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For patients whose English is not their first language, communicating with clinicians can be a major challenge. But the CSIRO has helped develop an app that offers hope that waiting times can be reduced for patients when they may only need to ask a simple question.

Source: SBS

 

 Technology is being used to help health professionals in Victoria better communicate with, and care for, their patients who would otherwise need an interpreter on hand.

Using the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Assist iPad app, patients are asked basic questions in their home languages, which helps clinicians understand their needs.

The manager of speech pathology and audiology at Western Health, Sally Brinkmann, says even elderly patients who may not be familiar with technology can be comfortable with it.