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CHIA's Mission:

Healthcare Interpreters and Providers Working Together to Overcome Linguistic and Cultural Barriers to Quality Care

• Establishing Standards of Practice
  (The California Standards for Healthcare Interpreters: Ethical Principles, Protocols & Guidance on Roles & Intervention, was released September 28, 2001 at the CHIA 2nd Annual Conference.  This document is online. Click HERE to access this.) 
  
• Adopting a Code of Ethics
  (See the Standards document!)
  
• Creating an Interpreter Certification Program
  
• Sponsoring Internships and Scholarships
  
• Advocating for cross-cultural awareness through education of healthcare professionals
  
• Encouraging the development of advanced level training in health care interpretation at institutions of higher education
  
• Promoting the networking of institutions that provide Interpretation Services
  
• Making recommendations on existing or new policies affecting patients with limited or no English proficiency

• Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford
  
• Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland
  
• Community Health Network, SF General Hospital
  
• Children's Hospital Oakland
  
• Asian Health Services Language Co-op, Oakland
  
• Kaiser Permanente of California
  
• Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford
  
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
  
• California State Refugee Health Section
  
• Vista Community Clinic, Vista
  
• Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
  
• San Francisco Department of Public Health
  
• California Pacific Medical Center
  
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles
  
• UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles