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...
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...
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...
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...
Breast biopsy with Bloom/Richardson grade II invasive ductal carcinoma, 1.3 cm with DCIS (high grade cribriform and papillary) and positive margins. Lumpectomy...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 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...
... <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...
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...
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...
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...
I have a coding question. We have received 2 very different answers regarding this question from ACOS I&R, so I thought I'd like to get some feedback...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the cancerregistrargroup group. File :...
Thought you'd like to see the latest. Question 12835: Our physicians say the excision of the lymph node is for diagnostic and staging not a surgically...
On the question of what sort of PCE's we're doing . . . here's a snapshot of what's on the SAR I'm completing for a survey happening next month: 2004: Trends &...
Does anyone know of any tapes or CDs -- anything in a non-printed format -- to help people become familiar with the cancer registry field and/or prep for the...