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Title: 'Denticare' must not delay election promises
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today urged the Federal Government not to delay implementation of the Commonwealth Dental Health Program in the light of the National Health
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 19/02/2009
 
Title: 'Nanomedicines' challenge drug regulatory system
Description: New "nanomedicines" are providing challenges to Australia's drug relation system, which need to be resolved to ensure Australian consumers can receive maximum benefit from these products, according...
Author/Editor: Australian Health Review
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 01/05/2009
 
Title: 01 AHHA Federal Budget Submission 2010-2011
Description: Each year the AHHA prepares a Federal pre-budget submission for consideration by the Australian Government in the May budget. The focus of the 2010-2011 submission is on 2009 policies developed by...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 29/01/2010
 
Title: 02 National Safety and Quality Healthcare Standards
Description: AHHA submission to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care on their development of National Safety and Quality Healthcare Standards in January 2010. Download the full...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 29/01/2010
 
Title: 090227 National Primary Health Care Strategy
Description: AHHA submission to the External Reference Group - National Primary Health Care Strategy, February 2009
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 27/02/2009
 
Title: 090320 National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission Interim Report
Description: AHHA submission to the National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission Interim Report, March 2009
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 20/03/2009
 
Title: 090521 Health Technology Assessment Review
Description: Joint submission by the AHHA and the Australian & New Zealand Hyperbaric Medicine Group (ANZHMG) to the Health Technology Assessment Review conducted by the Department of Health and Ageing, May 2009
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 21/05/2009
 
Title: 090713 Inquiry into Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives
Description: AHHA submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives, July 2009
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 13/07/2009
 
Title: 0908 Healthcare identifiers and privacy: proposals for legislative support
Description: The Health Informatics Society of Australia, with the support of the AHHA, provided this submission to the AHMAC discussion paper on healthcare identifiers and privacy, August 2009

Please note:
Author/Editor: HISA and AHHA
Published By: HISA and AHHA
Publication Date: 18/08/2009
 
Title: 090806 Productivity Commission study on the performance of public and private hospitals
Description: AHHA submission, produced with the assistance of Dr John Deeble, for the Productivity Commission study looking at the comparative performance of public and private hospitals, August 2009
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 06/08/2009
 
Title: 090807 SA Parliamentary Inquiry - Dental Services for Older Persons
Description: AHHA submission to the Parliament of South Australia Inquiry into Dental Services for Older South Australians, August 2009
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 07/08/2009
 
Title: 2008-09 Membership Brochure and Rates
Description: Our current membership brochure includes the Institutional Fee Scale (based on gross operating expenditure) and a membership form that can b e faxed back to the AHHA on 02 6162 0779.
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 01/05/2008
 
Title: 2009 Issues Paper - Clinical Handover - System Change, Leadership and Principles
Description: The Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association brought together a working group to augment work in the hospitals sector on clinical handover, a core program of the Australian Commission on Safety..
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 08/10/2009
 
Title: 2009 Issues Paper - Managing Demand for Acute Care
Description: The Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association brought together a core group of leading clinicians, academics and policy makers to develop a clear position on the factors affecting demand for...
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 08/10/2009
 
Title: 2009 Issues Paper: Multi-Purpose Services
Description: The Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association in partnership with the Australian College of Health Service Executives brought together a working group to explore the multi-purpose service (MPS)...
Author/Editor: AHHA and ACHSE
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 08/10/2009
 
Title: Abbott's aged care plan will falter
Description: Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's plan to increase the number of aged care beds will not solve Australia's emerging aged care crisis without additional measures to address workforce shortages,...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 02/08/2010
 
Title: AHHA Annual and Financial Reports
Description: Annual and Financial reports for the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association.
Author/Editor:  
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date:  
 
Title: AHHA calls for final agreement on health reform
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today called on the Prime Minister and Premiers to reach a final agreement on the best reform option for ensuring a strong and secure future
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 13/04/2010
 
Title: AHHA e-HealthCare Brief
Description: For the latest issues of e-healthcare brief click here. You can also view other AHHA publications in this section, by...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date:  
 
Title: AHHA Election statement
Description: A key issue in this year’s Federal Election is the future of Australia's public health care system, particularly in the context of reform.

