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Cultural and Language Services
Our Mission
To contribute to the well-being of non-English
speaking patients, families and communities through a partnership
that promotes culturally sensitive care.
Services Available to Mason General Hospital
Patients
- Interpretation Services at hospital and
clinic visits
- Cultural Mediation: Facilitating clinical
encounters that involve cultural differences
- Teaching patients how to navigate the
health-care system
- Helping patients to access the hospital
Program for Uncompensated Care
- Advocating for patients
- Promoting the continuity of follow up
care
- Assisting with forms and applications
- Información
para los Pacientes y Visitantes del Departmento de Emergencia
Services Available to Mason General Hospital
Providers
- Interpretation
- Cultural Mediation: Facilitating clinical encounters that
involve cultural differences.
- Cultural Consultation: consulting about cultural issues
affecting the care of a particular patient.
- Teaching Spanish classes for healthcare providers
- Educating clinical staff on how to work with interpreters
- Providing cultural information about a variety of topics
including:
- Health beliefs
- Traditional health practices
- Explaining diagnoses to patients
 Services
Available to Communities
- Working with the communities to identify
and remove barriers to health-care at Mason General and in
the wider community.
- Responding to requests for education about
diabetes, asthma, depression and other topics.
- Providing a medical interpreter
training once a year that is free and open to all community
members who are bilingual in Spanish and English.
If you have any question or if you would
like more information about our medical interpretation training
please call Maria Velasco at (360) 427-3679 email to mvelasco@masongeneral.com
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MGH
Telephone
Shelton:
360-426-1611
Belfair:
360-275-8614
Location
901 Mtn. View Dr
Shelton WA 98584
Postal address
PO BOX 1668
Shelton WA 98584 |
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