Trusted Since 1978

Compass Anesthesia Services Group 

“The Omni team is always great to work with. Translations are typically spot-on for our needs, even for obscure or technical terms.” 

Trusted Healthcare Translation and Interpreting Services

Supporting Patient Communication, Public Health, and Clinical Programs Across Languages

Founded in 1978, Omni is a professional medical translation company providing fully managed medical translation and interpreting services.

For nearly five decades, we have helped organizations worldwide, from hospitals to community outreach programs, communicate clearly with multilingual audiences through secure workflows and dedicated project management.

Our experience spans a broad range of projects, including patient-facing materials, informed consent, public health campaigns, linguistic validation, medical interpreting assignments, and ongoing language access programs.

Every project is supported by subject-matter specialist linguists who are carefully vetted, onboarded and monitored, with us matching linguists to the requirements of each individual assignment.

As healthcare information often involves sensitive personal data, we operate secure workflows designed to facilitate confidentiality requirements, such as HIPAA and GDPR considerations, secure file handling, and non-disclosure agreements where required.

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Projects We Support

Our team regularly provides language services for a wide range of projects, including:

  • Patient-facing communications, including websites and portals
  • Public health campaigns 
  • Instructions for Use (IFUs) 
  • Medical devices 
  • Patient Information Leaflets (PILs)
  • Drug packaging, labels, and information 
  • Interpreting, including telephone interpreting provision
  • Clinical research and trial support 
  • Medical transcription 
  • Linguistic validation 
  • Medicaid materials
  • Medicare materials
  • Health plan documentation and enrollment materials 
  • Multimedia healthcare content, such as subtitles, captions and voiceovers
  • Community healthcare engagement initiatives 
  • Surveys and feedback programs
  • Informed consent
  • FDA submissions and support documentation 
  • Language access program support 
  • And more. 

Language Services for Healthcare

Technical Translation >

Support highly specialized healthcare and medical content, including medical device documentation, Instructions for Use (IFUs), regulatory submissions, quality management documentation, and other technical healthcare content.

Document Translation >

Professional medical document translation for patient-facing communications, health plan materials, employee handbooks, public health resources, and multilingual healthcare communications.

In-Person Interpreting >

Facilitate multilingual communication during patient consultations, community outreach events, healthcare training sessions, and other projects through on-site medical interpreting services.

Telephone Interpreting >

Provide rapid access to interpreters through over-the-phone interpreting services, including support for dedicated healthcare programs and 24/7 telephone interpreting solutions.

Medical Transcription

Convert audio and video content into accurate written records, including interviews, discussions, training materials, and research content. Transcripts can be translated and prepared for multilingual distribution.

Desktop Publishing >

Our in-house production team can format and localize multilingual healthcare materials, including public health posters, patient brochures, enrollment packs, health education, and awareness campaign assets.

Additional Language Support

Life Sciences >

Support multilingual communication across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and life sciences, covering research materials, regulatory documentation, and more.

Clinical Trials

Translate patient information sheets, informed consent forms, recruitment materials, study protocols, and other trial-related content to support international research programs.

Medical Devices

Translate technical documentation for medical devices, including Instructions for Use (IFUs), user manuals, product labeling, software interfaces, and supporting regulatory documentation.

Speak with our team to discuss your requirements, timelines, file formats, and compliance needs.

Our Case Studies

Federal Compliance Requirements for Healthcare 

Healthcare organizations often must provide meaningful language access for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). Depending on your organization, requirements may be driven by the Affordable Care Act (Section 1557), the Civil Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and accreditation standards.

Common Language Access Requirements

  • Qualified interpreting assistance for LEP patients and family
  • ASL interpreting and alternative accessible formats, such as braille
  • Translated essential documents 
  • Translated notices, usually in the top 15 languages in your state 
  • Language access procedures and documented plan 
  • Secure handling of sensitive information 

How Omni Can Help

Founded in 1978, we are one of the most established language service providers in the United States. Our experienced team can set up on-site interpreting, telephone interpreting, document translation, desktop publishing, transcription, ASL, alternative formats, and ongoing language access support through a single partner.

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FAQs

How experienced are you in medical translation?

