Translation Services

Understanding your healthcare team — and making sure you are understood — is essential to experiencing your best health. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits exclusion from services and discrimination on grounds of race, color, and national origin among others. This extends to people with non- or limited-English proficiency and is why having expert medical interpretation services available at our hospital is essential to protect the patient, as well as the healthcare provider. 

Speaking to patients in the languages they need 

It’s important that our healthcare team use the services of a professional medical interpreter who has been specially trained and certified in interpreting medical terminology in a hospital setting. This ensures accurate communication across cultural differences and allows nurses and physicians to speak to the exact nature of a health issue without worrying that the patient is getting only partial information or incorrect information. It also protects confidentiality. Patients benefit in that the medical interpreter allows them to speak directly to the healthcare provider without difficulty. 

Translation services are available to patients for any type of hospital or clinic care

These services are provided at no cost and are available at all hours. When scheduling an appointment or procedure, please notify hospital staff if you need an interpreter. They will be happy to assist with the arrangements.