Health is a critical issue for the community at any time
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 16/10/2010
 
Title: AHHA Federal Budget Submission 1 2009-2010
Description: The Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Asssociation submitted its pre-budget submission to the Government on 16 January 2009. Download the submission below.
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 16/01/2009
 
Title: AHHA Federal Budget Submission 2 2008-2009
Description: Strengthening the public hospital system and increasing the safety and quality of health care are key priorities of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals' Association's (AHHA) 2008-09 Federal...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 21/01/2008
 
Title: AHHA Healthcare Brief
Description: A members-only newsletter published quarterly
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director Australian Healthcare Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date:  
 
Title: AHHA Interim Policy - Governance of the Health System
Description: The Australian Health and Hospitals Association (AHHA) is a keen participant in the current debate on Australian ‘health sector governance’. This paper offers some general comments on health system...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 20/04/2009
 
Title: AHHA Policy Monograph - Mental Health Funding and Governance
Description: Developed in association with the Mental Health Services Conference of Australia and New Zealand (TheMHS) and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The AHHA developed its mental health funding policy using a...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 24/09/2008
 
Title: AHHA Policy Monograph 2008
Description: NOTE: this attachment is approximately 1MB

The AHHA has undertaken a new approach to its policy development throughout 2008. This Policy Monograph contains the detailed positions developed
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 24/09/2008
 
Title: AHHA Policy Presentation - Data and Benchmarking
Description: This presentation was prepared by Mr Graeme Houghton, CEO of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and Chair of the AHHA Data and Benchmarking policy group. It was delivered by Mr Houghton at the
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 02/05/2008
 
Title: AHHA Policy Presentation – Information Management
Description: This presentation was prepared by Dr Michael Legg, President of the Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) and Chair of the AHHA Information Management policy group. It was delivered by Dr...
Author/Editor: AHHA and HISA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 02/05/2008
 
Title: AHHA Policy Presentation – Service Integration
Description: This presentation was prepared by Ms Mary Foley, former CEO of St Vincents & Mater Health Sydney and Chair of the AHHA Service Integration policy group. It was delivered by Ms Foley at the AHHA...
Author/Editor: AHHA
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 02/05/2008
 
Title: AHHA Think Tank Exchange
Description: This document is a report of the outcomes of the AHHA Think Tank Exchange held on 29 November 2007 in Canberra. The event was a success with speakers focussing on:
  • Australian Health Care...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 06/02/2008
 
Title: American Hospital Association News Now
Description: A daily summary of breaking news in the American health industry. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily the opinion of the Australian...
Author/Editor: American Hospital Association
Published By: American Hospital Association
Publication Date:  
 
Title: Australian Health Policy Reform: big bang of remodel by stealth
Description: Adelaide - ARCHI National Healthcare Reform Conference - "Pushing the Boundaries"
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director; Australian Healthcare Association
Published By:  
Publication Date: 01/09/2005
 
Title: Australian Health Review
Description: Australia's foremost peer reviewed journal for decision makers in the Australian health care industry. Areas covered by AHR include health policy, management, administration, health care delivery...
Author/Editor: Dr Sandra Leggat, La Trobe University
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date:  
 
Title: Australians paying double for some medicines – new research shows
Description: A new study has found that Australians are paying more than Americans for several common medicines. This study appears in the most recent edition of the Australian Health Review (AHR) released 1...
Author/Editor: Australian Health Review
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 01/05/2009
 
Title: Australians will vote with their teeth
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) urged both major parties to commit to a public dental program as part of their election platforms and end the growing dental care crisis in..
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 16/08/2010
 
Title: Better data the key to hospital performance
Description: The recent controversy over reporting by some Victorian hospitals of waiting list data highlights the need for improved data collection and the development of appropriate performance indicators for...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 02/04/2009
 
Title: Better hospital care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing heart attack
Description: This report addresses the disparities in hospital care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and makes practical recommendations to close the gap in...
Author/Editor: The Heart Foundation and Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: The Heart Foundation and Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 02/06/2010
 
