Language Services

Hurley Medical Center treats thousands of Deaf/Hard of Hearing/DeafBlind and Limited English Proficient (LEP) patients each year. For these patients, seeking treatment can be confusing and stressful without a trained medical interpreter. At Hurley Medical Center, our goal is to make sure your experience here is as pleasant and comfortable as possible, from the time you walk through our doors until you are discharged. We believe that effective communication is essential to providing the very best care to our patients and their families.

Hurley is committed to:

  • Providing our Deaf/Hard of Hearing/DeafBlind, LEP patients, and care partners with equal access to exceptional health care
  • Educating patients and families about their right to receive free language services
  • Raising staff awareness of culture and language and its impact on health care delivery
  • Making medical documents available in English, Arabic, and Spanish

Patients and Visitors

Hurley Medical Center provides interpretation and translation to patients of all languages throughout Hurley Medical Center as well as all our Hurley accredited off-site locations free of charge. Interpreters can be requested 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Services:

  • Interpretation in over 150 languages via various modalities
  • High-quality telephone interpretation in all languages
  • Video Remote interpretation in 25 languages
  • Accurate translations of patient education materials

Deaf Services:

Hurley remains in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and PA 204, which requires that auxiliary aids, qualified interpreters and other services be provided in healthcare settings.

For clinic appointments, procedures and inpatient encounters, we provide:

  • Professional Qualified sign language interpreters
  • On-call interpreters for after-hours, weekends and holidays
  • Sign language interpreters for Emergency Room visits
  • Video Remote Interpreting
  • Inpatient bedside Sorenson Videophone
  • Closed Captioning for waiting room and lobby televisions

Contact Us:

Language Services
languageinterpreters@hurleymc.com
810-262-7083

Employment

Hurley Medical Center is currently accepting applications for Certified Medical Interpreters. We especially encourage interpreters of the following languages to apply:

  • American Sign Language
  • Arabic
  • Chinese (Mandarin and/or Cantonese)
  • Spanish

If you’re interested please send a copy of your resume to:
Myles Hudkins, MS at mhudkin1@hurleymc.com