Speaking Together - National Language Services Network

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Speaking Together: National Language Services Network is a national program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aimed at improving the quality and availability of health care language services for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP).

Speaking Together integrates quality improvement with language services, and brings together hospitals to pilot new performance measures and test valuable techniques for reducing health care disparities associated with language barriers.

In Any Language: Improving the quality and availability of language services in hospitals
A report on the Speaking Together collaborative that highlights the work of the Speaking Together hospitals in addressing language services. See the full report to learn more about the progress made in improving language services in hospitals and the changes that have been made to better meet patients' language needs. Read more > >

Patients Give Feedback on Language Services at Ten Hospitals
Patients provide their perspectives on existing language services in ten hospitals across the country. See the full report to read more about the patients' insights and to learn about ideas to improve language services. Read more > >

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