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...
Angie There are several websites that would be helpful to you but I would start with the following. National Cancer Registrars Association www.ncra-usa.org ...
Is there a Table of all the drugs that were converted in their treatment category that we can use in going back to change cases already abstracted for 2005?...
Hey everyone: I'm working on putting together an article, and/or presentation and maybe even an electronic book about edits, metafiles and problems or issues...
sure, I would be willing to participate. ... From: registryrocks <AussieOwner@...> To: cancerregistrargroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:33:08...
I live in Pittsburgh, PA area and I am looking to take the exam for ctr in March, 2006. Does anyone know of an prep book or a cd that you can get to study...
... <tmckate2@y...> ... you ... book. ... good ... Hi, I am taking the exam in September. If you go to the NCRA website (the education section), they have an...
Thank you so very much and GOOD LUCK on your exam; pleas keep in touch and let me know how it goes ... __________________________________________________ Do...
TERRIFIC! Thanks for getting back to me. I'm thinking of setting this up as a simple Internet-based questionnaire if that sounds OK with you. Michele (aka...
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