Translate discharge instructions, then have them checked
My patient reads Spanish and the interpreter isn't available until morning.
Translation evaluation De-identified text only Individual access available
Source check: 2026-11-11 · Physician review: not yet recorded
The workflow
- Write the instructions in clear, short English sentences without identifiers.
- Ask the AI to translate them and to list any phrases that may not translate cleanly.
- Have a qualified medical interpreter or translator review the translation before giving it to the patient.
- Use your hospital's interpreter service for the actual conversation.
Tools and cost
USD unless stated otherwise. Billing periods and eligibility matter. A tool listed here was not necessarily tested in the cited study.
Individual clinician verification
Eligible clinician workspace: sign in Settings → Agreements; authority to sign required.
Individual self-service
Consumer plan has no BAA; eligible commercial products are separate.
What the evidence supports
A study tested GPT-4 on 50 ED instruction sets in three languages. Spanish sentence-level accuracy was 97%, yet at least one error occurred in 16% of Spanish, 24% of Chinese and 56% of Russian sets.
Primary study · Read the source ↗
Where it goes wrong
These results concern one model and three tested languages. They do not establish performance for other languages or current tools. Obtain qualified language review before using translated clinical instructions.