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Leveraging Data Survey Results

(N=30)
1. Which of the following patient information do you gather routinely?
Language
 (96.67%)

Race
 (73.33%)

Ethnicity
 (60.00%)

Religion
 (56.67%)
2. What is your current terminology for requesting patient's language?
Primary language
 (30.00%)

Language spoken at home
 (3.33%)

Preferred language
 (20.00%)

Preferred language for medical care
 (20.00%)

Do you need an interpreter?
 (16.67%)

Other
 (10.00%)
4. For what percentage of your patient population do you currently collect language preference data?
95-100%
 (43.33%)

90-95
 (3.33%)

80-90
 (10.00%)

70-80
 (0.00%)

50-70
 (16.67%)

<50%
 (0.00%)

Don't know
 (26.67%)
5. Is your patient data collection integrated into your electronic health record system?
Yes
 (56.67%)

No
 (43.33%)
6. Does your organization track services provided to patients identified as needing language service?
Yes
 (63.33%)

No
 (36.67%)
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