However, U.S. federal laws require that healthcare professionals offer language assistance to individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP).

Language barriers lead to worse outcomes in patients with asthma, with poorer lung function, a higher risk of uncontrolled ...

Race and ethnicity have been shown to affect quality of cancer care, and patients with low English proficiency (LEP) have increased risk for serious adverse events. We sought to assess the impact of ...

Georgia residents who are not proficient in English face barriers to receiving the mental health care services they need to heal and improve.

As adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care increases, there is growing interest in generative AI enabled by large language models (LLMs). 1-3 LLMs are algorithms that recognize ...

Jessica E. Murphy, Laura Smock, Jo Hunter-Adams, Ziming Xuan, Jennifer Cochran, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, Paul L. Geltman, Relationships Between English Language Proficiency, Health Literacy, and ...

Camille Brisset, Yvan Leanza, Ellen Rosenberg, Bilkis Vissandjée, Laurence J. Kirmayer, Gina Muckle, Spyridoula Xenocostas, Hugues Laforce, Language Barriers in Mental Health Care, Journal of ...

UAB’s Office of Global Engagement comprises the Offices of International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS), International Faculty & Staff Immigration Services (IFSIS), Education Abroad, English ...

In the meantime, before more is done to reduce language barriers in health care, experts say it is critical to encourage families to ask for an interpreter if they might need one.

The majority of enrollees speak English — census data from 2017 showed that 91.5% of people over age 5 spoke only English at home or spoke the language “very well.” ...

Department of State regulations at 22 CFR 62.10 (a) (2) require documentation of English proficiency sufficient to “ function on a day-to-day basis in the [academic] environment.” Proficiency must be ...