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"I feel handcuffed": Dr. Bernard Lopez on language barriers in healthcare

Posted by Anny Zhang on Apr 22, 2015 10:00:00 PM

Bernard L. Lopez, MD, MS, CPE, FACEP, FAAEM speaks about the importance of communication, discusses current barriers for limited-English-proficiency patients, and gives his impressions of the Canopy Medical Translator App. Dr. Lopez is a professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Associate Dean of Diversity and Community Engagement at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

Topics: communication, medical translator app, Language Barrier, Press Release, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Dr. Lopez

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