Title: Budget will help deliver COAG reforms
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) welcomed the additional funding for ehealth and primary care in tonight's Budget but warned that more needed to be done to integrate primary
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 11/05/2010
 
Title: COAG deal gives hospitals and healthcare a brighter future
Description: The Prime Minister's deal on hospital funding gives public hospitals in Australia a viable future, according to the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 21/04/2010
 
Title: COAG deal signals new era for hospitals
Description: The COAG agreement on health reform will fundamentally change hospitals' role within the health system, according to the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 22/04/2010
 
Title: COAG must fix hospital budgets
Description: Public hospitals cannot continue to cope with rising demand with capped and severely constrained budgets according to the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA).
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 02/12/2009
 
Title: COAG urged not to waste rare chance for healthcare reform
Description: Australia’s has a ‘window of opportunity’ to make the first major, structural reform to our health system since the early 1970s with the introduction of Medibank #1. The Australian Healthcare and...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 19/04/2010
 
Title: Coalition policy a step backwards for health
Description: The Coalition’s election health policy will be a major step backwards for Australia’s health system, according to the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA).
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 05/08/2010
 
Title: Crossing the Rubicon – the State/Federal administrative divide
Description: Australian Financial Review Summit 2008
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, 2009
Publication Date: 27/02/2008
 
Title: Current Debates On Healthcare Reform – An Opportunity For Community Health?
Description: VHA Community Care Conference
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director; Australian Healthcare Association
Published By:  
Publication Date: 21/07/2005
 
Title: Data gaps mar hospitals report
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today expressed disappointment that the Productivity Commission's final report on public and private hospitals, released today, contains...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 10/12/2009
 
Title: Dental blockage a pain for pensioners
Description: Over 100 000 pensioners and low income earners have missed out on promised dental services since last September due to the Senate stalemate over the implementation of the proposed Commonwealth Dental
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 10/02/2009
 
Title: Dental health in 'too hard basket'
Description: Dental and oral health experts have called for the immediate implementation of a coordinated Commonwealth and state/territory dental program, arguing that dental health has been put in the ‘too hard..
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 07/06/2010
 
Title: Dental hole left by Budget
Description: The gaping hole in dental care remains after the Federal Budget failed to include any funding for public dental services, according to the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA).
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 11/05/2010
 
Title: Dental scheme needs radical surgery
Description: Reports of rorting of the Medicare-based dental scheme have come as no surprise to the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA).
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 11/06/2010
 
Title: Dental stalemate sees Australia falling behind
Description: As the Government stalls on the implementation of dental health programs, Australia is slipping further behind first world standards of oral health.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 18/09/2009
 
Title: Depression predicts hospital use for heart patients
Description: A new study has found that depression and anxiety are key factors which can predict hospital utilization for people with chronic heart failure. This paper won the 2009 Australian Health Review...
Author/Editor: Australian Health Review
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 03/11/2009
 
Title: Dietitians starved by Medicare program
Description: Many Australians with chronic diseases are not receiving optimum care from dietitians under Medicare due to problems associated with the Chronic Disease Management program. These are reported in a...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 28/05/2010
 
Title: Emergency care crisis needs national approach
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today called for a national approach to addressing the current crisis situation within public hospital emergency departments.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 11/06/2009
 
Title: Federal Budget must deliver on ehealth
Description: Health information management and technology must be a key focus of next week's Federal Budget to ensure the COAG health reforms can be successfully implemented, according to the Australian...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 07/05/2010
 
Title: Financing Australia’s Future Healthcare System: the state-federal administrative divide
Description: 11th Annual Health Congress
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 23/03/2009
 
Title: Focus on data to fix hospitals
Description: Governments and policy makers need to focus on the data to fix the problems within the public health care system, according to the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA)...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 01/12/2009
 
Title: Gaps remain in health reform plan
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) welcomed the release of the Government's implementation plan for health reform A National Health and Hospitals Network for Australia’s...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 08/07/2010
 
