The Medical Leadership Council on Cultural Proficiency has launched an online database to help physicians and other health care professionals improve language access and provide culturally competent health care.

The free Internet database provides information on interpretation and translation services and educational materials for doctors and patients. Users can search listings by language, by location, or by type of service.

The Medical Leadership Council on Cultural Proficiency is a statewide organization of physician and medical society leaders, health systems representatives, and advocates convened by the California Endowment to improve language access, workforce diversity, and cultural proficiency in health care.

CMA is a member of the Medical Leadership Council, which is convened by the Academy of Family Physicians through a grant from the California Endowment.

Stay tuned to next week’s Alert for information on the Department of Managed Health Care’s new language access regulations. In the meantime, see CMA ON-CALL document #0813, “Language Interpreters.” ON-CALL documents are available free to members at CMA’s members-only website. Nonmembers can purchase ON-CALL documents for $2 per page in CMA’s online bookstore.