Communication Science for Health Professionals
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Mission
We’re on a mission to use the power of communication to radically improve health outcomes. Because everyone has a right to their health.
Health equity is in our DNA. "Amah" means "grandma" in Taiwanese. Our team strives to improve the health and well-being of our grandparents, parents, children, friends, neighbors, and those we love - no matter who they are and where they are from.
We're now running a fundraiser to offer FREE health communication training to VOLUNTEER clinicians at CHARITABLE clinics to scale patient-centric care among DIVERSE POPULATIONS. Join us and donate today!
News and Awards
Amah Health's founder, Yi-an Yang, is proud to be a board member at the Int'l Medical Translators and Interpreters Association (IMTIA)
Amah Health was selected to present our pilot study at the American Medical Association's 2022 Health Systems Science Summit
Amah Health was selected to be a member company of Matter and YWCA Chicago’s Health Equity Innovation Accelerator
Amah Health won the 2nd place of the national BCBSIL/Matter Health Equity Challenge
- Our Training Products
Methodology for seeing individual patients for who they are regardless of
age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status
Check out our CME courses, short mini-series, digital downloadables, and informational videos to enhance your understanding of health communication for better patient outcomes and health team well-being
Team
Human-centered innovation in healthcare
Yi-an Yang, MS, MA
- Cross-cultural health communication
- Parallel speech analysis
Stephanie Willding, MPA
- Health administration
- Partnership development
Dr. Daniel O'Keefe, PhD
- Behavior science
- Persuasion theory
Dr. Kasia Hein-Peters, MD
- Psychiatry and behavioral health
- Health and vaccine communication
Daniel Luff, MA
- eLearning architecture
- Learner engagement strategies
FAQ
Does Amah Health's training give me CE credits?
-Yes! For our course, Influencing Health Behaviors in Chronic Care Visits, we're approved to issue 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, 3 contact hours of Continuing Nursing Education activity, and 3 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Check out our Amah Academy and enroll today!
I’m a good communicator already. Will Amah help me?
-We certainly hope so! Amah is not designed for “bad communicators” to learn the basics. These are communication strategies specific to a healthcare setting that are designed to help healthcare teams and patients better see eye to eye, especially across diverse groups.
How does Amah support health equity?
-When a healthcare team member sees patients of a different cultural or linguistic background, it can be even harder to develop the mutual understanding needed to get patients on board with their treatment plans. Using a systematic, research-backed communication procedure and method can help level the playing field for cultural and ethnic minorities to have similar health outcomes as other populations. For example, Amah’s strategies can help healthcare teams effectively explore barriers to treatment adherence that have to do with religious beliefs, cultural eating habits, or community beliefs about medicine. Amah’s programming also supports healthcare teams in becoming aware of social determinants of health.
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