Title: Genuine skills shortage or mal-distribution of labour?
Description: Australian Financial Review Skilling Australia Summit 2007
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director; Australian Healthcare Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, 2009
Publication Date: 29/08/2007
 
Title: Government must clarify health fund commitment
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today expressed concern about reports that the Federal Government may walk away from its $10 billion commitment to the Health Infrastructure
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 24/04/2009
 
Title: GP Superclinics: More Rhetoric or Real Change?
Description: GP Superclinic Conference
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 27/07/2009
 
Title: Greens deal a plus for dental
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today welcomed the agreement between Federal Labor and the Australian Greens that Australia needs urgent further action on dental care and...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 01/09/2010
 
Title: Greens hit dental target
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today welcomed the release of the Greens' health policy which includes a universal dental scheme.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 03/08/2010
 
Title: Health Fund needs focus to deliver benefits
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today called on the Federal Government to work with the health sector to ensure the Health Infrastructure Fund delivers maximum benefits to..
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 28/04/2009
 
Title: Health ignored in stimulus package
Description: By ignoring the health sector in today's stimulus package the Federal Government has missed the opportunity to support one of the most important areas of the Australian economy, according to the...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 03/02/2009
 
Title: Health IT focus needed in Federal Budget
Description: COAG's health reforms will be jeopardized if the Federal Government does not commit to funding and building a national electronic health information infrastructure in tonight's Budget, according to...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Associationa
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Associationa
Publication Date: 11/05/2010
 
Title: Health Law Bulletin
Description: Ebsworth & Ebsworth is a leading Australian commercial law firm. Our values of integrity, excellence and innovation drive our commitment to superb legal advice and exceptional client and community...
Author/Editor: Ebsworth & Ebsworth Lawyers
Published By: Ebsworth & Ebsworth Lawyers
Publication Date: 31/05/2006
 
Title: Health reform – States and Commonwealth agendas – will 'grass-roots' patient safety issues be addressed?
Description: Presentation by Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite from the Centre for Clinical Governance Research, University of New South Wales. Delivered at the NSW AHHA Branch Meeting in Sydney, 14 February...
Author/Editor: Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 14/02/2008
 
Title: Health reform one step closer
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association welcomed the decision by NSW Premier Kristina Keneally to sign up to the Rudd plan to overhaul the hospital system.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 20/04/2010
 
Title: Health reforms need expert treatment
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today welcomed the final report from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission but warned that expert input from the hospital...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 27/07/2009
 
Title: Health reforms need hospital discharge
Description: "The current health care reforms proposed by Australian governments are too hospital-centric and will not address the greatest pressures on our health system," according to an article published in...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 30/03/2010
 
Title: Health should be at centre of election deal
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association urged both major parties, the Greens and the independents to focus on health care in their post-election negotiations.

Health care is a high...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 24/08/2010
 
Title: Healthy ideas for the stimulus package
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today outlined key areas of need within the health sector that should be targeted through an expansion of the Government's second stimulus...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 05/02/2009
 
Title: Healthy Rewards: remuneration and work conditions in the healthcare sector
Description: Melbourne - Financial Review Conference "Skilling Australia"
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director; Australian Healthcare Association
Published By:  
Publication Date: 20/09/2005
 
Title: Heart disease a cultural issue – new study
Description: A review of the current literature of the prevalence of heart disease among migrant groups in Australia has revealed considerable differences between different cultural groups in their...
Author/Editor: Australian Health Review
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 03/08/2009
 
Title: Hospital Financing: Viewpoints
Description: Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health Policy Forum 2008
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, 2009
Publication Date: 22/02/2008
 
Title: Hospital stays too long for some, research shows
Description: Single patients, those from non-English speaking backgrounds and the elderly are the most likely to experience issues to be kept in hospital longer than necessary, a new study has found.
Author/Editor: Australian Health Review
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 06/08/2009
 
Title: Hospital-in-the-home better with doctors, new research shows
Description: A new study has found that more involvement by doctors in Hospital in the Home programs can decrease the need for hospital visits.
Author/Editor: Australian Health Review
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 05/08/2009
 
