A Win-Win: Engage Your Multilingual Workforce and Manage Risk

In our last blog, we discussed a recent court decision that found an employer’s anti-harassment workplace policy was “defective or dysfunctional” because a Spanish-speaking foreman (aka, a [...]

Multilingual Means Better Business for Pharmacies

The Internet is, perhaps, the most powerful tool in the world. It even has the power to get people to take their prescription medications! For pharmacies, ensuring “patient adherence” [...]

New Survey Reveals Language and Culture Barriers for Hispanics

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research recently surveyed nearly 500 Hispanic Adults in the U.S. on the important topic of communication in health care. While the survey [...]

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 – 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 [...]

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 [...]