Reducing healthcare disparities with a technology mediated solution.
As healthcare costs in the US continue to rise exponentially it becomes a strategic imperative to examine all areas of healthcare delivery and identify those which are currently inefficient and ineffective and identify ways to find superior solutions that support a healthcare value proposition of excellence in access quality and value. Moreover, given the current emphasis on identifying meaningful use of technology it becomes possible to develop appropriate technology solutions that not only comply with this requirement but also facilitate superior healthcare delivery to ensue. This is such the case with improving access to language services in healthcare or more specifically the development of a real time on-line technology mediated solution to support limited English proficiency patients as the following discussed.
RMIT University, Australia.
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Wickramasinghe
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Arias
Chris
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Gonzalez
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