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A recent study says language barriers are causing problems in U.S. hospitals as the population gets more diverse.
“Interpreters trained in medical terminology are in high demand in the U.S. as the country’s population becomes more and more diverse. The boom in the Hispanic population has led some hospitals to hire full-time Spanish interpreters.
Martine Charles is the director of Cultural Competence at the INOVA Health System, which has five hospitals in Virginia. She says the hospitals are paying bonuses to volunteers who complete language and cultural competence training.”
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