Monthly Archives: June 2010

Making History: President Obama and Governor Strickland Visit Nationwide Children’s

June 21, 2010 – 2:02 pm

President Obama’s Recovery Summer project kicked off Friday on the corner of Livingston and Parson’s and it was celebrated as the 10,000th 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 [...]

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Breaking the Language Barrier

June 14, 2010 – 10:09 am

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 [...]

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