New Medical Point2 Application Makes it Simple for Medical Personnel to Interview Hispanic Patients

March 25, 2010 - PRLog -- REDONDO BEACH, CA, MARCH 23, 2010—InterLingua Medical Publishing today introduced its first iPhone application that allows users to communicate with Spanish-speaking patients. The Medical Point2 App is the latest addition to the popular Medical Point2 line up, which includes medical translation books, card decks, and audio language lessons.

The new application was created as a response to the increasing number of Spanish-speaking patients seen in hospitals and emergency rooms across the nation. According to the US Census, between 2007 and 2008 the Hispanic population increased 3.2%, making Hispanics the fastest-growing minority group, constituting 15% of the nation’s total population in 2008.

The Medical Point2 App is an efficient and easy to use solution aimed to bridge the language gap between patients and medical personnel, and to reduce the high costs incurred by hospitals for interpretation services. The application’s intuitive interface allows medical personnel to ask questions to Spanish-speaking patients using their iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Medical personnel simply points to questions, and the patient points to answers, while all the information is being stored in the application for future reference.

Features of the Medical Point2 App include:
--Questions and answers developed by health professionals.
--Questions used in emergency medical services and to obtain general patient information.
--Easy to browse question menu.
--Capability to store questionnaire summary for future reference.
--Capability to store patient data.
--Total mobility to interview patients anywhere from emergency rooms, hospitals, and outdoors.

The application’s multiple capabilities assist medical personnel to obtain reliable information to
improve medical attention and to reduce legal risks associated with miscommunication and delay of care while waiting for interpreters. The Medical Point2 App is a solution that does not require training or complicated set ups, only a finger with to point and the desire to help.

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, audio lessons, iPhone apps, decks of cards, and patient education handouts. With materials in as many as 17 languages, InterLingua Medical Publishing, seeks to improve the medical personnel-patient experience, and promote faster healing.

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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.