Title: Hospitals need systematic capacity building, not just ED
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) welcomes the Government's proposals to assist hospitals in assessing and treating patients who present to an Emergency Department, but warns
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 12/04/2010
 
Title: Hospitals performing under pressure
Description: The State of Our Public Hospitals June 2010, report, out today, highlights the need to address the pressures on Australia's public hospital system, according to the Australian Healthcare and...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 30/06/2010
 
Title: Hospitals still under pressure
Description: A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reveals the increased stress being placed on public hospitals by the rising demand for emergency care and the need for...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 17/06/2010
 
Title: Improving the Australian Health Care Agreements
Description: AHCRA Workshop
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, 2009
Publication Date: 18/03/2008
 
Title: Instructions - AHR Guidelines for Authors
Description: Submissions to AHR must be set out as outlined in Guidelines for Authors.
Author/Editor:  
Published By:  
Publication Date:  
 
Title: Instructions - AHR How to Write a Case Study
Description: How to write a case study for Australian Health Review
Author/Editor:  
Published By:  
Publication Date: 01/01/2004
 
Title: Instructions - AHR Submission Notes for New Authors
Description: Submission of manuscripts for publication in the Australian Health Review: notes for new authors
Author/Editor:  
Published By:  
Publication Date: 01/01/2004
 
Title: Julia and Tony: what will you do about DENTAL?
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today demanded that the major parties commit to improving the poor oral health of Australians through a national public dental scheme.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 28/07/2010
 
Title: Le plus ca change: recollections of a retiring health economist - Chalmers Oration 2009
Description: The Flinders University of South Australia holds the annual Chalmers Oration. This year, Dr John Deeble - a lifetime member of the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association - presented the...
Author/Editor: Dr John Deeble AO
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 08/10/2009
 
Title: Letter to The Age
Description: Patients have been the winners from changes to the management of hospitals and health services, contrary to the views of Stephen Rogers-Wilson (Opinion 20 March) who argues that these changes have...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 24/03/2009
 
Title: Letter to the Editor
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, the peak body for public hospitals and health services, disagrees with the claims made in the article Hospitals chase private cash (The Australian
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 17/09/2009
 
Title: Major health system reform needed
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today argued that significant additional funding and serious structural reform were needed to ensure Australia's public hospital system...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 30/06/2009
 
Title: Making our health system the world's best
Description: Health care experts, international speakers, politicians and clinicians will gather in Hobart today to discuss how to create a world leading health system for Australia's future.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 06/10/2009
 
Title: Means-testing health rebate vital for public hospitals
Description: Means-testing the private health insurance (PHI) rebate will help ensure Australia's public health system can provide care for our ageing population into the future, according to the Australian...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 01/02/2010
 
Title: Medicare data can help deliver better health outcomes
Description: The community will benefit from allowing Medicare officials to access health service data, as long as privacy concerns are addressed, according to the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association..
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 20/04/2009
 
Title: Medicare Select not the answer
Description: Medicare Select is not the solution to improving Australia's health care system, the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) warned today.

“AHHA agrees with many of the issues...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 01/12/2009
 
Title: Mixed fortunes for hospitals
Description: The Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association (AHHA) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of much-needed health infrastructure projects. However the Association’s members are...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 12/05/2009
 
Title: More action needed on health system reform
Description: A little more action and a little less conversation is needed if COAG is to deliver a secure future for Australia's public health system, the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA)...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 07/12/2009
 
Title: More beds deliver only short-term relief not long-term cure
Description: More hospital beds will only give a short reprieve to acute hospital bed shortage, according to a new study published in the latest edition of the Australian Health Review. The study suggests...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 19/08/2010
 
Title: National Citizen Engagement Forum
Description: Australian Institute of Health Policy Studies National Citizen Engagement Forum 2008
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director, Australian Helathcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, 2009
Publication Date: 16/09/2008
 
Title: National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission - AHHA Submission Summary Paper
Description: Download the AHHA's submission to the National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission, including four attached papers below.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 30/05/2008
 
