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Translation Software Bridges Linguistic Divide |
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Written by Gadiandi
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Friday, 09 March 2007 |
Information Week has an article about a new technology for health professionals that allows communication between them and their non-English speaking patients.
"Effective health care depends upon communication between doctors and patients. According to an article in the medical journal Pediatrics
in 2005, Spanish-speaking pediatric patients in the U.S. whose families
have trouble communicating with caregivers face a greater risk of
serious medical events during hospitalization than patients whose
families do not have a language barrier."
Read more at Information Week
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