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Studies Show Importance of Language Services on Reducing Disparities, Increasing Quality of Patient Care
Date:11/1/2007

ated effort to ensure that people with limited English-speaking proficiency have access to language services and assistance in clinical encounters within America's hospitals and health systems," said Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., MBA, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "I am hopeful that, with continued vigilance, we will identify solutions to address language barriers that affect the quality of patient care."

The full supplement is available online at HYPERLINK "http://www.springerlink.com/content/t744v8u05t62/?p=eb00a30877cc4e60af7d3a 5c56e3b8e0&pi=11" http://www.springerlink.com/content/t744v8u05t62/?p=eb00a30877cc4e60af7d3a5 c56e3b8e0&pi=11

To learn what health care providers are doing to address language barriers visit HYPERLINK "http://www.hablamosjuntos.org/" http://www.hablamosjuntos.org

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change. For more than 35 years the Foundation has brought experience, commitment and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of those it serves. When it comes to helping Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need, the Foundation expects to make a difference in your lifetime. For more information visit HYPERLINK "http://www.rwjf.org/"

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