ONEONONE FOR EXCELLENCE Missouri Cancer Registry Brenda L

ONE-ON-ONE FOR EXCELLENCE Missouri Cancer Registry Brenda L. Lee, CTR Missouri Cancer Registry University of Missouri-Columbia Supported by CDC/NPCR Cooperative Agreement #U 55/CCU 721904 -03 and a contract between the University of Missouri and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v. Sue Vest, BS, CTR, Project Manager, MCR v. Jeannette Jackson-Thompson, MSPH, Ph. D, Operations Director, MCR and Research Asst. Professor, Health Management & Informatics, University of Missouri-Columbia v. Nancy Cole, BS, CTR, Non-hospital Coordinator, MCR v Debbie Smith, BS, CTR, Quality Assurance Coordinator, MCR

Reporting Types n Electronic n Manual Scannable forms n Circuit-riding u Copies of charts u

Challenges for hospital-based registrars n Limited resources n Time management n Training opportunities

Service-oriented Approach n Who needs training? New Registrars u“Old” registrars u

New Registrars (On-site) n Initial training for new registrars: Checklist t. New registrar packet t 1 -2 day training. t

New Registrar (Pre-Training) n Identify/locate necessary manuals/ resources n Review manuals n Abstract cases

New Registrars (On-site) n. Areas covered during training: Experience u Central Registry u Casefinding u MCR Manual u ICD-0 -3 u Staging Summary manual u Adobe PDF abstract u Practice u MCR website and other resources u

New Registrars (Follow-up) n 25 Abstracts Phone training n Additional one-on-one n Evaluation n

“Old” Registrars n Registrars in smaller hospitals that report manually n Registrars who need a little extra education/support n Registrars at hospitals with poor audit results

Continuous Training n Need for continuous ongoing training u Phone training u Additional one-on-one

Other Support n Abstracting questions u. Toll-free telephone line available for questions u CTR available for questions u. