Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA)
www.apha.org.au
The peak national body representing private hospital interests in Australia.

Private Hospitals' Association of Queensland (PHAQ)
www.phaq.org
An employer representative body that runs workshops and seminars as well as provides the industry with many useful products and publications.

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing – Casemix
www.health.gov.au/casemix
This site lists relevant information about casemix.

Australasian Day Surgery Association (ADSA)
www.adsa.asn.au
An organisation representing the interests of day surgeries and other issues that affect this specific area of health.

LinkageWiz Record Linkage Software
www.linkagewiz.com
A powerful data matching and record de-duplication software program, which identifies and remove duplicate records within databases.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
www.aihw.gov.au
Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information, valuable resources can be purchased from this organisation.

The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS)
www.achs.org.au
An independent, not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to improving the quality of health care in Australia.

National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH)
www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au
The NCCH is responsible for the ICD-10-AM classification in Australia. The NCCH conducts ICD-10-AM training for each new version.

Standards Australia Limited
www.standards.org.au
Australia’s leading standards development organization, recognised internationally as a leader in the facilitation of standardisation solutions.

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
www.iso.ch
A non-governmental organization and a network of the national standards institutes of 146 countries.

Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA)
www.himaa.org.au/
The peak national professional association representing health information managers. It has a range of coding courses and resources available.

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
www.ahima.org/
AHIMA provides medical record professionals with educational resources and programs.

Justcoding
www.justcoding.com
This American organization is a helpful resource guide for coding.

SAI – Global
www.standards.com.au
This American organization is a helpful resource guide for coding.

Medicare Australia
www.medicareaustralia.gov.au
An Australian government statutory authority that plays an integral role in the Australian health sector. Its objective is to assist in improving health outcomes in Australia.

3M Australia
www.3m.com/intl/au/
A master of innovation in all major Healthcare product categories. The DRG grouper and Encoder can be purchased from this organization.

Visasys
www.visasys.com.au
A provider of costing and grouping software solutions for healthcare providers.

Australian Healthcare Association (previously the Australian Hospital Association) (AHA)
www.aha.asn.au
This is the national industry body for publicly funded hospitals and healthcare organisations.

Health Informatics Society of Australia Ltd
www.hisa.org.au
HISA is a forum for networking of people working in the health informatics field. The Association represents and advocates in national health informatics forums on behalf of its members.

Powerhealth Solutions
www.power-solutions.com.au
Power Solutions develops, sells and supports software applications. This organization also provides consulting and outsource services to healthcare organisations.

Privacy Act
www.privacy.gov.au
This is the site for all questions in regarding the Privacy Act and how it affects the management of information within your organisation.

Australian Safety and Quality Control
www.safetyandquality.org
This organisation was established by Australian Health Ministers to lead national efforts to improve the safety and quality of health care provision in Australia.

State Government and Territories Health Departments

Australian Capital Territory
www.health.act.gov.au

New South Wales
www.health.nsw.gov.au

Northern Territory
www.nt.gov.au/ntg/health.shtml

Tasmania
www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/

Queensland
www.health.qld.gov.au

South Australia
www.health.sa.gov.au/

Victoria
www.dhs.vic.gov.au

Western Australia
www.health.wa.gov.au

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