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Promoting equity and equal opportunities in the Swiss healthcare system
All patients should have equal access to high quality care - regardless of their origin, language, socio-economic status or health literacy - that is the stated aim to which Swiss Hospitals for Equity is committed. The network is presenting itself to the public on this website.
With the help of professional interpreters, better quality care for foreign language patients can be provided than with interpreting health care workers, interpreting relatives, or without interpreters.
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The short film "Equity in healthcare: moving from the desirable to the necessary" produced by albinfo.ch was presented in public for the first time on the occasion of the Health Equity Forum 2022. It illustrates that we should reflect on the quality of our…
The hospital dictionary of the Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen is a tool designed to facilitate communication with patients speaking a foreign language and to enable effective communication between patients and hospital staff.
The Swiss Red Cross was commissioned by the Federal Office for Public Health (FOPH) to develop and coordinate migesplus.ch.
