Sharon Regional Health System complies with applicable Federal and State civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, citizenship, alienage, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability. Sharon Regional Health System does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, citizenship, alienage, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability.
Sharon Regional Health System provides, free of charge:
Aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as:
- Qualified sign language interpreters
- Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats)
Language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as:
- Qualified interpreters
- Information written in other languages
If you need any of these services, please visit our Contact page or call 724-983-3911. Relay-line-operator-assisted support is available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing by dialing 711 from within Pennsylvania or 724-983-3905.
If you believe that Sharon Regional Health System has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance by visiting our Contact page.
You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal — available at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf — or by mail or phone at:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Room 509F, HHH Building, Washington, DC 20201 1–800–868–1019, 800–537–7697 (TDD).
Complaint forms are available at: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html
Addressing Health Care Disparities Through Cultural Competence
Many patients need to receive health care services in languages other than English. At Sharon Regional Health System, we are dedicated to ensuring that all our patients can freely communicate with their health care providers at all times.
Sharon Regional Health System has resources available to facilitate communication between our providers and their Limited English Proficiency (LEP) patients. As a community-based healthcare organization, our interpreters are well versed in the top languages of the communities we serve and sensitive to their specific needs. We also provide access to trained medical interpreters via telephone and remote video interpretation to ensure that we can support more than 200 languages and dialects for both scheduled and unscheduled appointments 24 hours a day. Our technology includes support for American Sign Language when in-person interpreters are unavailable.
Our interpreters are experts at helping patients navigate their health care experiences and ensuring that their cultural traditions are respected. We also offer a number of educational support services directly to LEP patients in their preferred languages. We are proud to have a diverse, experienced team of professionals to ensure our patients and providers have their language and cultural access needs promptly served.
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Contact Information for Interpreter Services
Sharon Regional Health System: 724-983-3911
If you use a TTY, please dial 711 to reach Pennsylvania’s Telecommunications Relay Service system to call us at 724-983-3905.