Southern Atlantic Hospital Alliance Partners with LAN to Improve Language Access across 15 Hospitals

SAHA Selects LAN as the Best in Breed Provider of Interpretation

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Southern Atlantic Hospital Alliance (“SAHA”) announced the selection of the Language Access Network (“LAN”) as its exclusive partner to provide video language interpretation services. Serving over 15 member hospitals, SAHA covers the greater portion of North Carolina. The advanced metrics and leadership of LAN were a natural fit to SAHA’s mission to add value while controlling cost. The services will be delivered via LAN’S dedicated HIPAA compliant high-speed broadband network and through its proprietary remote video interpretation equipment, the Martti™ Express. Martti (My Accessible Real Time Trusted Interpreter) offers immediate access with one button simplicity and full mobility throughout the hospital.

“Members come to us with clear objectives and LAN’s product offering was most attuned to their desires. As a physician owned company, LAN is truly partnering with us to provide each hospital, not just a solution, but the right solution.”

“SAHA is a partner to hospitals, dedicated to patient safety, clinical quality and regulatory compliance,” stated Cindy Worthy, Director Care Management/Utilization Review. “Members come to us with clear objectives and LAN’s product offering was most attuned to their desires. As a physician owned company, LAN is truly partnering with us to provide each hospital, not just a solution, but the right solution.”

"Being selected by SAHA is an honor and a privilege," said Andrew Panos, COO of Language Access Network. "We have worked closely with them to drive an ROI for their members through language interpretation services. We have invested a significant amount of time and resources in developing our service and its delivery platform and look forward to deploying it to all SAHA members.”

About Southern Atlantic Hospital Alliance

Established in 2004, SAHA strives to nurture collaborative relationships among member hospitals in order to improve the quality of healthcare. SAHA focuses on key factors including: cost savings, education, compliance, knowledge sharing, clinical quality and safety. Through strategic partnerships with outstanding healthcare, clinical, educational, and financial management organizations, SAHA offers its member hospitals professional opportunities and support that many institutions could not attain on their own in a time- or cost-effective manner.

More information is available at www.sahalliance.org.

About Language Access Network, LLC.

Language Access Network, LLC (“LAN”) is the leader in trusted healthcare communications. LAN provides video remote interpretation (VRI) services to hospitals and other medical venues nationwide. As a result of LAN being physician owned and solely focused on healthcare, the Company has unique insight into how to drive better outcomes, improve patient satisfaction and be a true partner to our client hospitals. Targeted towards Limited English Proficient and Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing patient populations, LAN provides its rapidly growing client base (currently over 140 medical facilities nationwide) with 24/7/365 access to the highest quality & trained interpreters available via our centralized video language centers. The Company provides clients with real-time video and audio interpretation capabilities in over 170 languages that help clients improve operations, enhance financial performance and build trust relationships through clear communication.

More information is available at www.lan.us.