1. Key elements of a successful CIS: Collaboration with other relevant organisations and promoting your CIS UICC, ICISG, Washington 2006
Cora Honing, Director of Prevention and Patient Support, Dutch Cancer Society

2. Reasons for collaboration
Mutual aims in health care
Channel for promoting your service
Enhancing efficacy and efficiency of your service

3. Organisations to collaborate with
Hospitals
General practicioners
(Para)medical societies
Patient organizations

4. Promoting your CIS Aim: to enhance the number of users of your CIS
Promotion:
Ongoing
At special occasions
Intensity depends on
Budget
Infrastructure

5. Different ways of promoting
In combination with other products and services of your organisation
Special advertisements in print, radio, television, internet
Using positive experience of your users
Press-releases at special occasions
Presenting results of your service at (medical) conferences