You need to be careful and check this out with the COC. They have
said that registrars cannot fill out the form and have the physician
sign it. It would be better to check out the procedure than be
surprised at a survey. If pathology fill out the T & N, and only 1/3
of your charts are staged elsewhere in the medical record, where are
you getting the M and stage group on 2/3 of the cases?

--- In cancerregistrargroup@yahoogroups.com, csgadg <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
>
> Our EMR is not that type where the physician can "type" into the
> staging form. At this time, we are filling the form out using Word
> (checking the appropriate boxes) and then scanning them in. The
> physician is showed that he/she has a deliquency and then they can
view
> the document and sign it. They can refuse it if it is not correct -

> and this does happen. At that point, we send them a paper copy for
> them to fill out correctly and then we rescan that one in. Since
our
> pathology is very good about staging and about a 1/3 of our charts
have
> the stage somewhere in the medical record, this has worked very
well.
> We discussed this at our cancer committee meeting and this is how
the
> doctors wanted it handled. So far things have worked fairly
smoothly.
>
> --- In cancerregistrargroup@yahoogroups.com, "Lisa Bagci"
<lbagci@c...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Our hospital is transitioning to the Electronic Medical Record
within
> > the next 6 months. For those of you already using EMR, how do
you
> > incorporate the staging form as part of the record? Does your
> > physician complete it on line? Do they complete it on paper and
then
> > scan it in to be part of the medical record? Any input is
appreciated.