The Incubator
The Incubator
Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#439 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - Are We Visiting Language-Minority Families Less Often in the Hospital?
8 minutes Posted Apr 26, 2026 at 2:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Dr. Christina Rojas, from Lurie Children's Hospital, presents findings from a multi-center study across eight hospitals examining how often hospitalized patients and families receive communication touchpoints from their care team — and whether that differs based on preferred language. Across more than 30 languages represented in the study, families who preferred a language other than English experienced significantly fewer room visits, less direct communication when staff did...