CLAS Standards of Healthcare – Provide Easy-to-Understand Materials and Signage

In Part 1 of this blog series, we discussed National CLAS Standard 5: Offer Communication and Language Assistance and learned that, at its heart, this standard requires offering interpreters and [...]

CLAS Standards of Healthcare – Ensure the Competence of Individuals Providing Language Assistance

In Part 1 of this blog series, we discussed National CLAS Standard 5: Offer Communication and Language Assistance and learned that, at its heart, this standard requires offering interpreters and [...]

CLAS Standards of Healthcare – Offer Communication and Language Assistance

The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care (aka “The National CLAS Standards”) were developed by the Department of Health and Human [...]

CLAS Standards of Healthcare – Inform Individuals of the Availability of Language Assistance

In Part 1 of this blog series, we discussed National CLAS Standard 5: Offer Communication and Language Assistance. We learned that, at its heart, this standard requires providing qualified [...]