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Jen Quevedo, center, serves as a medical interpreter for a patient at Grand River Health in Rifle, Colo. Quevedo now serves as the hospital's language access coordinator.
Ashlie Bramley

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Grand River Health
Without qualified interpreters at doctors' offices, non-English speakers can face bad — even fatal — health outcomes. A hospital in rural Colorado is training its existing bilingual staff to address the service gap.
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