MONTEREY, Calif. — LanguageLine Solutions, the world’s leading provider of language access solutions, serves as a language access partner to 17 of the 20 hospitals recently named to the U.S. News & World Report 2026-2027 Best Hospitals Honor Roll.
The annual U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings evaluate more than 4,500 medical centers across the United States. The publication’s Honor Roll recognizes 20 hospitals that demonstrate exceptional performance across multiple specialties, procedures, and conditions.
LanguageLine's partnership with 17 of these 20 institutions reflects the central role of clear communication in delivering care at the highest levels of American healthcare.
“The hospitals setting the standard for American healthcare overwhelmingly trust LanguageLine to help them communicate with their patients,” said Simon Yoxon-Grant, President and CEO of LanguageLine Solutions. “These institutions operate in extraordinarily complex environments where communication can have a direct impact on the patient experience and the delivery of care. We are proud to support their clinicians and patients by helping ensure that language is never a barrier to understanding.”
LanguageLine helps these hospitals communicate effectively with patients who have limited English proficiency, as well as those who are Deaf, DeafBlind, or Hard of Hearing.
Language access is essential at every stage of healthcare, including:
- Diagnosis and informed consent
- Treatment and emergency care
- Discharge instructions and follow-up
By integrating language access into high-pressure clinical environments, LanguageLine helps hospital clients serve diverse patient populations while meeting rigorous expectations for quality, privacy, security, reliability, and regulatory compliance.
LanguageLine helps healthcare organizations improve efficiency by integrating language access directly into clinical workflows.
- LanguageLine for EHR enables clinicians to connect with professional interpreters from within the electronic health record, helping streamline access to spoken and signed language support at the point of care.
- LanguageLine TranslateExpress, now available in the Epic Toolbox, brings translation of patient-facing clinical documents—such as after-visit summaries and discharge instructions—into the Epic workflow, combining technology-enabled speed with human review.
LanguageLine continues to advance AI-enabled capabilities and integrated language access models that complement the expertise of professional linguists and help healthcare organizations connect with patients more effectively.
For more than 30 years, the U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings have helped patients and their physicians make decisions about where to seek care. The publication evaluates hospitals using measures that include patient outcomes, patient experience and other care-related factors.
Learn more about the 2026-2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll.