The Connecticut Mirror

Interpreter shortage challenges appropriate medical care for deaf patients

Doreen Simons, a certified deaf interpreter, uses a video remote interpreting (VRI) service from her Farmington home. Melanie Stengel Credit: Melanie Stengel / C_HIT.org Deaf residents report frequent ...
Hartford Courant

For deaf patients in Connecticut, interpreter shortage challenges appropriate medical care; ‘it’s a universal issue’

Deaf residents report frequent issues with sign language interpretation at Connecticut hospitals and health care facilities, hindering their ability to understand medical care fully. And though video ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Medical interpretation services at Cooley Dickinson Hospital: The role of language access in advancing health equity and accessibility

Among many factors that determine an individual’s access to healthcare, the language of medicine stresses a fundamental distinction between communication and transaction. To access healthcare is to ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Alumna facilitates crucial conversations as medical interpreter

Debbie Lesser is a catalyst, facilitating crucial conversations taking place in often highly sensitive situations. As a certified medical interpreter for one of the largest health systems in the ...
The Michigan Daily

Bridging the language gap: Inside Michigan Medicine’s interpreter services

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook James Cech, American Sign Language interpreter at Michigan Medicine, interviews with The Michigan ...