Founded in 1978, Omni has supported healthcare organizations with multilingual communication requirements for nearly five decades.

What linguists do you use?

We carefully select linguists based on subject matter, language pair, and project requirements.

For healthcare projects, we work with translators, reviewers and interpreters who have relevant medical or regulatory experience. Our linguist network is vetted, managed and monitored for suitability by our in-house vendor management department.

We can share with you our linguist selection processes in more detail, if requested.

Can you handle urgent translation requests?

Yes, we can support urgent healthcare translation projects, subject to language combination, content volume, and project requirements.

Please contact our team to discuss your deadlines and requirements.

Do you provide medical interpreting services?

Yes, we offer on-site, video remote (VRI) and telephone interpreting services.

Can you support urgent interpreting requests?

Often, yes. But note that availability depends on the language and location.

Major cities are typically easier to support due to interpreter availability. We recommend contacting us as soon as possible for urgent requirements.

Can you help us establish a telephone interpreting service?

Yes, we can help you establish telephone interpreting solutions, including ongoing language access arrangements and multilingual support lines with access to qualified interpreters.

Can we request a male or female interpreter?

Where relevant and appropriate, we can accommodate interpreter preferences, including gender requests, subject to availability.

Can you brief linguists on our terminology, audience, or cultural requirements?

We encourage collaboration at the start of a project, so will invite you to collaboration with us on briefings, terminology lists, style guides, cultural considerations, and reference materials.

Do you offer terminology management and glossary development?

Yes, we can create and manage healthcare-specific glossaries and terminology databases to help promote consistency across recurring projects and multiple languages.

Do you use Translation Memory (TM)?

Yes, we can use Translation Memory technology to store your approved translations for future reuse.

We can also support Translation Memory migration from existing systems.

Are your workflows secure?

Yes, we place a strong emphasis on having secure systems and careful handling of sensitive content throughout the project lifecycle.

Are you willing to sign NDAs?

Yes, we are more than happy to discuss non-disclosure agreement requirements.

NDAs can be implemented for both project teams and linguists where required.

Can you support healthcare compliance requirements such as ACA language access obligations?

We are happy to discuss your specific compliance obligations and language access needs during project scoping, and from there, we can help you fulfil those requirements through our turnkey language solutions.

Can you support HIPAA-compliant workflows?

We can support projects requiring HIPAA-compliant workflows and secure handling of protected health information.

Your specific requirements can be discussed during onboarding and project planning.

Can you support GDPR requirements?

Yes, we can support GDPR compliance and data protection.

Can you provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters?

We can support American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting requirements, subject to location and scheduling requirements.

Can you provide alternative formats?

We can support alternative formats, such as audio versions of documents, braille, large print, Easy Read, and pre-recorded ASL videos.

Do you provide desktop publishing (DTP)?

Yes, our in-house production team can manage multilingual desktop publishing for posters, brochures, patient leaflets, enrollment materials, presentations, signage, packaging, and other healthcare materials.

Do you provide certified translations?

Yes, we can provide standard U.S. certified translations, alongside other certification options where required, such as sworn and notarization.

Requirements vary depending on the intended use and jurisdiction.

What file formats can you work with?

We support a wide range of file types, including:

  • Word
  • Excel
  • Powerpoint
  • PDF
  • InDesign
  • XML 
  • CSV 
  • Audio files 
  • Video files 
  • eLearning content
  • And many other healthcare and regulatory formats 
Do you offer machine translation post-editing (MTPE)?

Yes. But note that MTPE is only a suitable option for certain healthcare content types. However, we assess each project individually and recommend workflows based on the intended use.

Can you review translations completed by another provider or AI platform?

Yes, we can provide linguistic quality assurance (LQA) and quality assessment for content translated by third parties, including AI-generated translations.

Do you provide linguistic validation?

Yes, we can supply linguistic validation services.

Do you provide medical transcription services?

We can provide transcription services for healthcare, medical, research, and business content.

We can also translate transcripts, and support subtitles and captions.

I have a requirement not listed here. Can you help?

If you are unsure about the best approach or have further questions, our team is happy to arrange a consultation and help scope the most appropriate solution for your project.