Richmond Times-Dispatch
January 24, 2008
Richmond Times-Dispatch article regarding the CLAS Act Initiative's 2007 Vision Award from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. The award honors outstanding and creative state public health department initiatives. Read the full story.
NBC Channel 12
December 6, 2007
Richmond's NBC 12 Restaurant Report interview with the CLAS Act Coordinator. The news story discussed the challenge of understanding the health department's rules for restaurant owners struggling to understand English.
Media General News Service
Summer 2006
When non-English speaking patients show up, many health-care providers rely on telephone-based interpretation services. They also use Spanish-speaking volunteers and other staff to help translate, but have to make sure they are in compliance with federal patient-privacy laws.
The Virginia Department of Health recently launched a Web site that translates some common medical phrases into Spanish, with plans to expand that to more languages. Read the full story.
Virginia Department of Health
January 22, 2008
(RICHMOND, Va.) – The Virginia Department of Health’s (VDH) Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Health Care Services Initiative, referred to as CLAS Act, has won a 2007 Vision Award as an outstanding and creative state health program from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Read the full story.