Healthcare Interpreting

Solutions in this category center on educating healthcare professionals about effective communication with DDBHH patients and increasing the availability of trained healthcare interpreters.

Solution

For each solution within this category, respondents rated their level of support. The survey results are shown below from most popular to least popular, based on the combined level of support and strongly support. The visual breakdown is shown next to each solution. Click on the solution name to learn more in detail.

Image description: A set of stacked bar charts show the percentage of respondents are shown for the five categories from left to right: Strongly Oppose (Dark Red), Oppose (Light Red), Neutral (Yellow), Support (Light Blue), and Strongly Support (Dark Blue). The percentages are shown under each bar.

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Educate Health Care Systems on the Need for On-Site Interpreters

Strongly Oppose: 0%, Oppose: 0%, Neutral: 3%, Support: 23%, Strongly Support: 74%

Educate Health Care Systems on the Best and Not Recommended Uses of VRI

Strongly Oppose: 0%, Oppose: 2%, Neutral: 2%, Support: 22%, Strongly Support: 74%

Support Critical Specialty Areas of Interpreting: Encourage More ASL-Fluent Mental Health Professionals for Direct Access to Mental Health Services

Strongly Oppose: 1%, Oppose: 0%, Neutral: 7%, Support: 30%, Strongly Support: 62%

Increase Number of Qualified Mental Health Interpreters via Grant Funding

Strongly Oppose: 0%, Oppose: 2%, Neutral: 7%, Support: 34%, Strongly Support: 57%

Regulate the Use of VRI in Critical Settings

Strongly Oppose: 0%, Oppose: 3%, Neutral: 9%, Support: 35%, Strongly Support: 53%

Promote Community Health Workers for Health Care Settings

Strongly Oppose: 0%, Oppose: 2%, Neutral: 12%, Support: 37%, Strongly Support: 50%

Seek or Create a Grant to Assess Medical VRI Services Statewide

Strongly Oppose: 3%, Oppose: 5%, Neutral: 8%, Support: 34%, Strongly Support: 51%

Increase Compensation for Medical and Mental Health Qualifications

Strongly Oppose: 0%, Oppose: 2%, Neutral: 14%, Support: 34%, Strongly Support: 50%

Strengthen Joint Health Commission’s Standards for Provider Accountability and Patient Choice

Strongly Oppose: 0%, Oppose: 0%, Neutral: 17%, Support: 30%, Strongly Support: 53%

Pursue Legislation for Automated and Transparent Requests in Health Care Settings

Strongly Oppose: 0%, Oppose: 4%, Neutral: 23%, Support: 31%, Strongly Support: 42%

Establish a Health Care Systems Advisory Board

Strongly Oppose: 1%, Oppose: 3%, Neutral: 25%, Support: 37%, Strongly Support: 34%

Advocate for Health Care Systems to Develop Welcome Packets

Strongly Oppose: 0%, Oppose: 1%, Neutral: 28%, Support: 34%, Strongly Support: 37%