Introduction Evidence to date indicates that patients from ethnic minority backgrounds may
experience disparity in the quality and safety of health care they receive due to a range of …

Study objective We conduct a systematic review with meta-analysis to provide an overview
of the different manners of providing discharge instructions in the emergency department …

Older adults with multiple chronic conditions complicated by other risk factors, such as
deficits in activities of daily living or social barriers, experience multiple challenges in …

Background Because many hospitals have no mechanism for written translation, ED
providers resort to the use of automated translation software, such as Google Translate (GT) …

One in seven people in the US speak Spanish at home, and twenty-five million people in the
US have limited English proficiency. Using nationally representative data from the Medical …

Although patient–provider language concordance has the potential to reduce health
disparities for people with limited English proficiency, no previous work has synthesized this …

Background Language barriers disrupt communication and impede informed consent for
patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) undergoing healthcare procedures. Effective …

Importance English language proficiency has been reported to correlate with disparities in
health outcomes. Therefore, it is important to identify and describe the association of …

Objectives Early hospital readmissions or deaths are key healthcare quality measures in pay-
for-performance programs. Predictive models could identify patients at higher risk of …

Background: When patients and physicians speak the same language, it may improve the
quality and safety of care delivered. We sought to determine whether patient–physician …