Communication failures are a known source of medical errors and are especially likely to occur when there are language barriers. A new study at 21 children's hospitals throughout the U.S., led by ...

About 8% of people ages five and older in the U.S. have limited English proficiency, and this group is three times as likely as English proficient individuals to be uninsured, according to a new KFF ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with anginal symptoms, those with limited English proficiency were more likely not to report ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with sepsis and limited English proficiency had increased odds for in-hospital mortality. This held ...

In predominantly English-speaking settings, patients with limited English proficiency and chronic conditions had higher rates of emergency department revisits and hospital readmissions than ...

When the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 hit Chicago, people with poor literacy were much more likely to transmit the disease and die. Decades later, during the H1N1 swine flu outbreak, Chinese people ...

People with limited English proficiency have a worse experience with virtual health care visits than those who are proficient in English, according to a new study led by a team of investigators at ...

This University of Wyoming Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Plan (Plan) was prepared in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S. C. 2000d, et seq. and its implementing ...

Patients who had limited proficiency with English or preferred the use of another language had increased hospitalization and death rates if they delayed time to their first dose of the vaccine.

The increasing diversity of the U.S. brings an array of challenges, including the basic hurdle of not speaking the same language. The stakes are especially high in a medical setting. In collaboration ...

Nearly half a million working-age residents of Massachusetts have limited English-language proficiency, representing another challenge for an economy that continues to lose many taxpayers to other ...

As an institution of higher education, the University’s admission standards for undergraduate and graduate student degree programs generally require English proficiency in accordance with U.S. student ...