Mary Washington Healthcare
Fredericksburg,
VA – Mary
Washington Healthcare will host the Virginia Medical Interpreting Collaborative
Network’s first conference, “Louder Than Words: The Importance of Providing
Qualified Language Assistance in Healthcare,” on Saturday, October 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at the Fick Conference Center on the Mary Washington Hospital campus. The conference will feature breakout sessions
on topics such as “Interpreting in a Behavioral Health Setting” and “What
Interpreters Need to Know about Quality Improvement.”
In addition, keynote speakers are Linda Joyce, certification
and testing director for the National Board of Certification for Medical
Interpreters, and Mara Youdelman, project director of the National Language
Access Advocacy Project and managing attorney for the National Health Law
Program.
The $12 conference fee includes lunch. Register at www.nvahec.org. Questions? Contact Pamela
Thorpe, Mary Washington Healthcare’s coordinator of cultural services and special
projects, at 540.741.2655 or pamela.thorpe@mwhc.com.
What: A
Virginia Medical Interpreting Collaborative Network Conference “Louder Than
Words: The Importance of Providing Qualified Language Assistance in Healthcare”
When: Saturday, October 12, 2013
9
a.m. – 3 p.m.
Where: John F. Fick III Conference Center
Mary Washington Hospital Campus
The Silver
Health Building, home of the Moss Free Clinic
1301 Sam Perry Blvd., Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Breakout Sessions: “It
can be a tough job, take care of yourself too.”
Larry J.
Austin, Director of Pastoral Care
Mary
Washington Healthcare, Mary Washington Hospital
“Interpreting
in a Behavioral Health Setting”
Cecily
Rodriguez, Director, Office of Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Virginia
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
“What Interpreters Need to Know about Quality Improvement”
DeLana Browning, Quality Improvement Manager
Northern Virginia Area Health Education Center
For more information, click on this link: http://www.vmicn.org/VMICConferenceFlyer.pdf
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Mary Washington Healthcare, based in
Fredericksburg, Va., is a fully integrated, regional medical system that
provides emergency, inpatient and outpatient care through over 40 facilities
and services, including Mary Washington Hospital, a 437-bed regional medical
center, and Stafford Hospital, a 100-bed community hospital. Mary Washington
Healthcare is a nonprofit health system and has a long-standing commitment to
provide care regardless of ability to pay. Visit www.MaryWashingtonHealthcare.com.
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