The Australasian College of Health Service Management (‘The College’) is the peak professional body for health managers in Australasia and brings together health leaders to learn, network and share ideas. The mission of the College is to recognise, develop and support effective health leadership and management to deliver quality services and improve health and wellbeing by:
providing the best professional development and networking opportunities for health managers
advocating for and promoting the health management profession
recognising the achievements of health service managers
The College is an incorporated not-for-profit charity with approximately 2500 members and plays an important role in the health system. It is well known that the quality of management and leadership in the health system has a substantial and tangible effect on patient outcomes and experiences, healthcare costs and the satisfaction of the health workforce. The College plays an integral role in creating, developing and supporting the leaders and managers of the health system with a view to create better health for all.
Better leadership. Healthier communities.
Recognise, develop and support effective health leadership and management to deliver quality services and improve health and wellbeing.
Develop and support health leaders and managers.
Promote the profession of health and community leadership and management.
Ensure a sustainable and vibrant College for the future.
The College maintains, and regular reviews, a competency / capability framework – the Master Health Service Management Competency Framework - that is the foundation for a vast variety of College programs.
As a member of the International Hospital Federation, the College participated actively as part of a Global Consortium under the sponsorship of the International Hospital Federation (IHF) and initially adopted and contextualised the resulting Global Competency Directory to the Asia Pacific context in 2016. In 2022 this ACHSM framework was again reviewed and changes adopted in 2022. This 2022 iteration of the ACHSM Framework closely aligns with the IHF’s more recent update of their framework.
