Health reform

‘Let’s re-imagine healthcare—and start by working together to produce outcomes that matter to patients’, says Dr Deborah Cole, retiring Chair of the Board of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA). ‘The current COVID-19 pandemic has...

This paper explores equity in the context of value-based health care strategies and health care reforms currently being implemented or considered in Australia. It draws on international experience and...

‘Right now is the time for the Australian Government to expand the availability of telehealth services by lifting all current restrictions on its use’, says Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association Chief Executive Alison Verhoeven. ‘Specifically,...

‘The cat is out of the bag on what the Commonwealth would like to happen in public hospital funding—more of the same—which, if it comes to pass, is a wasted opportunity’, says Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) Chief Executive Alison...

A comprehensive review of private health insurance by the Productivity Commission, as put forward by the Opposition today, is the only sensible way forward out of the mess that private health insurance has become, says Australian Healthcare and Hospitals...

A new Australian-developed toolkit released today by the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) and the Consumers Health Forum (CHF) will help individual hospitals and healthcare services to provide better experiences of healthcare for...

‘Without the right vision, attitudes and research base, eHealth initiatives in hospitals can end up being extraordinarily expensive mistakes’, Alison Verhoeven, Chief Executive of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, said today. The...

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