Hi! I'm new here in this group. I have not been in this line but will be soon. I don't have any experience and not trained yet. We don't have a cancer...
You can order the "Cancer Registry Management: Principles and Practice 2nd Edition" from NCRA. This is the textbook used for the college classes in cancer...
Good day fellow registrars! I am preparing my talk for this year's NCRA annual meeting. My talk is on the data collection of comorbidities and complications...
Good day fellow registrars! I am preparing my talk for this year's NCRA annual meeting. My talk is on the data collection of comorbidities and complications...
We were surveyed by Dr. William Siegel in March. We were his first survey site using the new Standards. My impression at the time was that he didn't seem to...
Hi, I think it is time we start using our group website more. In time past I had posted problem cases for you to review and give your opinion on. I have...
Breast biopsy with Bloom/Richardson grade II invasive ductal carcinoma, 1.3 cm with DCIS (high grade cribriform and papillary) and positive margins. Lumpectomy...
... <no_reply@y...> wrote in January 2005: (and I would like to follow-up and see if anyone has anything to add now ;-)) Good day fellow registrars! I am...
(I forgot to number the first one...sorry. Please make sure you list which exercise you are responding to in the post.) H&P: Pelvic pain and adnexal mass. 10...
Dear Fellow List Members, If you are planning on attending the NCRA Annual Education Conference in New Orleans, I would like to invite you to come visit...
I'd like to find what the productivity standards are for abstracting in other hospitals besides my own. I am referring to if you abstract all day. Our...
I think NCRA has a work study document on abstracting standards, but it is not current. Industry standards of 1.25 per hour for abstracting are being used...
Thank you. I will go into the NCRA website and see what I can find out. I don't know why the registry is not valued more than it is. We collect quality data...
I will be out of the office starting 04/10/2005 and will not return until 04/18/2005. I am at an Education conference in New Orleans. If you need immediate ...
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...
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...
If the registrars are filling out the staging forms, then the hospital will not be compliant with the staging requirements. The hospital will get a contingency...
Yahoo is now using something called "Web Beacons" to track Yahoo Group users around the net and see what you're doing and where you are going similar to...
I have a question to ask. The hospital I work for is an HMO and their are 12 hospital in the group. It has been decided that we will not seek approval from...
Hello all...I am looking for input on making our group more useful. I had thought I would post exercises but on my first attempt I had no takers. So, I am...
Here are my questions I have: 1.Has anyone stated planning for the new standard in 2006 that will affect physician staging accuracy? I need some ideas. 2....
I appreciate all the times I've asked the group for advice regarding policies, productivity issues etc. I think if there are major changes some exercises...
You can sign up to get COC emails, like the COC Flash, even if you aren't in an approved program. Go to their website and sign up. ... regarding ... changes ...
Hi, I am just learning to abstract and haven't done many breast cases-can I take a try at the exercise? Any explanation of what I've done wrong would be...
The SEER Program is pleased to announce the availability of SEER*Rx, the cancer registrar's interactive antineoplastic drug database on July 1, 2005. This...