Meeting the Needs of California's Diverse Patient Populations

The Medical Leadership Council on Cultural Proficiency is a unique and powerful group of medical and specialty societies, health plans, health systems, and advocates working to improve language access, cultural proficiency, and health care workforce diversity in California. Convened by The California Endowment, the Council's ground breaking work is aimed at improving health care for all in this state, where more than 200 languages are spoken. This video profiles the Council's work; more information and a larger format version of the video are available at www.MedicalLeadership.org. The video was produced by the California Academy of Family Physicians and Veracity Productions and supported by The California Endowment.
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