Bilingual staff valuable in healthcare, but lack of training is liability | Healthcare IT News.
Healthcare organizations must document on patient charts how the language need was met. Surveyors are able to ask for the personnel file of the interpreter listed on the chart to ensure proper qualifications, such as their education, tests, organizational assessment, continuing education records, up-to-date performance reviews, safety and infection control trainings, HIPAA training, immunization records and any other information deemed necessary of all healthcare workers.
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