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Problem Statement: How can Hospital Bass decrease the Hispanic language gap between patient and care attenders, while avoiding spending unnecessary funds to do so?
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Other than increasing the Spanish speaking workforce by 15%, what other options does Hospital Bass have to decrease the Hispanic language gap between patients and care givers?
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Here at Hospital Bass we approximately 60% of our patients that come through our doors, either it be through the emergency room, urgent care or primary care, the primary language is Spanish (Southern New Hampshire University [SNHU] IHP 610, 2017). That being said it is important to us that we always meet the needs of this population. Decreasing language barriers between patient and

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