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Scenario

How language barriers affect quality of care

I'm a translator at a hospital and I watch Spanish-speaking patients get rushed through appointments because providers don't want to wait for interpretation.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Time pressures in healthcare settings often sacrifice communication quality for efficiency when language barriers exist.

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