Presentation from the Department of Health and Aged Care about MyMedicare, the new name for voluntary patient registration.
Consumers Health Forum looks at some of the important announcements for Health in the 2023-24 Budget.
Federal Budget 2020-21 Briefing analysis
The Federal Budget 2020-21 was handed down on Tuesday 6 October 2020. CHF staff worked hard to bring you the latest information and to provide expert commentary on how the budget affects the health consumers. Our Budget Briefing analysis is...
Watch the webinar here. CEO Leanne Wells and Policy Manager Jo Root discuss the CHF analysis of the 2018 Health Budget and its implications for consumers.
During 2019, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) will continue to implement changes in response to the Review of Medicines and Medical Devices Regulation (MMDR). This webinar aimed to update consumers on these medical device consultations and answer questions from consumers.
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Watch here: youtu.be/Ttz3eWx6BMU In this final webinar in the series, a panel of health consumers ask questions of a panel of representatives from Government about My Health Record.
Watch here: youtu.be/B-9Z7KpQqW0 In this webinar, we discuss among other topics what skills are required to use My Health Record, the level of digital inclusion in Australia and discuss the ethics of the decision to opting people with low digital or...
Watch here: youtu.be/M59yAJt_njM In this webinar, we discuss among other topics the risks to privacy and security, the risk to community perceptions of the intersection between the health system and government, and what measures are in place to manage...
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=xdOpbG8ZJo8. In this webinar, we discuss among other topics the benefits to the individual, the benefits to the health system, the barriers to realising benefits and what work is underway to measure...
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=jBHkHqlQvhI - In this webinar, we discuss among other topics how My Health Record currently and could in the future interact with the rest of the Ausrtralian health system, the safety and quality impacts...
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=5yhx4WZP6EM In this webinar, we briefly cover My Health Record in general, then open a panel discussion that focussed on the privacy and security of the system, how legislation and policy affects it, and...
We welcome the greater consumer focus in the 2018 Budget, however longer-term primary health care reforms must remain on the radar as part of keeping Medicare up to date.
If we consider what defines patient-centred care: “health care that is respectful of, and responsive to, the preferences, needs and values of patients and consumers”, then without patient input, we are left to assume that we understand what they need and value in health care. Read the rest of...
These slides accompanied Leanne Wells' speech at the 4th International Health Reform Conference.
This webinar, co-hosted with the AHHA, heard Chris Pointon talk about the #hellomynameis movement, compassionate care and what this means to patients, carers and health care staff. View a recording here: https://youtu.be/bK5_um6StgQ.
These slides were using in the codeine webinar delivered by Policy Manager, Jo Root and CEO of PainAustralia, Carol Bennett in January 2018. A recording of the webinar can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/1sX3gSFG-UU
CEO Leanne Wells spoke to the 2017 CEDA forum on the degree to which patient-centred care is a pillar of Australia's health care system. Read the speech here.
Delivered by CEO Leanne Wells at PharmAus17 this presentation offers a few brief consumer perspectives on whether or not we have a 21st century national medicines policy. You can read a summary of PharmAus17 here.
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/c3eliNq_jsc. Professor Woods provides a synopsis of the draft report and outlines the impact of proposed options for health consumers. It was also be an opportunity for participants to provide feedback and comment on the...
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/wNeKJjIsvI0. This webinar covered current government policy and potential reforms in these two vital areas of the health system, and CHF's position in response.
Budget 2017 is one of restoration rather than reform, however overall we view the 2017 Budget as good news for the Australian health system.
This presentation was delivered to the SE NSW Patient Centred Medical Home Symposium to give attendees insight into the overall structure of the proposed Health Care Homes model in Australia, and highlight where consumers fit.
As a foundation partner and system lead investigator for the NHMRC Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability, CEO Leanne Wells presented at the inaugural symposium. Involving consumers in research has a number of important issues to consider.
Slides from our second Policy Webinar for 2017. This webinar was presented with Frank Quinlan from Mental Health Australia and Alexis Mohay from the National Rural Health Alliance. The full webinar can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/T5DO5ufXPhA
Slides from a one hour webinar that gave a system level overview of the Australian health system. The webinar can be watched in full here: https://youtu.be/T5DO5ufXPhA
Presented at the Mayo Healthcare and Social Media Summit 2016 in Melbourne, this presentation is about how a solid bedrock of philosophy behind an organisation’s communications and a clear understanding of goals make treating each other with respect simple, and to show you how our philosophy...
Leanne Wells spoke at the 2016 Australian Self Medication Industry Conference on the topic of "Balancing innovation and evidence in self-management and self-care - a consumer perspective".
This presentation was one of three given at the Asia Pacific Healthcare Conference (APAC 2016), as part of a session titled “Integration of Care – Consumers, Relationships and Systems – is Nirvana Possible?”.
Achieving integrated care is seen as one of the wicked problems of healthcare as...
Presented by our CEO, Leanne Wells, at the 2016 Australian Physiotherapy Association Conference, Darwin. The presentation covers consumer centred practice and why it matters, health pain points, some practical considerations for physios and physio practices, and the current reform environment...
Making sure older consumers are at the centre of health care
The new primary health networks will fail a central requirement of a contemporary health organisation if they do not respond to consumer needs. CHF CEO, Leanne Wells, had that message in a speech prepared for a conference of the National Primary and Community Health Network Australian and Institute...
An outstanding contributor to the Consumers Health Forum, Ainslie Cahill, has been awarded Honorary Life Membership of CHF in recognition of commitment to improving outcomes for all health consumers.
Dr Kym Jenkins, President Elect, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, presented the 2015 Christopher Newell AM Oration at CHF's Annual General Meeting, in which she spoke of the need to merge practices of mental and physical health.