EP 3: Avoiding Bad Outcomes When Selecting Interpreters for Deaf Patients

Deaf patients require interpreters fluent in sign language. Federal law mandates you provide one. The defendant in today's episode provided his deaf patient with someone beyond adept in sign language - a member of his staff who happened to be the mother of a deaf child. And yet - when treatment ended, a lawsuit was served.  It alleged the patient was not provided with a qualified interpreter and experienced a sub-optimal outcome as a result. 

Could anything have been done to avoid this end? Jeff and Mike discuss...