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Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
VSee Health and LanguageLine Team Up to Boost Telehealth Adoption with Seamless, Scalable Multilingual Care
SAN JOSE, Calif., February 25, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VSee Health (NASDAQ: VSEE), a leading provider of telehealth solutions, partnered with LanguageLine Solutions, the world's leading interpretation service to enable instant, one-touch interpreter access across 240+ languages, further strengthening VSee Health's position as a leading telehealth solutions provider for hospitals, enterprises, and government healthcare systems. With the global digital health market projected to exceed $787 billion, this move enhances VSee's competitive edge and is expected to drive increased platform adoption while unlocking new revenue streams through improved accessibility and workflow automation. "At VSee, our mission is to make healthcare accessible to everyone, regardless of location or language," said VSee Health Co-CEO Dr. Milton Chen, PhD. "By partnering with LanguageLine one-touch interpreter services, we're breaking down language barriers and ensuring that all patients receive high-quality care." Breaking Language Barriers to Drive Telehealth Adoption The rapid rise of telehealth has revolutionized healthcare accessibility, yet language barriers continue to hinder equitable patient care. VSee Health's partnership with LanguageLine eliminates this obstacle by enabling seamless, real-time interpreter access in over 240 languages, enhancing provider-patient communication. Efficiency, Scalability, and Revenue Growth Potential Beyond improving patient access, the integration of LanguageLine delivers operational efficiencies and financial benefits for healthcare providers using VSee's telehealth solutions. Key advantages include: One-Click Interpreter Access – Providers can instantly connect with an interpreter without disrupting virtual visits and ensuring critical information is understood in real time. Interpreter Job Dispatch Workflow – For less frequently requested languages, schedulers can invite multiple interpreters with a single click, streamlining response times and reducing delays. "Language access is fundamental to equitable health care," LanguageLine President and CEO Simon Yoxon-Grant said. "By integrating our interpretation services into VSee's platform, providers can instantly communicate in the patient's preferred language, which dramatically increases the potential for a positive outcome." Transforming Patient Experience Through Seamless Language Access By embedding language access directly into telehealth workflows, VSee and LanguageLine allow healthcare enterprises to provide clearer, more timely communications that lead to more accurate diagnoses, improved adherence to treatment plans, and higher overall satisfaction with virtual care. For more information on how VSee and LanguageLine are transforming telehealth accessibility, please visit or contact LanguageLine for a consultation. About VSee: VSee Health (Nasdaq: VSEE) is a rapidly growing leader in AI-powered telehealth, redefining the $787 billion digital healthcare market with its modular, no-code/low-code platform. Trusted by 1,000+ clients, including NASA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, McKesson, DaVita, and the entire nation of Qatar, VSee Health accelerates telehealth adoption by enabling seamless, scalable, and secure digital health solutions across hospitals, governments, and enterprise organizations. Field-tested with 1.5 million+ HIPAA-compliant video encounters per month, VSee Health delivers turnkey solutions in critical care, teleradiology, and autonomous robotics, optimizing healthcare operations while increasing billable patient visits and provider efficiency. With a clear path to significant revenue growth and expanding margins, VSee Health is positioned to become the foundational infrastructure of digital healthcare, transforming patient care, hospital workflows, and workforce utilization. Visit About LanguageLine: LanguageLine has been the world's foremost provider of language access solutions since 1982. The company offers industry-leading phone, video remote, and onsite interpreting, as well as translation, localization, and testing and training for bilingual staff and interpreters. With a team of over 40,000 professional linguists, LanguageLine is committed to enabling communication and promoting understanding across languages and cultures, 365 days a year. As it spearheads the digital transformation of language access, LanguageLine is the preferred provider to the Fortune 100, North America's top hospital systems, as well as federal, state, and local agencies in English-speaking countries around the world. View source version on Contacts Media Contact: Anne ChangVSee Health626-513-1824media@ Scott BrownLanguageLine Solutionssbrown@ 831-224-3187Investor Contact: Dave GentryRedChip Companies1-407-644-4256VSEE@ Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Waterford schools looking to add bilingual programs
Waterford — With its multilingual learners tripling over the past eight years, the school district will add a bilingual program at Oswegatchie Elementary School next school year, and likely another at Quaker Hill Elementary School the year after that. Multilingual learners are students who are becoming proficient in more than one language at a time, which most often refers to students who are learning English as a second language. Under state law, districts that have schools that house more than 20 multilingual learners who speak the same native language must provide that school with a bilingual program. Students receive both native language instruction and English language development time during the school day. Great Neck Elementary, which was the first school in town to be designated a bilingual school, began its program this school year. 'It continues to climb,' Great Neck Principal Billie Shea said. 'We're really working to ensure that every multilingual learner in Waterford has the resources, the strategies and the personalized plans and support to really thrive in our district.' Jill Bessette, an educational consultant with LEARN, the regional education service center, told the school board last week that the goal is recognize bilingualism and biliteracy starting with the youngest children. More multilingual learners in the region In the 2016-17 school year, 51 multilingual learners were enrolled here, but it has risen to 137 students, Shea said. About 70% of those are currently in elementary school. That increase is similar to what's been seen in city school districts nearby. Norwich Public Schools from 2021 to early 2024 had seen its multilingual population increase from 638 to 839. Norwich Free Academy recorded 181 multilingual learners in 2021, and that rose to 297 by January 2024. New London Public Schools for the 2020-21 school year had 790 multilingual learners, and that rose to 977 by February 2024. 'This trend is certainly not unique to Waterford,' Waterford Superintendent of Schools Thomas Giard said Monday. As for the exact reason for the increase, Giard couldn't say. 'I don't have a root cause or analysis as to why,' Giard said. 'But I think our challenge, or opportunity, is how we best meet the needs of these students.' Great Neck leads the way Great Neck was the first school to implement the bilingual program, which it did this year. The 20 multilingual learners at the school are native Spanish speakers who are learning English. As mandated, they are being taught by certified Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, known as TESOL teachers, who specialize helping students slowly gain proficiency in English while still maintaining their home language. The three TESOL teachers and a tutor are shared among the schools. In addition, the school has instituted specific services to assist teachers, students and families communication, like LanguageLine, an on-demand, phone interpretation service. 'So you can literally pick up a phone, and over 240 languages are supported,' said LEARN Multilanguage Learner Coordinator Lisanne Kaplan. 'And you can get a live interpreter on the phone that can help assist a parent at the office, that can also be used for a PPT, parent conferences…' Kaplan said another software the school has implemented is TalkingPoints, an app that helps teachers of multilingual learners send messages to their families. The teacher can send the message in English, but the families will see it in their native language. When they respond, their message gets translated back to English. Students are tested yearly on their English proficiency and if they meet a certain standard they leave the program, Giard said. The 20 multilingual learners state rule is based on schools' Oct. 1 enrollment numbers, Giard said. This past Oct. 1, Oswegatchie had more than 20 learners whose native language is Spanish, and Quaker Hill is currently at 20, so if it maintains those numbers, it will need a program to add a program by fall 2026. Giard said he is certain his upcoming 2025-26 budget proposal will feature additional staffing for multilingual learners.
