The Academy of Communication in Healthcare

The Academy of Communication in Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care

Lexington, KY 1,414 followers

The professional home for all those who are committed to improving communication and relationships in healthcare.

About us

Mission: ACH is the professional home for researchers, educators, practitioners, and patients committed to improving communication and relationships in healthcare. It is a home that provides opportunities for collaboration, support, and personal and professional development. ACH accomplishes this through: - Focusing on strengths, resources and needs of patients, clinicians and other professionals - both as unique individuals and in relationships to one another. - Developing skills that integrate biological, psychosocial and social domains. -Applying existing scholarship from multiple disciplines and developing new knowledge through research. - Promoting collaborative relationships between clinicians and patients, teachers and learners, and other involved professionals. - Incorporating core values of respect, empathy and genuineness in human relationships and the importance of self-awareness in all activities. Vision: A health care system where all patients, providers, and trainees feel valued, are treated equitably with respect, compassion, understanding, and are actively engaged in healthcare processes and decisions.

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Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Company size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Lexington, KY
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
1979
Specialties
External Education and Learning Resources

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