ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2020
Too Little Information: Accessibility of Information About Language Services on Hospital Websites.
Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Evaluation of Language Accessibility of Community Resources to Address Pediatric Social Needs in 2 Large US Cities.Academic pediatrics · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Multilingual Accessibility of Health Websites for Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities: A Methodological Systematic Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Review
- Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence vs Professionally Translated Discharge Instructions.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Can you know before you go? Information about disability accommodations on US hospital websites.Journal of hospital medicine · 2025Article
- eHealth Literacy Interventions With U.S.-Based Older Adult Spanish-Speaking Latinos: An Empty Systematic Review.Innovation in aging · 2025Review
- Understanding genomic health information: how to meet the needs of the culturally and linguistically diverse community-a mixed methods study.Journal of community genetics · 2021Article
- Evaluating Local Multilingual Health Care Information Environments on the Internet: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Hospital websites are an important resource to patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) seeking information about a facility's language assistance services. We sought to identify the types of such services described on hospital websites in a diverse state and compare them by hospital characteristics. Washington State acute care hospital websites were systematically reviewed in February 2018 for translated content and information about language assistance services. Hospital characteristics included annual admissions and revenue, bed size and the proportion of populations with LEP in the hospital's county. Of 93 hospitals, 10.8% provided translated websites. Interpreter services were mentioned on 81.7% of websites; access required navigation through 1-4 English webpages. Larger bed-size, higher revenue, and more admissions were positively associated with providing language services information (p < 0.01), whereas county-level population with LEP was not (p = 0.17). Many hospital websites are not translated or lack easily accessible information about language assistance services and consequently may not be a useful resource to patients with LEP.
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