Cancer Services pilot accreditation program in NSW

01 May 2010
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In 1999, NSW Health developed A Cancer Care Model for NSW. The document outlined an organisational model for optimal delivery of cancer services in NSW. This document led to a number of organisations considering how best to further develop treatment standards across NSW.

Internationally, the increased potential of accreditation programs to create system change lead to the development of a number of accreditation programs around the world. However, a paper published in 2007 by David Greenfield and Jeffrey Braithwaite provides a review of the health sector accreditation research literature. In the review it is found that there is a lack of evidence about the impact of accreditation programs on service delivery.

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