2018-19 was an exciting year for CHF, from working with our growing member base to reach millions of consumers, to launching initiatives that will make a real difference to Australia's healthcare system. Read our Report Card to learn more.
Our Reports
We regularly release reports both on our own and with partners. For access to reports released earlier than available here, please contact us.
Primary Health Care Special Interest Group - General Purpose and Operation of the Group
CHF 2018-2019 Report Card
Patient Activation in Australians with Chronic Illness – Survey Results
The aim of this national patient activation survey was to get a better understanding of the level of activation of health care consumers to ascertain how receptive they might be to models of service delivery that require them to be more involved in their own care. Often lack of engagement - or activation - is cited as a barrier to increasing self-management and shared decision making and hence better experiences of care and health outcomes.
Participant Information Sheet - Interviews to explore consumer experience of quality and safety in Aged Care
Rural and Remote Health Special Interest Group - General Purpose and Operation of the Group
Shifting Gears: white paper summary
Shifting Gears - Consumers Transforming Health
Over thirty years of consumer advocacy in health at the national level is reason to ponder the direction of health care and the role consumers and communities will play in shaping our health care future.
It is common belief that we need more preventative and integrated primary health care. The hospital of the future will look very different from the hospital of today. Changes to how health care is delivered are going to accelerate at an unprecedented pace driven by digitalisation, consumer
expectation and the advent of genomics and precision, personalised medicine.
Youth Health Forum Call to Action
The Youth Health Forum is a network of over fifty young leaders from across the country who came together in September 2018 to discuss our perspectives on the current health system. We are not health policy experts, but experience matters. Our views highlight key areas that will help shape the health of Australians in the future.
Results of Australia’s Health Panel survey on recommendations and regulation of smartphone apps for health and wellness
Consumers want support in finding accurate, effective smartphone apps for health and wellness, and they should be subject to an authoritative regulatory system that rates them for efficacy.
As consumers increasingly turn to health apps to aid and monitor their health and treatment, there’s clearly a need for people to know whether they can trust the apps, and whether they offer the best health option available and are worth the investment in time and money.