translation, Translation Resources, Uncategorized
Providing language access to election materials helps to ensure more equitable elections in the U.S. If a person has a hard time understanding a ballot, that person will be less likely to vote. Unfortunately, this leaves a portion of the limited English proficiency...
by Avantpage | Mar 17, 2022 | Customer Experience, Localization, Specialized Translation, Technology, Translation, Uncategorized
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are civil rights laws protecting those with divergent abilities. We’ll cover what these laws are and examples for accessibility and language access. What is the ADA and Section...
by Avantpage | Feb 16, 2022 | Healthcare News, Healthcare Translation, Interpreting Services, Localization, Over-the-phone interpreting, Uncategorized
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 through telehealth services (also known as telemedicine). Telehealth...
by Avantpage | Feb 2, 2022 | Customer Experience, Healthcare Translation, Interpreting Services, Uncategorized
When you have a health decision to make, do you feel fully informed and armed with the knowledge to make a decision? Do you understand what the doctor told you? Interpreting basic health information, especially when it’s a serious issue or you’re feeling pressured for...
by Avantpage | Dec 15, 2021 | Customer Experience, Translation, Uncategorized
A language access plan is a document that describes how an organization plans to provide services to individuals who are non-English speaking or have limited English proficiency (LEP). A language access plan helps to facilitate and articulate an organizations’ needs,...
by Avantpage | Dec 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.”- Martin Luther King Jr. One of the social determinants of health is healthcare access and quality, which includes having access to healthcare, health insurance, and health...
