All expressions of interest and requests for any further and SCUs submitting accreditation documentation information should be sent to the NQMC Secretariat: by the May 2019 NQMC meeting onward to use the Monday 29 October 2018. forms and ensure they report against the new and NAS Measures. BSA Accreditation Documentation Document Efficiency Measures The NQMC Secretariat maintains a Document Improvement Register which captures proposed At its August 2018 meeting, the NQMC amendments, updates and corrections to the BSA the implementation of the following accreditation system documentation, including: measures for use in internal BSA documentation: The BSA Accreditation Handbook; Concise descriptors for National Accreditation (NAS) protocols; and The Data Dictionary; A standard glossary of commonly used acronyms The National Accreditation Standards Commentary; proposed efficiency measures will be provided PMG for comment prior to implementation. The The Data Governance and Management Assessment Framework; and concise descriptors and standard glossary of used will be published on the The Protocol Management Checklist. website along with the existing descriptors for NAS Any issues or suggestions for the Document Improvement Measures. Register should be submitted to the Secretariat for consideration by the NQMC. Please contact the Secretariat Up-to-date Forms at . The NQMC Secretariat frequently receives reports with the BSA accreditation forms that are resolved Implementation of New/Revised NAS relating to simply ensuring that the Service/SCU is using the Age Cohorts version of the form. The BSA documentation and accreditation forms are being Services and SCUs are reminded that all BSA updated to include the new and revised NAS Measures and forms are available in their latest version on the relating to the non-target age cohorts (40-49 and 75+). Cancer Screening website. The most failsafe method It is anticipated that the new and supporting ensure you are using the correct version is to always documentation will be published and available to Services download the required form each time it is needed, in November 2018. than refer to older saved copies. Forms should be The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is downloaded and saved, then opened and also undertaking work to prepare Data Dictionary content Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat. for the new Measures. The new and revised NAS Measures will come into effect at the May 2019 NQMC meeting. This will require all Services
All expressions of interest and requests for any further information should be sent to the NQMC Secretariat: by Monday 29 October 2018. BSA Accreditation Documentation The NQMC Secretariat maintains a Document Improvement Register which captures proposed amendments, updates and corrections to the BSA accreditation system documentation, including: The BSA Accreditation Handbook; The Data Dictionary; The National Accreditation Standards Commentary; The Data Governance and Management Assessment Framework; and The Protocol Management Checklist. Any issues or suggestions for the Document Improvement Register should be submitted to the Secretariat for consideration by the NQMC. Please contact the Secretariat at . Implementation of New/Revised NAS relating to Age Cohorts The BSA documentation and accreditation forms are being updated to include the new and revised NAS Measures relating to the non-target age cohorts (40-49 and 75+). It is anticipated that the new and supporting documentation will be published and available to Services in November 2018. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is also undertaking work to prepare Data Dictionary content for the new Measures. The new and revised NAS Measures will come into effect at the May 2019 NQMC meeting. This will require all Services and SCUs submitting accreditation documentation the May 2019 NQMC meeting onward to use the forms and ensure they report against the new and NAS Measures. Document Efficiency Measures At its August 2018 meeting, the NQMC the implementation of the following measures for use in internal BSA documentation: Concise descriptors for National Accreditation (NAS) protocols; and A standard glossary of commonly used proposed efficiency measures will be provided PMG for comment prior to implementation. The concise descriptors and standard glossary of used acronyms will be published on the website along with the existing descriptors for NAS Measures. Up-to-date Forms The NQMC Secretariat frequently receives reports with the BSA accreditation forms that are resolved simply ensuring that the Service/SCU is using the version of the form. Services and SCUs are reminded that all BSA and forms are available in their latest version on the Cancer Screening website. The most failsafe method ensure you are using the correct version is to always download the required form each time it is needed, than refer to older saved copies. Forms should be downloaded and saved, then opened and Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat.