WeInterpret.Net Signs Contract with The University of Maryland
Medical System
Released
on: May 20, 2009, 4:32 am
Author: Maryland
Interpreting Services
Industry: Healthcare
WeInterpret.Net
a Sign Language Interpreting agency in Maryland has a contract
with the University of Maryland Medical System and is providing
Interpreting services currently to the University of Maryland
Medical Center and the University Specialty Hospital, both in
Baltimore. This contract is for the provision of services to the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing patients when communicating with their
medical providers. As one of the largest hospitals in the area,
the contract for interpreting services is one of the largest outside
of the federal government entities in the state of Maryland. This
contract allows the hospital to be in compliance with the Americans
with Disabilities Act.
Baltimore,
Maryland - May 18, 2009 - WeInterpret.Net has signed a contract
with the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and is currently
providing signed language interpreting services to both the University
of Maryland Medical Center and the University Specialty Hospital,
both in Baltimore. As one of the largest hospital networks and
related clinic services in Baltimore, hundreds of patients require
interpreting services to communicate successfully with hospital
staff and medical personnel. WeInterpret.Net, providing interpreting
services throughout the state of Maryland and to many locations
across the country, is pleased to have been chosen by the University
Medical System to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Nationally Certified and Qualified Interpreters provided by WeInterpret.Net
assure that the hospital is in compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 which requires equal access through appropriate
methods of communication
Appropriate
communication methods vary by individual and We Interpret.Net
can provide interpreters skilled in American Sign Language, Signed
English, The Rochester Method, Cued Speech and Oral Interpretation.
In areas such as the Washington / Baltimore metro area, interpreters
are in high demand and short supply. “Full-time staff interpreters
along with managers who are also certified interpreters, allows
the agency to respond to every request with qualified interpreters
even on the busiest of days or during the overnight and weekend
hours,” stated Tauna Faries, Vice President of Operations
for WeInterpret.Net.
About
WeInterpret.Net
Maryland Interpreting Services, a Maryland corporation doing business
as WeInterpret.Net and WeInterpretLinked was established in 1996.
Owner and President, David Stephenson is a nationally certified
interpreter. Since its establishment, it has provided some 6 million
hours of interpreting services to some 900 customers through offices
in Utah, Virginia, Maryland and New Mexico. Staff Interpreters
and Independent Sub-Contractors numbering over 1000 provide On-Site
(www.WeInterpret.Net)
and Video Remote Interpreting. (www.WeInterpretLinked.com)
About University of Maryland Medical System
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) was created in
1984 when the state-owned University Hospital became a private,
nonprofit organization. It has evolved into a multi-hospital system
with academic, community and specialty service missions reaching
every part of the state and beyond. (www.umm.edu)
UMMS
is a national and regional referral center for trauma, cancer
care, neurocare, cardiac care, women's and children's health and
physical rehabilitation. It also has one of the world's largest
kidney transplant programs, as well as scores of other programs
that improve the physical and mental health of thousands of people
daily.
Contact Details:
Brian Ambrose, CI & CT
Senior Manager
11155 Dolfield Blvd Ste. 202
Owings Mills MD 21117
brian@WeInterpret.Net
www.WeInterpret.Net
www.WeInterpretLinked.com
1-877-788-8454
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