"Return Visits to the ER More Likely For Patients With Limited English"
Patients in the emergency room who don't speak English well are slightly more likely to return within days, suggesting their care the first time was not as good as it could have been, researchers say. Low use of professional translators may partly explain the disparity in care, the researchers report in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. The study team was led by Ka Ming Ngai, MD, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Learn more.
Mount Sinai Health System and USTA Expand Exclusive Partnership Through 2026
Aug 15, 2023 View All Press ReleasesMount Sinai First in Region Offering Telehealth Visits for Low-Acuity 911 Ambulance Calls
Dec 06, 2022 View All Press Releases
Mount Sinai Physician Appointed to 2022-23 Class of White House Fellows
Nov 14, 2022 View All Press Releases
Mount Sinai Celebrates 10 Years as the Official Hospital of the US Open
Aug 29, 2022 View All Press Releases
Mount Sinai Receives NIH Grant to Train Clinician-Scientists in Emergency Care Research
May 24, 2022 View All Press ReleasesNewly Designed Children’s Emergency Department Opens at The Mount Sinai Hospital
Apr 11, 2022 View All Press Releases