2024 APSF Trainee Quality Improvement Award Winner
TQI Award Winner, 2024 – Aakash Patel, DO, MBA, “Language No Barrier: Innovating Translation Services for Perioperative Care Excellence”
Language No Barrier: Innovating Translation Services for Perioperative Care Excellence
Aakash Patel DO, Chris Mahrous MD, Anthony Hikes MD, Hugh McGovern MD, Dave Shah DO, Abhishek Patel MD, Irwin Gratz DO, and Talia Ben-Jacob MD
Cooper University Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden NJ
Language No Barrier: Innovating Translation Services for Perioperative Care Excellence
Introduction
Limited English proficient (LEP) patients represent a population vulnerable to inadequate informed consent. Utilization of translation services has shown to decrease communication errors, increase patient comprehension, improve clinical outcomes, and increase patient satisfaction. Appropriate use of trained interpreters mitigate pitfalls that result in miscomprehension of relevant clinical information. Our project aimed to improve appropriate use of translation services when obtaining informed consent for LEP patients.
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