A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve the Discharge Process for Spanish-Speaking Patients
Using the Model for Improvement, we achieved our aim and successfully increased the percentage of SSPs with translated DC documents. Future studies should focus on automaticity within the EMR to increase reliability.
Authors
- Maria Z. Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-4754)
- Heather Pierce
- Tiranun Rungvivatjarus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9889-8693)
- Begem Lee
- Chloe Kupelian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-3903)
- Aarti Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4885-0392)
- Michelle Polich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1636-6870)
- Sarah Gray
Institutions
- University of San Diego (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hospital Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2024-008227
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82