This episode features language-access experts Esther Diaz and Manuel Higginbotham. They join host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about medical interpretation and translation and its impact on the healthcare industry. Diaz is language-access advocate and co-founder of the Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators. Higginbotham is language-access manager for The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and president of TAHIT. They discuss training and certification, legal requirements, staffing issues and other complexities related to providing interpretation and translation services for patients who need access to healthcare services.

Links to websites discussed during the episode and other useful links:

• The 13th Annual TAHIT Educational Symposium (Sept. 13-14, 2019 in Houston)
• American Translators Association (Arlington, Va.)
• Metroplex Interpreters and Translators Association (Dallas-Fort Worth)
• Houston Interpreters and Translators Association
• Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Association (Austin, Tex. Location)
• National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare (Washington)