NCIHC Members Explore the New Frontier
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Members also met with the Outreach Committee to brainstorm potential PR initiatives that support language access to health care for limited English proficient (LEP) patients.The meeting sessions were truly meant to understand the views and recommendations of the membership in order to build a more supportive and effective NCIHC,” wrote attendee Stergios Roussos, PhD, MPH, a Community Scientist from Merced, California.Members also met with the Outreach Committee to brainstorm potential PR initiatives that support language access to health care for limited English proficient (LEP) patients.Other members met with the Policy & Research Committee to give feedback on the NCIHC Annotated Bibliography (http://biblio.ncihc.org) and the policy and research toolkits currently under development.In addition to the work groups, Amy Wilson-Stronks, a Joint Commission Project Director in the Division of Standards and Survey Methods, and the Principal Investigator of the Hospitals, Language, and Culture study, engaged participants in an open dialogue about the feasibility of the draft standards to promote effective communication and cultural competence.For more information about this and other NCIHC efforts, visit http://www.ncihc.org.### Contact Information National Council on Interpreting in Health Care Joy Connell & Enrica Ardemagni 617-626-8138 www.ncihc.org Click here to view the list of recent Press Releases from National Council on Interpreting in Health Care Promote Your Business Press Release Pricing Email this page to a friend