Resources
Data Dictionary coding for Pleomorphic Lobular Carcinoma in situ (PLCIS)
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the correct coding of PLCIS in the data dictionary.
Computed Radiography (CR) mammography compared with screen film mammography and Digital Radiography (DR) mammography
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the differences between the different types of mammography scans.
BreastScreen Australia – DGMA data assessor report (BSA303)
Data Assessors use this form to record their accreditation survey findings from undertaking a Data Governance and Management Assessment (DGMA) of a BreastScreen Australia Service or State Coordination Unit (SCU).
BreastScreen Australia – Response by Service/SCU to Data Assessor report (BSA304)
BreastScreen Australia services and State Coordination Units (SCUs) use this form to respond to the Data Assessor’s report and any comments made by the assessor.
Skin cancer in Australia – our national cancer
Australian Government response to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health report: Skin cancer in Australia – our national cancer
BreastScreen Australia campaign tracking report
This campaign evaluation report outlines the results of a survey done to understand and estimate the reach and effectiveness of the third phase of the BreastScreen Australia campaign.
BreastScreen Australia – National Accreditation Standards (NAS) accountability framework (BSA003)
BreastScreen Australia services and State Coordination Units (SCUs) use this form to identify which NAS measures they are responsible for as part of the accreditation process.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Participant Screening Pathway
This flowchart shows the pathways that people take through the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. It identifies what stages people are contacted throughout the process and who contacts them.
BreastScreen Australia NQMC – DGMA framework
This document outlines a framework for the Data Governance and Management Assessments (DGMA) that apply under the BreastScreen Australia Accreditation System.
BreastScreen Australia – Standard 5 Protocol Responsibility Framework (PRF5) (BSA301)
Each multi-service jurisdiction must have a PRF5 which details the allocation of operational level responsibility between the Service and State Coordination Unit (SCU) for each area of data governance and management.
National Cancer Screening Register – privacy impact assessment
This report looked at privacy issues relating to the National Cancer Screening Register. It contains 28 recommendations for the department.
BreastScreen Australia – Position statement on breast density and screening
The Standing Committee on Screening have developed this position statement on breast density and screening within the BreastScreen Australia Program.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Campaign evaluation 2016
This report evaluates the effectiveness of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program’s 2016 campaign, ‘A gift for living’.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Primary Health Care Engagement Strategy
This strategy helps health professionals encourage their patients to take part in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Quality Framework
This framework supports the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. It outlines the level of quality aimed for at each step of the screening process and how to achieve those.
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Joan’s story – I do everything right and I still had bowel cancer
Joan talks about her experience with bowel cancer, and how doing the screening test saved her life.
Responsibility of assessment teams to review and biopsy abnormal axillary lymph nodes in women with malignant lesions at assessment
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews whether axilla assessment should be done as part of their management.
Place of breast MRI as a problem solving tool at assessment
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the place of breast MRI in breast screening.
The duty of care of screening services to notify women with silicone breast implants of the presence of screen detected leaking implants
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the role of screening services in reporting implant problems detected during screening.
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Bruce’s story – We want to see our grandkids when we get older
Bruce is a Noongar man from Perth. In this video he encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to do the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program test as soon as it arrives in the mail.
BreastScreen Australia A3 poster
This A3-sized poster encourages women over 50 to have a free breast screen.
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Sharon’s story – Don’t make it too late
Sharon, an Aboriginal health worker from Darwin, shares the story of how bowel cancer affected her family, after her father was diagnosed in 2014. Sharon encourages people to use the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kit.
BreastScreen Australia – Response by Service/SCU (BSA005)
BreastScreen Australia services and State Coordination Units (SCUs) use this form to respond to issues identified in the Survey and Interim Survey Report and NAS Measures that are unmet, unable to be assessed or met with exception. It must be submitted as part of an application for accreditation.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Campaign evaluation 2015
This report evaluates the effectiveness of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program’s 2015 campaign, ‘A gift for living’.
National Bowel Cancer Screening – Campaign Evaluation 2015 – Report of Findings
This report presents the main findings of market research carried out in 2015 to evaluate the success of the bowel cancer screening campaign.
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