AI medical interpreter for home health
Opalite gives home health clinicians real-time interpretation in 150+ languages and dialects on their own phone or tablet.
Today's challenge
What gets in the way of interpretation in home health today
The daughter becomes the interpreter
The nurse asks the daughter to relay the OASIS fall questions and the insulin instructions.
Booked interpreters miss moving visits
Discharge times and traffic push the start-of-care visit past the interpreter's booked hour.
The agency pays for every minute
A per-minute line bills the agency for hold time and every pill-bottle review.
Cost of inaction
Language interpretation remains a gap in home health
20.4%
of non-English-preferring home health patients in New York City returned to the hospital within 30 days, versus 18.5% of English speakers.
Meet Opalite.
Real-time AI medical interpretation in 150+ languages and dialects, connecting providers and patients in seconds.
- Works on the devices care teams already carry: phones, tablets, computers, and telehealth platforms
- Integrates with all EHRs
- Built for HIPAA-compliant healthcare
- SOC 2 Type II attested security controls
Workflow
How Opalite fits the home visit
Start of care
Assessment, history, OASIS questions
Two-way spoken interpretation on the clinician's phone or tablet, no wait
Medication reconciliation
Review every bottle and the discharge list
Guardian checks every sentence, including negations like "stop" and "not"
Between visits
Symptom checks, reminders, follow-up
Phone interpretation for patients and caregivers on any line
Clinical use cases
Interpret the conversations that matter most
Start-of-care assessment
EnglishIn the past week, have you fallen, or felt unsteady getting out of bed or the shower?
SpanishEn la última semana, ¿se ha caído o se ha sentido inestable al levantarse de la cama o al salir de la ducha?
Medication reconciliation at the kitchen table
EnglishShow me every pill bottle you have, including any from the pharmacy or a relative.
Chinese (Mandarin)请把您所有的药瓶都拿给我看，包括药房开的和亲戚给的。
Insulin and injection teaching
EnglishInject 10 units before breakfast. If you have not eaten, do not take the insulin.
Arabicاحقن 10 وحدات قبل الإفطار. إذا لم تأكل، فلا تأخذ الإنسولين.
Therapy home exercise programs
EnglishDo these leg exercises twice a day. Stop if they hurt; do not push through pain.
SpanishHaga estos ejercicios de piernas dos veces al día. Pare si le duele; no siga si siente dolor.
Between-visit phone calls
EnglishThis is your home health nurse. Any new swelling or shortness of breath since Tuesday?
Chinese (Mandarin)我是您的居家护理护士。从星期二到现在，有没有新的肿胀或者喘不上气？
Success metrics
How you'll know it's working
Track visits with interpretation for every patient needing an interpreter.
Watch the family-as-interpreter rate fall after rollout.
Compare interpretation spend per episode with your prior vendor invoices.
Pricing
Pricing for home health agencies
Long reconciliations cost the same. A flat rate scoped to your branches or usage has no per-minute meter.
In your area
25.5 million people in the U.S. speak English less than “very well.”
How many live near you? Search your state, ZIP code, or town.
Darker states have a higher share of residents who speak English less than very well; shading is logarithmic, relative to the highest-share state.
| State | Share | People |
|---|---|---|
| California | 17.2% | 6,377,000 |
| Texas | 13.1% | 3,532,000 |
| New York | 13.1% | 2,486,000 |
| New Jersey | 12.2% | 1,060,000 |
| Florida | 11.8% | 2,389,000 |
| Hawaii | 11.2% | 152,900 |
| Nevada | 11.1% | 320,200 |
| Massachusetts | 9.5% | 631,900 |
| New Mexico | 8.7% | 172,700 |
| Illinois | 8.5% | 1,027,000 |
| Connecticut | 8.4% | 288,200 |
| Rhode Island | 8.4% | 87,250 |
| Arizona | 8.1% | 542,400 |
| Washington | 7.6% | 547,600 |
| Maryland | 7.1% | 411,700 |
| Virginia | 5.8% | 469,000 |
| Colorado | 5.5% | 295,600 |
| Georgia | 5.4% | 541,600 |
| District of Columbia | 5.4% | 34,600 |
| Oregon | 5.4% | 214,100 |
| Nebraska | 5.1% | 93,560 |
| Delaware | 4.9% | 45,460 |
| Utah | 4.7% | 140,000 |
| Kansas | 4.5% | 124,100 |
| Minnesota | 4.5% | 239,600 |
| North Carolina | 4.5% | 439,200 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.4% | 544,000 |
| Alaska | 4.3% | 29,650 |
| Oklahoma | 3.8% | 142,200 |
| Idaho | 3.7% | 62,850 |
| Iowa | 3.4% | 100,800 |
| Michigan | 3.4% | 318,900 |
| Arkansas | 3.2% | 90,380 |
| Indiana | 3.2% | 200,900 |
| Tennessee | 3.1% | 197,500 |
| Wisconsin | 3.0% | 164,200 |
| Louisiana | 2.8% | 123,500 |
| South Carolina | 2.8% | 132,700 |
| Ohio | 2.5% | 281,500 |
| Kentucky | 2.4% | 101,800 |
| New Hampshire | 2.4% | 31,410 |
| Missouri | 2.1% | 123,000 |
| Alabama | 2.1% | 98,720 |
| South Dakota | 1.9% | 15,800 |
| North Dakota | 1.9% | 13,810 |
| Wyoming | 1.8% | 9,923 |
| Mississippi | 1.6% | 44,870 |
| Maine | 1.4% | 18,140 |
| Vermont | 1.3% | 7,705 |
| Montana | 0.8% | 7,731 |
| West Virginia | 0.6% | 11,060 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS (states 2017-2021; metros 2024 or 2020-2024). Limited English: residents 5+ who speak English less than “very well.”
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