2018

Codeine Storycards

The Consumers Health Forum has commissioned the following resources to support your conversations with consumers about pain management.

  • A set of six storycards using humorous line drawings and trigger questions/statements.
  • A set of key messages relevant to each illustration
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2017 - Current

NHMRC Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability

The purpose of this Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability is to explore the issues impacting health care system sustainability and develop and evaluate a set of implementable interventions that are appropriate from a clinical, patient and economic perspective. The outcomes of this...

2013 - Current

Real People, Real Data

The Real People; Real Data project will develop and pilot a cost-effective and easy-to-use tool for capturing and analysing consumer narratives of health, illness and the health system. The aim is to equip health services and consumers with a relevant and practical tool that can assist them to gather and assess consumer stories, and use this often-overlooked evidence base to inform decisions about health services, policies and reforms.

2013

Review of Chemotherapy Funding Arrangements

CHF has been funded by the Department of Health and Ageing to consult with our members on the Review of funding Arrangements for Chemotherapy Services. The initiation of the Review followed talks between the Government and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia over appropriate subsidies for dispensing chemotherapy after the reduction in the PBS subsidy for a key chemotherapy drug, Docetaxel.

2012 - 14

Provision of Consumer Input into Health Workforce Australia's Initiatives and Programs

CHF began working with Health Workforce Australia (HWA) in March 2012 to facilitate consumer engagement across a range of HWA projects and support consumer representatives on HWA Project Advisory Groups.

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 - 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

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.

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