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Language barriers, location of care, and delays in follow-up of abnormal mammogramsLeah S Karliner
Department of Medicine, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, San Francisco, CA, USA
Med Care 50:171-8. 2012..Breast cancer is frequently diagnosed after an abnormal mammography result. Language barriers can complicate communication of those results...- Influence of language barriers on outcomes of hospital care for general medicine inpatientsLeah S Karliner
Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 1732, USA
J Hosp Med 5:276-82. 2010..Few studies have examined whether patients with language barriers receive worse hospital care in terms of quality or efficiency... - Language barriers and patient-centered breast cancer careLeah S Karliner
Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, SanFrancisco, CA 94143 1732, USA
Patient Educ Couns 84:223-8. 2011..Provision of high quality patient-centered care is fundamental to eliminating healthcare disparities in breast cancer. We investigated physicians' experiences communicating with limited English proficient (LEP) breast cancer patients... 
Ethnic disparities in breast cancerLeah S Karliner
University of California, San Francisco, and Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, San Francisco, CA, USA
Womens Health (Lond Engl) 3:679-88. 2007..This review will examine what is known regarding ethnic differences in all of these areas, what questions remain, and where researchers and policy makers should focus their future efforts...- Achieving quality in health care through language access services: lessons from a California public hospitalLeah S Karliner
University of California San Francisco, 1701 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA 94143 1732, USA
Am J Med Qual 25:51-9. 2010.... - Interpreter perspectives of in-person, telephonic, and videoconferencing medical interpretation in clinical encountersErika Leemann Price
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, University of California, San Francisco UCSF, San Francisco, USA
Patient Educ Couns 87:226-32. 2012..To examine professional medical interpreters' perspectives of in-person and remote interpreting modalities... 
Clinician ratings of interpreter mediated visits in underserved primary care settings with ad hoc, in-person professional, and video conferencing modesAnna M Napoles
Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0320, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 21:301-17. 2010..86). Video conferencing interpretation increases access without compromising quality, but cultural nuances may be better addressed by in-person interpreters. Professional interpretation is superior to ad hoc (OR 4.15, 95% CI 1.43, 12.09)...- Do professional interpreters improve clinical care for patients with limited English proficiency? A systematic review of the literatureLeah S Karliner
Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1701 Divisadero, Suite 500, San Franicsco, CA 94143 1732, USA
Health Serv Res 42:727-54. 2007..To determine if professional medical interpreters have a positive impact on clinical care for limited English proficiency (LEP) patients... - The effect of system-level access factors on receipt of reconstruction among Latina and white women with DCISCelia Patricia Kaplan
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, P O Box 0856, San Francisco, CA 94143 0856, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 129:909-17. 2011..Although ethnic/language differences in treatment selection were observed, multivariable analysis suggests that these differences could be explained by differential employment levels and geographic availability of plastic surgeons... - Language barriers and understanding of hospital discharge instructionsLeah S Karliner
Department of Medicine, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Division of General Internal Medicine, USA
Med Care 50:283-9. 2012..Effective communication at hospital discharge is necessary for an optimal transition and to avoid adverse events. We investigated the association of a language barrier with patient understanding of discharge instructions... - Physician use of advance care planning discussions in a diverse hospitalized populationSonali P Kulkarni
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 13:620-4. 2011..Multiethnic, multi-lingual hospitalized patients reported low rates of ACP discussions with their physicians regardless of ethnicity, English proficiency, education level or age... - Poor patient comprehension of abnormal mammography resultsLeah S Karliner
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Center for Aging in Diverse Communities, University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:432-7. 2005..2 to 4.8). CONCLUSION: Almost half of women with the most suspicious mammograms did not understand that their result was abnormal. Our data suggest that direct communication with a clinician in person or by phone improves comprehension... - Impact of an easy-access telephonic interpreter program in the acute care setting: an evaluation of a quality improvement interventionDelphine S Tuot
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 38:81-8. 2012..A dual-handset phone with 24-hour access to professional telephonic interpretation was placed at the bedside of all patients admitted to the general medicine floor of a tertiary care academic hospital... - Identification of limited English proficient patients in clinical careLeah S Karliner
Division of General Internal Medicine and Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0320, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1555-60. 2008..Standardized means to identify patients likely to benefit from language assistance are needed... - Performance of an online translation tool when applied to patient educational materialRaman R Khanna
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 1211, USA
J Hosp Med 6:519-25. 2011..Online translation tools could fill this gap, but their accuracy is unknown. We evaluated the accuracy of an online translation tool for patient educational material... - Missed opportunities: family history and behavioral risk factors in breast cancer risk assessment among a multiethnic group of womenLeah S Karliner
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:308-14. 2007..Clinician's knowledge of a woman's cancer family history (CFH) and counseling about health-related behaviors (HRB) is necessary for appropriate breast cancer care... - Who is responsible for evaluating the safety and effectiveness of medical devices? The role of independent technology assessmentMitchell D Feldman
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0320, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:57-63. 2008..Although thousands of drugs obtain approval only after review in randomized controlled trials, relatively few new medical devices are subject to comparable scrutiny... - The language divide. The importance of training in the use of interpreters for outpatient practiceLeah S Karliner
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Center for Aging in Diverse Communities, University of California, San Francisco, Calif. 94143-0320, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:175-83. 2004..Training in the use of interpreters may improve communication and clinical care, and thus health outcomes...