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Welcome 2010!
Thank you to everyone who made 2009 such a great year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Here at Accipio, we’re rested, focused and ready to serve you in 2010. As they say in the commercials….operators are standing by; ready to take your calls Take care, Doug Reed
Continue reading...Much to be thankful for….
It has been a good week at Accipio, with 2 new clients. We recently reached an agreement with Baptist Express Care, an express clinic affiliated with Baptist Physicians Lexington. The first location is in the Hanburg Wal Mart; for those of you familiar with Lexington. A second location will open in [...]
Continue reading...Training Video for Working with Interpreters
We are often asked about resources for clinical staff on how to work with interpreters. Kaiser Permanente and the Healthcare Interpreter Network in California have created just such a video and, best of all, it’s free! We’ll be ordering one to check it out for ourselves. Here is a link to [...]
Continue reading...First National Certification for Medical Interpreters Launched
Washington, DC – (October 12, 2009) – Patients in the United States with limited English proficiency (LEP) continue to face language barriers that threaten their health and undermine their well-being. But today they are one step closer to quality, equitable healthcare with the launch of the first National Certification for [...]
Continue reading...Here's a link to a good story on the growing medical interpreting business.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/demand-for-medical-interpreters-is-booming-2009-11-05
Continue reading...Big day at Accipio
We set a company record for the most jobs completed in one day today with 25. We had done 24 several times in the past. Whenever we have a big day like this it usually involves several languages. Today, we did Spanish, French, Mandarin and Cantonese. A big thanks to [...]
Continue reading...Accipio Celebrates It's 4th Birthday
We call Oct 19 Accipio’s unofficial birthday. Many days could have been selected; the day we first had the idea, the day we began recruiting staff or the day we did our first interpreting job. We chose Oct 19, 2005 because that is the day we first came together as [...]
Continue reading...Accipio Language Services Provides Medical Interpreting Services to The Ridge Behavioral Health System
September 29, 2009: Accipio Language Services has reached an agreement with The Ridge Behavioral Health System to provide medical interpreting services in its Lexington, KY facilities. Accipio will provide both scheduled and on-call services. Accipio President, Doug Reed says, “The Ridge is an excellent example of the variety of healthcare [...]
Continue reading...Medical Interpreting Salary Survey Begins
Just saw that the International Medical Interpreter Association Salary Survey is underway. According to Reuters, the strongest participation ever is anticipated. Last year, more than 400 interpreters and managers from forty-two states participated in the IMIA Survey; that participation was significantly higher than in the previous year. This 2009 survey promises to [...]
Continue reading...Here's a link to an interesting story about the growing need for languages in Irish hospitals…
http://www.imn.ie/index.php/current-issue/news/2195-dealing-with-diversity-in-the-hse
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