Tag: Spanish speaker

The Hispanic Community and Colon Cancer

To continue Hispanic Heritage Month, we want to cover another area of concern in the Hispanic community, cancer. It is the leading cause of death among Hispanics overall. For colorectal cancer specifically, the estimated death rate is 13% in men and 9% in women. We would like to discuss 3 reasons why this is an […]

Reaching Out to Spanish-Speakers

Language barriers can lead to significant inequalities in healthcare access. This can be because they received worse-quality inpatient care and outpatient preventive services, had limitations accessing care, or forgo getting the much-needed care. Although having a phone interpreting service is helpful and economically viable for healthcare practices, it does not compare to having staff on […]

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