(Hospital Care, Improving Language Services, Increasing Throughput, Reducing Readmissions) ...

Sep 14,2011

Using EMR to Improve Interpreter Access

monitoring. (read more) (Equity, Hospital Care, Improving Language Services) ... interpreter services, St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, WI, added a physician Best Practice Alert into Epic, the ... allows them to document interpreter services easily. The Best Practice Alert is automatically triggered ...

Jun 06,2012

Telephones on a Pole Increase Medical Interpreter Use

Language Services) ... interpreting services overall for both face-to-face interpretation and telephonic interpretation.  Telephonic ...

Sep 07,2011

You Don’t Find, What You Aren’t Looking For

see results.  The University of New Mexico (UNM) Hospital has been a leader in race and language data collection for years creating a robust program, including interpreters, interpreter services via video and ... started tracking their heart failure readmissions in relation to race, ethnicity and language and have ...

Aug 03,2011

AF4Q Hospital Initiatives Press Release

and tracking R/E/L data; improving language services for patients with limited English proficiency ... improved their adherence to heart failure care standards. Improving language services for patients ... government funds are required to provide interpreter services to patients who speak a language other than ...

Jul 25,2012

Collaboratives Overview

language services empower nurses at the bedside. In the ambulatory setting, ...

Jun 20,2011

How do consumers define fair benefit and network designs?

network design tailored to encourage the consumer to use effective services and discourage them from using ineffective services.   Benefit designs should offer several options and include quality information and clear language so consumers understand why the information is being provided and can feel ...

Oct 02,2013

Leveraging Successes: Building Quality Improvement Capacity

that have made strides in reducing readmissions, increasing throughput, and improving language services.  Front-line staff and leadership from across the care continuum will share their experiences about ... St. Mary’s Health Care in West Michigan implemented a point-of-service data collection tool that ...

Find MI Care is Improving Access and Reducing Readmissions

practice’s location, availability of language services, website, phone number, what to bring to an ... Patients in Michigan looking for a doctor or other health care services can use the Find MI Care website ( ... format, is extremely beneficial in connecting newly enrolled with essential health services,” said Joseph ...

May 07,2014

National Program Office Leadership

assistance activities, building on the success of RWJF’s  Speaking Together: National Language Services ... George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services serves as the national program ... Policy at George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (GWU). GWU serves as ...

Sep 14,2011