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Language

&

Culture

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

2018

Improving Communication With Patients With Limited English Proficiency

2017

 Parental language and return visits to the emergency department after discharge

2016

 Creating a Professional Ladder for Interpreters for Improvement of Care

 The association between limited English proficiency and unplanned emergency department revisit within 72 hours

2012

 Professional language interpretation and inpatient length of stay and readmission rates

2010

Reevaluation of the effect of mandatory interpreter legislation on use of professional interpreters for ED patients with language barriers. 

2008

 Language interpreter utilization in the emergency department setting: a clinical review

2007

 Language proficiency and adverse events in US hospitals: a pilot study

 The impact of an enhanced interpreter service intervention on hospital costs and patient satisfaction

Do professional interpreters improve clinical care for patients with limited English proficiency? A systematic review of the literature

2006

 Language and length of stay in the pediatric emergency department

Resident physicians' use of professional and nonprofessional interpreters: a national survey. 

2004

 The effect of English language proficiency on length of stay and in-hospital mortality

2002

 Professional interpreters and bilingual physicians in a pediatric emergency department: effect on resource utilization

2000

Effect of language barriers on follow-up appointments after an emergency department visit

Are diagnostic testing and admission rates higher in non–english-speaking versus english-speaking patients in the emergency department?.

1996

 Use and effectiveness of interpreters in an emergency department