Patient Transport is Here

Transporters can now get rid of their pagers, too. Using the same portal for requesting Language Services, staff can request Patient Transport and Equipment Depot assistance.  And Transporters can use the same mobile devices and procedures for responding to those...

iPod Touch, Not Beeper, Better Dispatches Interpreters

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, MA, part of Steward Health Care System, reports dramatic improvement in response time to requests for Interpreter Services using their new dispatching system [ServiceHub] instead of pagers.  An article titled Utilizing iPod...

Steward Health presents at DiversityRX

Carla Fogaren, RN, System Director of Diversity Initiatives and Interpreter Services, Steward Health Care System, will co-lead a Workshop at the upcoming DiversityRX Conference in Oakland, CA, on March 12, 2013.  The Workshop is titled “Using technology to...

Show Me The Numbers

Ever wonder how well your service organization is performing?  Is it meeting patient needs?  Is it fulfilling provider expectations?  Can it do better?  These questions are reviewed in these first four articles on...

Lexington Medical: “Flawless”

“The launch of ServiceHub was flawless.”  (Amanda Elías Vargas, Interpreter Coordinator)   Lexington Medical Center launched ServiceHub in April, 2011.  Amanda wrote to thank us.  “I was prepared for a learning curve convinced that I was going to be...