Can doctors safely use Google to translate patient information?
Looking after patients who don’t speak English?
Google Translate may be able to help, according to a new US study that finds the app is up to the job — with some caveats, such as dropping the jargon.
The results come from a study of 100 sets of ED patient discharge instructions converted from English into Spanish and Chinese by doctors using Google Translate.
It shows there are very few significant errors.