Illinois Hospitals Using Video Interpretation Service For Non-English-Speaking Patients

Some Illinois hospitals have begun to use a video system -- the Illinois Video Interpreter Network -- that can provide interpretation services for 150 languages, the Chicago Tribune reports. Interpreters trained in health care terminology and jargon are available by video or telephone 24 hours a day. Patients and doctors can see the interpreter through a portable monitor.

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