Hospital translation.Olympia Medical Center Olympia Medical Center (OMC) is a hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA. History Originally founded in 1948 as Midway Hospital Medical Center, the hospital has undergone several owners. In 1993, Summit Health Ltd. sold the hospital to OrNda HealthCorp. , a 204-bed hospital in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , is using a wireless interpretation technology in which an interpreter is beamed through a 19-inch television screen to a triage triage Division of patients for priority of care, usually into three categories: those who will not survive even with treatment; those who will survive without treatment; and those whose survival depends on treatment. or an emergency room to translate for non-English speaking patients. Language Access Network, based in Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. , offers real-time interpretation 24 hours a day through a two-way video and audio service for about $3 a minute. It serves about 20 hospitals across the country. Olympia, along with Corona Regional Medical Center, are the company's first clients in southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . The company also services 10 pharmacies including those in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. stores. Andrew Panos, president of Language Access Network, said hospitals are perhaps the most heavily affected sector as the nation experiences an average 20 percent growth in the non-English speaking population every year. A language barrier "can slow down the medical process, since it takes time to get an interpreter to the scene," Panos said. "And it can also put patients at risk if a doctor needs to order invasive testing and can't communicate with the patient. With the live mobile wireless device, you push one button and a live person answers that call." With 65 people on staff, the network provides 150 languages through its audio and visual interpretation service. Staff reporter Booyeon Lee can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 230, or at blee@labusinessjournal.com |
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