The Cancer Commissioning Guidance highlights aspects of World Class Commissioning Assurance Framework including organisational competencies for cancer commissioning. It also sets out key issues and questions that commissioners/network teams should consider when assessing health needs; reviewing services; developing contract service specifications; and monitoring performance.

This document provides an update on the first year of the National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI) and describes our emerging vision for improved care and support for people living with and beyond cancer.

This is the second annual report for the Cancer Reform Strategy. This report focuses on achieving local implementation.

By Joseph L. Marion, Principal, Healthcare Integration Strategies, LLC

In a previous discussion, we explored the composition of a Cardiovascular RFP. An RFP for cardiovascular information systems can be more complex than for other Picture Archive and Communications Systems (PACS) or information systems, in that cardiovascular services involve more than just imaging. Wave forms and procedure documentation are examples of additional relevant data that must be managed in addition to images. Physician reporting is also more complicated in that it is typically done with structured reporting templates instead of by dictation.

When faced with planning and implementing an enterprise-wide emergency response strategy, many organizations address the problem by implementing several independent solutions.

While this approach can be reasonably effective it can also result in disjointed communications and disparate systems deployment that can prove problematic from a complete emergency management perspective.