2012 - 13

The Medical Benefits Policy

This project provided resourcing to enable consumer-centred policy input into the work of the Department of Health and Ageing’s Medical Benefits Division.  The Medical Benefits Division is...

2012 - 13

Diagnostic Imaging and Informed Consent

As part of the Commonwealth Government’s Diagnostic Imaging Quality Program, the Department of Health and Ageing has funded CHF to inform and consult with healthcare consumers about current diagnostic imaging practice.
2012 - 13

Facilitating consumer input to the PCEHR

CHF received funding from the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) to facilitate consumer input to the national eHealth record. The aim of this project was to support health consumers and other community members engagement in the implementation of personally controlled electronic health records (PCEHR), and to keep them informed about the progress of the program.
2012 - 13

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency: Working in Partnership to Engage with the Community

CHF began working with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) in August 2012 to build and sustain effective community engagement with health practitioner regulation and the National Scheme.
2012

Consumers and Informed Consent

Bupa Health Foundation (BHF) funded CHF to review current evidence about consumers’ knowledge of processes for informed consent and informed financial consent; consult with consumers across Australia about these issues, and identify areas for improvement.
2011

Consumer Forum on the Draft Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Legislation

In October 2011, CHF received funding from the Department of Health and Ageing to deliver a consumer forum on the exposure draft legislation for the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (PCEHR) system.
2011

Joint Medicines Policy Conference - Pre-conference consumer workshop

On Monday 29 August 2011, prior to the Joint Medicines Policy Conference, Medicines Australia and the Consumers Health Forum (CHF) co-hosted a pre-conference consumer workshop, Medicines, Health Technologies and Reform.
2010 - 13

Our Health, Our Community Project

During the 2010 election campaign, the Minister for Health and Ageing announced funding over three years for CHF to train and support a network of 120 consumer representatives to contribute to the governance structures of the National Health and Hospitals Network.
2010 - 11

Private Health Insurance Policy Project

This project aimed to facilitate ongoing consumer input to the development and implementation of private health insurance government policy and to develop and disseminate improved consumer information in relation to private health insurance and the Prostheses List.
2010 - 11

Consumer Impact Statement - intermittent claudication

CHF was contracted by the Department of Health and Ageing to develop a Consumer Impact Statement for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) on intermittent claudication.

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