Culturally Equitable Medical Care
Mar 6, 2025
The Community House Calls program at Harborview Medical Center serves patients with limited English proficiency and complicated medical conditions as well as families and communities. The program works in partnership with EthnoMed and is run by Asmeret Tesfalem, MSN, RN, manager of program operations. Tesfalem leads a team of 12 caseworker cultural mediators who cover nine different languages: Spanish, Vietnamese, Somali, Dari, Cambodian, Amharic, Pashto, Tigrinya and Farsi.
The Community House Calls program at Harborview Medical Center serves patients with limited English proficiency and complicated medical conditions as well as families and communities. The program works in partnership with EthnoMed and is run by Asmeret Tesfalem, MSN, RN, manager of program operations. Tesfalem leads a team of 12 caseworker cultural mediators who cover nine different languages: Spanish, Vietnamese, Somali, Dari, Cambodian, Amharic, Pashto, Tigrinya and Farsi.