Title: National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission - Attachment A - Data and Benchmarking
Description: Attachment A to the AHHA Submission Summary Paper above.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 30/05/2008
 
Title: National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission - Attachment B - Service Integration
Description: Attachment B to the AHHA Submission Summary Paper above.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 30/05/2008
 
Title: National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission - Attachment C - Information Management
Description: Attachment C to the AHHA Submission Summary Paper above.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 30/05/2008
 
Title: National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission - Attachment D - Oral and Dental Health Policy
Description: Attachment D to the AHHA Submission Summary Paper above.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 30/05/2008
 
Title: New body to boost hospitals' performance
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association today applauded COAG's agreement to establish an independent national Performance Authority in line with AHHA policy to improve the quality and...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 21/04/2010
 
Title: NSW Hospital funding welcomed
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today welcomed the NSW Government's announcement of an additional $485 million over the next four years for public hospitals, as part of its
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 03/04/2009
 
Title: Nurse practitioners under-used – survey reveals
Description: A new survey reveals that Australia is failing to make best use of nurse practitioners (NPs) within our health system. The study found that nearly a third of respondents are waiting for approval to...
Author/Editor: Australian Health Review
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 03/11/2009
 
Title: Oral health experts to recommend urgent action in public dental care
Description: Urgent action on public dental services is required to ensure all Australians have access to 'first world' standards of oral health care, according to the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 02/06/2010
 
Title: Patients give nurse practitioners the tick
Description: Patients report a high level of satisfaction after visiting a nurse practitioner however have some confusion about their role and what services they can provide, according to a new study in the...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 31/03/2010
 
Title: Patients rate public hospitals highly
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today welcomed the good news on public hospitals in New South Wales – a greater majority of patients have a good experience during their...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 27/05/2010
 
Title: PBS changes undermine medicines policy – new study shows
Description: Changes to the price of PBS medicines to consumers have a significant impact on demand and may undermine the objectives of Australia's National Medicines Policy, a new study reveals.
Author/Editor: Australian Health Review
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 01/05/2009
 
Title: PBS pricing keeps prescribers in the dark
Description: More transparency is needed about the pricing of PBS medicines, according to a new study reported in this month's Australian Health Review, the peer-reviewed journal of the Australian Healthcare and..
Author/Editor: Australian Health Review
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 05/05/2009
 
Title: PC Report rejected by public hospitals
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today rejected the conclusions of the Productivity Commission in its Supplement to the Report into Public and Private Hospitals, released...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 19/05/2010
 
Title: Physiotherapy clinic a winner for back surgery patients
Description: A physiotherapy-led triage clinic (PLTC) is an innovative approach to reducing waiting times for orthopaedic surgery, a new Victorian study has found.
Author/Editor: Australian Health Review
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 03/11/2009
 
Title: Policy and reform implications on future sustainability
Description: Healthcare World Australia 2009 Conference - 17 February 2009
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 17/02/2009
 
Title: Primary care reform must focus on chronic disease management
Description: Australia's primary care system is not providing optimal care for people with chronic conditions, according to a new study in the current edition of the Australian Health Review.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 26/05/2010
 
Title: Private health insurance rebate needs scrutiny
Description: The $3.5 billion private health insurance (PHI) rebate needs further scrutiny in the light of advice from the Federal Treasury that it does not deliver value for money, according to the Australian...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 24/02/2009
 
Title: Private health insurance subsidies should go to hospitals
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today supported reports that the Government plans to means test the $3.5 billion private health insurance (PHI) rebate in next week's Budget
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 08/05/2009
 
Title: Public healthcare services meet bushfire challenge
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today extended its condolences to the victims of the bushfire tragedy in Victoria and thanked the Australian public and interstate health...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 12/02/2009
 
Title: Public hospital bed crisis: too few or too misused
Description: Increasing demand on public hospital beds has led to what many see as a hospital bed crisis requiring substantial increases in bed numbers.

