Australian Healthcare Associates (AHA) is Australia’s leading consultancy firm in the health and community care sector. With over $50 million worth of projects successfully conducted, no other specialist firm of consultants can match our wealth of experience.

Describing the huge variety of work carried out by AHA can be complicated. A good definition of our activities would be to say that they are primarily about solving problems and improving working practices in all types and sizes of health and community care organisations.

Our work for governments includes policy advice, program evaluation, costing and funding studies, quality assurance, training and research. Following rigorous selection processes, AHA has been appointed to many government healthcare consultancy panels.

AHA is focused on outcomes and offers clients a clear vision of the future. Evidence shows that the four principal factors that influence clients in choosing AHA are our:

• People
• Functional expertise
• Sector experience
• Consistent record of success

AHA has an unmatched record of accomplishment in managing projects, budgets and people. We have worked at the highest levels in complex government environments (Commonwealth, State and Territory), where we have translated broad objectives into real outcomes. Our team also have hands-on industry experience. This wide experience has given us the credibility to deal with board level and senior staff through excellent communication, presentation and report writing skills.

Our clients include Australian State/Territory and Local Governments; industry, professional and consumer associations; health, disability, aged and community care service providers; public and private hospitals; specialist medical groups including pathology and radiology services; health insurance bodies; general practices and pharmaceutical companies.

An AHA consultancy team comprises highly qualified, professional people, each with their individual skills and responsibilities, yet who function as an effective, cohesive unit. The team works closely with the client to achieve measurable improvement, while providing the insights and guidance that make the improvement sustainable.

AHA was formed in 1992 by a group of consultants who previously comprised the health care division of PricewaterhouseCoopers. AHA currently employs some of Australia’s finest consultancy talents including management consultants, financial and economic consultants, clinical consultants, policy analysts, statisticians and trainers, all of the highest calibre. AHA has over twenty full-time consultants, and can also tap into the expertise and experience of specialist professionals in virtually every area of health and community care.

As an accredited quality organisation, AHA has a keen interest in quality issues in the health care setting. AHA is certified to International Standard AS/NZS ISO9001:2000, to December 2009, and is a member of ISQua - The International Society for Quality in Heath Care.

For more information go to www.ahaconsulting.com.au