Ms. Linda G. Coronado This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. diversityRx: 3rd NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUALITY HEALTH CARE

   www.diversityrx.org/CCCONF/02/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/10/2006   Last Visited: 9/4/2007

   Elizabeth Colón | Linda Coronado | Nhu-Hao T. Duong, MBA
   ...
   Linda G. Coronado is the Director of the Department of Interpreter Services at Cook County Hospital. As the largest public Hospital in the state, the County acts as a safety net for the most vulnerable patient populations, the poor and indigent, among them a significant number of immigrants and refugees. Ms. Coronado is responsible for not only the coordination of language assistance services but also the translation on patient education and informational materials for the institution. She has been employed by the Hospital since 1984.
   
   She is also a co-instructor at Daley Community College in Chicago of the Medical Interpreting Course for the last three years. She has been an active member of the Illinois Immigrant and Refugee Task Force since 1991. As a Task Force member, Ms. Coronado was instrumental in the development of the first training curriculum for medical interpreters and the development of the first effort at a pool resource of medical interpreters in the City of Chicago. She was also a member of the organizing committee for the first statewide medical interpreting conference, "Establishing, Improving and Expanding Language Services in Health Care Settings."
   
   Ms. Coronado has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education.
   
   Linda Coronado Director Department of Interpreter Services

2. 2. www.chicagoreporter.com

   www.chicagoreporter.com/1998/0 - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/1/1998   Last Visited: 3/4/2007

   But Linda G. Coronado, director of interpreter services at Cook County Hospital, said the law "could have been stronger."