Call for Proposals - Deadline March 15th
2008 International Conference on Medical Interpreting, October 10-12
Reducing Health Disparities by Ensuring Language Access to All
Dear colleagues,
We invite you to present at the 2008 IMIA Conference on October 10-12,
2008, in Boston, MA. For general information about the conference,
please go to http://www.mmia.org/conferences/default.asp
<http://www.mmia.org/conferences/default.asp> . The call for proposals
is now posted on the website
athttp://www.mmia.org/conferences/2008opencall.asp
<http://www.mmia.org/conferences/2008opencall.asp> . We encourage
innovative ideas for presentations and activities that support the theme
of the year. The theme - Reducing Health Disparities by Ensuring
Language Access to All - reflects the importance of the right to a
competent medical interpreter in all medically related encounters.
Language access is a right that is protected by local, state, federal,
and even international laws. While the interpreting profession is well
established in the business and conference sectors, it is fairly new in
the healthcare sector, and has developed as a response to the
enforcement of language access laws and regulatory bodies such as the
Offices of Minority Health and The Joint Commission. We are happy to
announce that Dr. Angood, VP & Chief Patient Safety Officer, Joint
Commission, is our keynote speaker.

* What can I do as an interpreter to ensure language access for my
clients?
* What are the requirements for my institution?
* How do I know if I'm in compliance?
These are some of the questions we'll explore at this conference. Our
desire is to bring different stakeholders together to discuss language
access compliance: providers, interpreters, trainers, interpreting
managers, hospital administrators, risk managers, attorneys, insurance
companies, interpreter agency owners, and others. The deadline for the
Call for Proposals is March 15, 2008.

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