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National approach needed to assessing new health technologies for public hospitals

A clear and consistent approach is needed across governments, health services and clinicians in assessing the value of new health technologies in public hospitals, says Alison Verhoeven, Chief Executive of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals...

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COVID-19 priorities are delaying cancer care—but telehealth could help

‘Emerging data show that cancer diagnostic and treatment delays due to COVID-19 priorities may lead to a substantial increase in the number of avoidable cancer deaths’, says Alison Verhoeven, Chief Executive of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals...

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Good news on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pharmacy reform

‘The announcement by the Commonwealth Department of Health that hospital doctors will be permitted to write Closing the Gap prescriptions for their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients is long overdue’, says Australian Healthcare and Hospitals...

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COVID-19 response commendable at every level—but vulnerabilities need urgent attention

In evidence provided today to the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry into the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) Chief Executive Alison Verhoeven acknowledged the enormous efforts being made at every...

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Australian Health Review highlights COVID-19 need for equity, business positives, coalface issues

‘COVID-19 perspectives from academia to the boardroom to the coalface are a feature of the August issue of Australian Health Review ’, says the journal’s Editor-in-Chief Dr Sonĵ Hall. Australian Health Review is the peer-reviewed journal of the...

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Be proud of health workers—and care for the vulnerable, say health chiefs

‘We have much to be proud of in the way our health services and clinicians have been able to provide compassionate and high-quality care during the pandemic’, says newly-appointed Chair of the Board of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association...

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