President Obama’s Recovery Summer project kicked off Friday on the corner of Livingston and Parson’s and it was celebrated as the 10,000^th road project paid for by government-funded stimulus money. This project includes new additions of road lanes and the widening of sidewalks in the downtown Columbus area. Governor Strickland was also welcomed as he made a visit to Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s lobby, where he signed the Obesity Bill into law. We are proud to see that the growth and expansion of Nationwide Children’s Hospital has not only been an investment for the hospital, but also a huge investment back into the community. Check out the events that made this day a part of history!

Failure to communicate is a known cause of serious medical errors.  Data from the Joint Commission indicates that communication failures contribute to more than 70% of medical errors. This problem is exaggerated when patient-provider communication is complicated by language barriers, especially among immigrant populations. As many of 25% of the immigrant Asian, Hispanic and Pacific Islanders may not have anyone in the family older than 14 years old who speaks English (A.L. Cohen, et al, 2005).  Immigrant children represent the fastest growing segment of the pediatric population in the United States.  The staff of Nationwide Children’s Hospital care for hundreds of limited or non-English speaking children and families each year.  Join me on this edition of “Children’s on Quality” and learn about the interpreter services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

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