By 2050, if current bed use trends persist and as the...
Author/Editor: Ian A. Scott MBBS, FRACP, MHA, MEd,
Published By: CSIRO Publishing
Publication Date: 19/08/2010
 
Title: Public hospitals reject takeover proposal
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today rejected calls from Catholic Health Australia for the Federal Government to use their hospitals as a test-case for a future federal...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 25/11/2009
 
Title: Public hospitals report card reveals funding need
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today welcomed the support of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for strengthening Australia's public hospital system.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 14/10/2009
 
Title: Public-Private Partnerships
Description: Healthcare Facilities Planning and Design Conference
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director; Australian Healthcare Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, 2009
Publication Date: 25/10/2005
 
Title: Rees proposal should be on the table
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today welcomed the proposal from NSW Premier Nathan Rees to trial a regional funding system in NSW but warned that to be successful the...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 03/12/2009
 
Title: Rudd's plan a healthy start to reform
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) welcomes the Government's proposals for future health system governance and looks forward to hearing further details of some key outstanding
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 03/03/2010
 
Title: Save our hospice and our health system
Description: The issue of death and dying is difficult enough without clouding it with suggestions that the government is selling us down the drain by linking the purchase of Calvary Hospital with the sale of...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 10/12/2009
 
Title: Should the funding of medical research remain primarily a public responsibility?
Description: Australian Health Summit 2007
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director; Australian Healthcare Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, 2009
Publication Date: 20/08/2007
 
Title: Sidney Sax Medallist 2009 Professor Stephen Leeder
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) is delighted to announce that the winner of the prestigious Sidney Sax medal for 2009 is Professor Stephen Leeder.
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 14/10/2009
 
Title: States to retain full GST in 50/50 hospitals deal
Description: The states would retain the full GST and share the recurrent costs of public hospitals equally with the Commonwealth, under a compromise position on health reform proposed today by the Australian...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 16/04/2010
 
Title: Swine flu needs national approach
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today supported the Government's approach to Swine Flu but argued that the threat of an epidemic highlights the need to fast-track ehealth...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 02/06/2009
 
Title: Tackling the workforce issues impacting the Australian healthcare system
Description: Financial Review Health Conference
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director; Australian Healthcare Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, 2009
Publication Date: 02/03/2006
 
Title: The Australian Health Care Agreements – a teaching hospital perspective
Description: The Australian Health Care Agreements (AHCAs) are important for patients, health care professionals and hospital CEOs alike. The current agreements have not been fully effective in promoting...
Author/Editor: JULIA DAVISON
Published By: Australian Healthcare Association
Publication Date: 03/12/2002
 
Title: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association: strengths and challenges
Description: The ANU School of Management, Marketing & International Business
College of Business & Economics
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Heatlhcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 19/08/2009
 
Title: The Demand Crisis in Australian Public Healthcare
Description: Emergency Department Management Congress
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 11/06/2009
 
Title: Think Tank backs primary care organisations
Description: Regional Community and Primary Healthcare organisations should be established, resourced by a single Government funder at Commonwealth level, according to a Policy Think Tank held yesterday by the...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 02/09/2010
 
Title: Universal health care a critical part of the future
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today rejected claims that Australia is heading towards a US-style health system but supported ongoing calls for Federal and State/Territory
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 04/06/2009
 
Title: What do we need now and in the future? Meeting the country’s health care needs
Description: The Australian Financial Review Health Congress 2005
Author/Editor: Prue Power, Executive Director; Australian Healthcare Association
Published By:  
Publication Date: 22/02/2005
 
Title: Why Do Indigenous Australians Have Fewer Hospital Interventions And Poorer Outcomes?
Description: When Indigenous Australians do get to hospital, they have fewer procedures and poorer outcomes than the rest of the population. A forum at Parliament House Canberra, to be held on 24 November 2009,...
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association & Heart Foundation
Published By: AHHA
Publication Date: 23/11/2009
 
Title: Wilkie deal a plus for hospitals
Description: The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) today welcomed the agreement between Federal Labor and independent MP-elect Andrew Wilkie for additional funding for Royal Hobart and other..
Author/Editor: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Published By: Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Publication Date: 03/09/2010