a bstract   background: there are a few studies about commissioning mothers’ understanding from the surrogacy during 9 months of waiting for delivery in iran and other countries. this study was conducted with an aim to explore and explain the nature of concerns (experiences) of commissioning mothers. materials and methods:  a qualitative design with a conventional content analysis approach was ...

HVAC commissioning has come to be recognized as most important process needed for design, construction and operation and maintenance of HVAC system to realize owners true project intent and establish energy saving and sustainable operation and management of the building system. The author first introduce basic concept of commissioning and its actual procedure to be executed at each phase of bui...

OBJECTIVES To understand how end-of-life (EoL) care for people with dementia is currently commissioned (ie, contracted) and organised, with a view to informing the development of commissioning guidance for good-quality community-based EoL care in dementia. DESIGN Mixed-methods study; narrative review and qualitative interviews. SETTING 8 National Health Service (NHS) clinical commissioning ...

BACKGROUND In recent years joint commissioning has assumed an important place in the policy and practice of English health and social care. Yet, despite much being claimed for this way of working there is a lack of evidence to demonstrate the outcomes of joint commissioning. This paper examines the types of impacts that have been claimed for joint commissioning within the literature. METHOD T...

OBJECTIVE The 2010 healthcare reform in England introduced primary care-led commissioning in the National Health Service (NHS) by establishing clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). A key factor for the success of the reform is the provision of excellent commissioning support services to CCGs. The Government's aim is to create a vibrant market of competing providers of such services (from both f...

This paper provides some thoughts about the lack of attentiveness of building commissioning in the construction industry and the lack of handling in project commissioning as an integral part of the project life-cycle. Many have perceived commissioning as the problem solving process of a project, rather than the start up of the equipment, or the handing over of the project to the client. Therefo...

The concept of commissioning is starting to gain traction in the Australian health system. Primary Care Networks began operations in July 2015 with a remit around commissioning health services. Despite the centrality of this concept, we know relatively little about commissioning in Australia. Other systems have experimented with it for some time, and this paper reviews the evidence and lessons ...

Commissioning is arguably the single most cost-effective strategy for reducing energy, costs, and greenhouse gas emissions in buildings today. Although commissioning has earned increased recognition in recent years, it remains an enigmatic practice whose visibility severely lags its potential. The application of commissioning to new buildings ensures that they deliver or exceed the performance ...

Through the California Commissioning Collaborative (CCC) and Energy Design Resources, a new online Commissioning Case Study Database is now available. The goal of the database is to collect a detailed set of standardized information about commissioning projects in California, allowing for clear comparison of projects and articulation of their costs and benefits. The project began in 2002 with t...