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List Publications - AHHA Media Releases
| 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: | 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 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 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 welcomes the Government and continued reform |
| Description: | The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) welcomed the announcement today that Labor will form a minority government with the support of the Greens and the three Independents, Andrew |
| Author/Editor: | Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association |
| Published By: | Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association |
| Publication Date: | 07/09/2010 |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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 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: | 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 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: | 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: | 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: | More nurses = safer hospitals, new study reveals |
| Description: | Australia is ignoring evidence that patient safety increases when hospitals employ more nurses, according to a new study published in this month’s Australian Health Review. This study appears in the.. |
| Author/Editor: | Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association |
| Published By: | Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association |
| Publication Date: | 08/09/2010 |
| 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: | New study reveals depression – obesity link |
| Description: | The first Australian study into links between weight and quality of life has found that excess weight is associated with poor mental health. This study appears in the new edition of the Australian... |
| Author/Editor: | Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association |
| Published By: | Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association |
| Publication Date: | 06/09/2010 |
| 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: | 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 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: | 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: | 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: | Telehealth benefits rural Australians – new evidence |
| Description: | A new study has found that telehealth has delivered some gains to rural and remote communities through improved access and quality of clinical care, as well as providing benefits to health... |
| Author/Editor: | Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association |
| Published By: | Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association |
| Publication Date: | 07/09/2010 |
| 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: | 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 |