Colorado hospital saves money by dual training clinicians as interpreters

At Rifle, Colo.-based Grand River Health, dozens of staff members have become interpreters and saved the hospital thousands of dollars, NPR reported April 16. The 57-bed hospital previously relied on patient family members, often siblings or children, to interpret for patients who do not speak English. But these ad hoc interpreters can lead to mistakes […] The post Colorado hospital saves money by dual training clinicians as interpreters appeared first on Becker's Hospital Review | He...