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Tel. (312) 633-6781
E-mail: ejacobs@rush.edu
Senior Attending Physician, Cook County Hospital
Clinician Investigator, Collaborative Research Unit, Cook County
Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College
Areas of Research Interest:
Interpreting, Cross-cultural healthcare, Community-based
healthcare
Selected Publications:
Jacobs E, Shepard D, Suya J, Stone
EL. Overcoming Language Barriers in Health Care: Costs and Benefits
of Interpreter Services. Sumbitted to Health Affairs, February
2002.
Jacobs E. Racial Disparities in
Health Care (Letter). NEJM. 2001;345:839-840.
Jacobs E, Lauderdale DS, Meltzer
JM, et al. The Impact of Adequate Interpreter Services on Delivery
of Care to Limited English -Speaking Patients. JGIM. 2001;16:468-474.
Jacobs E. Patient centeredness in
medical encounters requiring an interpreter [Letter]. Am J Med.
2000 Oct 15;109(6):515.
Jacobs E, Lauderdale D. Receipt
of Cancer Screening Procedures among Hispanic and non-Hispanic
HMO Members. Cancer. 2001;91(S1):257-261
Professional Affiliations:
Academy of Health Services Research
and Health Policy
American College of Physicians
American Medical Association
American Public Health Association
National Council for Interpreting in Health Care
Society for General Internal Medicine
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