The influence of patient-provider language concordance in cancer care: results of the Hispanic Outcomes by Language Approach (HOLA) randomized trial

Delivering linguistically competent care is critical to serving limited English proficiency (LEP) patients, and represents a key national strategy to help reduce health disparities. Current acceptable standards of communication with LEP patients include providers communicating through professional interpretive services, or bilingual providers speaking the patients ’ preferred language directly. This randomized clinical trial tests the impact of patient-provider language concordance on patient satisfaction.
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research