Interpreters who can help doctors communicate with patients who speak Haitian Creole, Somali, Twi, and 150 other languages are just a phone call away, thanks to a nonprofit organization in Portland, ...

A new study finds that millions of U.S. residents with limited English skills are at risk when they go to a hospital or a doctor's office. Dr. Glenn Flores of the Center for the Advancement of ...

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires doctors to provide interpreters for deaf and hard of hearing patients who may not understand what a doctor/health care provider is ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to half of pediatricians do not use a professional interpreter when seeing patients and families with a limited understanding of English, according to a new study.

Alfredo David lay in bed, looking deflated under an Avengers blanket, as a doctor, two nurses, and medical interpreter Veronica Maldonado entered his hospital room. He wrapped up a call from his wife, ...

ST. LOUIS • The discussion in the examination room had gone on for about 30 minutes. Patient and doctor were frustrated. Adnan Gutic's memory of Bosnia includes the ...