 e-Update Issue 4, 2007
Strategic Directions
Spotlight
Latest News
Latest Events
Contact Us
We hope you enjoy this fourth issue of the AIHPS update.
It certainly has been a busy two months in the news with the release of the ALP health reform model and key Indigenous health reports. In the coming months, with the impending election, AIHPS will continue to provide updates on all key health news, reports and events via the AIHPS website.
We would also welcome any feedback and comments via the Feedback Form.
Strategic Directions
Each month we will update all E-update subscribers about the latest in the AIHPS work and research program.
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Roundtable & Seminar program
The next Roundtable event is entitled Health and Health Reform is everybody's business.
This event is by invitation only, however AIHPS has produced a paper National Health Reform: Time to Act which will be released as part of a larger media conference on the 14th September.
This media release and the discussion paper will be embargoed until the 14th September. If you wish to obtain a copy, please contact us and this will be sent to you after this date.
The outcomes from the Roundtable held on the 13th April in Sydney on leadership challenges is now available on the AIHPS website and we welcome any feedback and comment on this document.
All the documents, presentations from all past AIHPS Roundtables are available from the AIHPS website.
AIHPS ARC Linkage Grant
A collaborative team, of AIHPS and some other partners, has been successful in its application for an ARC Linkage Grant. The project entitled Developing new methods for building health policy capacity in Australia (2007-2010) is an action research project which aims to build capacity for health policy development, implementation and evaluation in Australia.
It aims to do this by developing new methods for building health policy capacity. The need for strengthening health policy capacity is widely recognised, however there is currently little evidence on which to base capacity building initiatives.
For more information please visit the ARC Linkage Project page which will be updated with reports and information as the project progresses.
ANZHP
The Australian New Zealand Health Policy (ANZHP) open-access journal is ready to receive manuscripts that promote debate and understanding about health policy developments and practice in the regions.
For article submissions and for further information visit the ANZHP (BioMed Central) website
AIHPS Strategic Business Plan 2007-2009
The AIHPS Strategic Business Plan for 2007-2009 has been finalised and will be available by the end of this week. Hard copies are also available by request.
AIHPS Promotion
A promotional one-page document (pdf) has now been produced for you to download, print and to pass onto interested colleagues.
Should you require any further information about AIHPS or want to be involved please contact us.
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AIHPS Spotlight
Each month we get an insight of our AIHPS members - this month's "Spotlight" is on John Walsh...
What is your current position?
John Walsh is Partner in the Advisory (Performance Improvement) unit of PriceWaterhouse Coopers, where he has worked for over 15 years. He is also co-leader of the PriceWaterhouse Coopers National Health practice.
What is your role in AIHPS?
Board member.
What motivated you to work in the health sector/chosen field?
In the early 1980s, John was motivated by his own disability (quadriplegia) and profession (actuary) to gain a keener understanding of the planning processes and materials behind Australia's health and welfare systems.
He initiated a data collection system which led to the Australian Registry of Spinal Cord Injury, an experience which began a long term fascination with the links between policy, planning, funding and service delivery in welfare systems. In particular, John has sought to achieve a recognition that a continuum of outcomes need to be monitored and measured in welfare systems, from financial right through to health outcomes and satisfaction of both consumers and workforce.
John has been a Board member of the NSW Motor Accident Authority and the NSW HomeCare Service, and statutory actuary to workers compensation authorities of both NSW and South Australia.
What do you hope to achieve in your position?
I am hopeful of contributing to a more rigorous set of expectations around health and welfare program planning, funding, monitoring and reporting.
 Latest News
National News
July
Health 'lacks leadership'
Danger seen in health fund reforms
Hospital bungles are killing scores
Obesity no less a health priority than asthma or diabetes
August
Rudd to take control of hospitals
Funds will cut waiting
Investment in health freezes over
Unfit and costing nation $1.5bn
Patients are ill served by revolving door of health CEO's
International News
July
Employers penalize obesity
Experts urge candidates ot focus on chronic diseases
No free lunch for health care reform
Anti-obesity initiatives failing to bear fruit
August
Census income report feeds health-care debate
Doctors offering no-interest loans to patients
AMA launches healthcare campaign
WHO ties rising populaton, new diseases
Insurers' lists on doctors under fire
Boosting five preventive services estimated to save thousands of lives
More News
 Latest Events
September
Doing evaluation better: 2007 AES International Conference
Research and evidence for global health capacity
Medicare conference (US)
Opportunity to meet and work with a world leader in the application of lean in healthcare
National Quality Forum's Eighth Annual Meeting and National Policy Conference (US)
October
Medical leadership forum: Evidence based solutions to health care's challenge (US)
Equitable access: research challenges for health in developing countries (China)
Holding Corporations to account: Consumers International World Congress
November
Buying right: Strategies for purchasing healthcare that delivers (US)
Australian Healthcare and Hospital Association Summit
More Events
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