Why become a member?
AHHA membership provides the opportunity to join a community of health sector thought leaders as they grow and shape Australia's health system and gives access to a wide range of services, resources and connections designed to help meet the challenges of this rapidly evolving sector.
Membership benefits include:
- Capacity to influence health policy
- A voice on national advisory and reference groups
- An avenue to key stakeholders including governments, bureaucracies, media, like-minded organisations and other thought leaders in the health sector
- Access to and participation in research and knowledge translation
- Access to networking opportunities, including quality events
- Access to education and training services
- Access to affordable and credible consultancy services at discounted rates
- Access to International Hospital Federation (IHF) member benefits
- Access to online publications and sector updates, including:
- Australian Health Review
- The Health Advocate
- Healthcare in Brief
- Issues Briefs, Evidence Briefs and other independent research
Our members also have access to the services provided by our academic research arm, The Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research. For enquires relating to organisational level memberships, please contact us at admin@ahha.asn.au.
Membership options and inclusions
Membership options support different levels of engagement with the Association. If you are unsure which membership type suits you, please contact admin@ahha.asn.au.
To be eligible for full membership organisations must be public or not-for-profit organisations or individuals involved in the provision of hospital and healthcare services, including:
- State or Territory health departments
- Hospitals or hospital and health service networks or districts
- Primary Health Networks
- Community health services
- Aged care service providers
- Multipurpose services
- Other direct healthcare services
- Universities, education providers, research institutes or other academic entities
- Other entities closely associated with the objects of the AHHA.
Organisations and individuals not eligible for full membership, but whose aims or activities are still connected with the provision of hospital and healthcare services, the improvement of health care or the supply of goods and services to hospitals and healthcare services may be eligible to be a supporter of AHHA.
