Documenting Language Assistance Sample Clauses

Documenting Language Assistance. In every instance in which Medical Information is provided to an LEP patient in a foreign language by any means (by a bilingual staff member, by a Contract Interpreter, by telephonic interpretation, or if applicable by a Staff Interpreter), the clinician, or his or her designee, should note in the patient’s chart who provided the language assistance services; the language; the time and date that such services were requested and then provided; what facts were communicated; and the fact that the patient understood. This notation should be recorded in a specific and uniform location in the patient’s chart that allows for ready review by the Language Assistance Coordinator; for inpatients, the notation may be made in the nursing notes.

Documenting Language Assistance. Treating personnel should record in the patient's chart every instance in which Medical Information is provided to an LEP patient in a non-English language by any means (by a bilingual staff member, by a Face-to-Face Interpretation Resource, or by telephone). The clinician should note in the patient’s chart how and by whom language assistance services were provided; the language, time and date that such services were provided; and the length of the encounter. This notation should be uniformly recorded in a specific location in the LEP patient’s medical records, such that the Language Assistance Coordinator can readily retrieve it in a review of those records. If language assistance is provided by an employee other than a Staff Interpreter who regularly works in the Clinical Department, the registration staff shall record the time at which language assistance services were requested and the time at which they were provided.