Translators in the ER May Decrease Medical Errors
A new study suggests that providing professional translators for patients who do not speak English and are admitted into the emergency room may help limit the risk of any possible miscommunications. The study , which was conducted at two pediatric emergency rooms and published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, focused on 57 families who primarily spoke Spanish. A professional translator helped 20 of the families, while 10 had no translator help and 27 had assistance from a non-professional translator.