(Redondo Beach, CA, January 20, 2010) InterLingua Medical Publishing has announced today that it has completed its 17th medical language manual with the publication of it Haitian Creole Medical Point2.
According to the US Census, some 37 million Americans five years of age and older -nearly one in eight residents of this country - speak a language other than English at home.
In the health care industry, not only do non-English speaking patients represent a major challenge to the medical and emergency personnel, who have to provide care without being able to properly interact with the patient, they also present legal and financial issues for hospitals.
To help solve the language problem, InterLingua Medical Publishing has introduced a series of innovative and cost-oriented medical manuals called Medical Point2's. The Medical Point2's allow non-English speaking patients to communicate with medical and emergency personnel simply by pointing to questions and answers.
The two column format includes foreign language and English questions and answers placed side-by-side, so both the English speaker and non-English speaker read the same questions and answers simultaneously, in the language each understands. Doctors, nurses and emergency medical personnel point to a question – such as, “are you in pain?” - and the patient points to an answer. There is no issue about mis-understanding each other, and no expense for an outside interpreter.
The Medical Point2 manuals include questions and answers, selected by medical professionals, which are commonly used in emergency medical situations, and to obtain general patient history information.
"The language barrier between patients and medical personnel is a crisis. Our goal with the Medical Point2's is to help hospitals and emergency services improve the quality of health care, save money, and reduce legal risks," says Jack Bernstein, Publisher.
In addition to Haitian Creole, Medical Point2's are available in Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Farsi, Polish, Korean, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, French, German, Somali, Bosnian, Vietnamese, and Tagalog, and they come in both single language editions for $16.95 each and in two composite editions for $79.95 each.
The series also contains eight illustrations of the human body with callouts in both English and the selected foreign language.
For more information, visit www.MedicalPoint2.com
About InterLingua Medical Publishing
InterLingua Medical Publishing helps doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other medical personnel communicate effectively and cost-efficiently with non-English speaking patients through a variety of media, including books, decks of cards, posters and patient education handouts.
For more information contact:
InterLingua Medical Publishing
310.792.3633
pr@thetranslationstation.com
