Innovative Technology Provides Interpreting Services on Demand
RWJBarnabas Health recognizes that diversity and inclusion are essential for the overall health of our patients, employees and surrounding communities. We believe that when you bring together all backgrounds, including different languages, beliefs and experiences, those unique perspectives provide potential ideas, solutions and strategies that, when mobilized, can help advance the overall health equity of the people of New Jersey.
Language Access Services
At RWJBarnabas Health, we provide timely language access to our patients and their loved ones who have limited English proficiency. We provide free language services, including qualified interpreters, to people whose primary language is not English. Language Assistance Services information is provided in multiple languages.
As safety is our number one priority, we deliver accurate and consistent interpretation services, ensuring that communication with each person is effective and reliable. We make sure the line of communication is clear between our patients/families and the doctors, nurses and staff.
Please inform us upon arrival if you need an interpreter.
Language Access with Martti (My Accessible Real Time Trusted Interpreter)
People with limited English proficiency have the right to have an interpreter.
Please ask for one upon arrival at any RWJBarnabas Health location.
Martti’s Language Access Solution puts certified and/or qualified medical interpreters within reach and one-touch simplicity 24/7 at all RWJBarnabas Health locations. Martti ensures language access anytime, anywhere at no cost to our patients.
Martti provides access to interpreters in approximately 250 languages.
The top five languages used across all of our RWJBarnabas locations include Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, French, and Arabic along with American Sign Language (ASL).
Care in Any Language
A video-based interpretation system provides live 24/7 access to medical interpreters in more than 250 languages, helping providers at RWJBarnabas Health communicate with patients, families, and loved ones with “Martti,” My Accessible Real-Time Trusted Interpreter Technology.
Atención En Distintos Idiomas
Un sistema de interpretacion en video le provee acceso en vivo a interpretes medicos 24 horas al dia 7 dias a la semana en mas de 250 idiomas. Este sistema ayuda al personal de RWJBarnabas Health a comunicarse con pacientes, familiares y seres queridos utilizando la tecnologia de "Martti" Mi Interprete Accesible de Confianza en Tiempo Real.
A Martti interpreter facilitates a medical conversation between physicians and patients.
This reliable technology bridges the language barrier gap providing the opportunity for our patients with limited English proficiency to speak up and be heard, and furthers our goal to overcome health disparities.
A Success Story
“As a cancer doctor in Newark, many of my patients require interpretation
services. It is a must that I educate my patients as thoroughly as I can
in their native tongue. I have used a telephone language service thousands
of times, and was a little nervous about this Martti type robot now in
the room. But now I am a total convert! I have been thrilled with the
convenience and ease of using Martti! It is almost like having another
person in the room, one whose facial expressions and body language I can
observe during difficult conversations. I sit where I can see the face
of the patient and the face of the interpreter and this has opened up
a whole new level of communication!”
—Dr. Charles Cathcart
For Patients Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
You have the right to a sign language interpreter if one is required for you to effectively communicate with hospital staff. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and require a sign language interpreter to communicate, please let us know.
For additional information on our language services, please visit Language Assistance.