International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA)

Description:
• Define educational requirements and qualifications for medical interpreters.
• Establish professional standards of practice and norms of medical interpretation.
• Promote the establishment of professional interpretation and translation services by medical institutions and related agencies.
• Act as a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of information about medical interpretation-translation and related issues.
• Promote research into issues of cross-cultural communication in the healthcare setting.
• Promote the medical interpreting profession.

Mission:
The International Medical Interpreters Association is a US-based international organization committed to the advancement of professional medical interpreters as the best practice to equitable language access to health care for linguistically diverse patients.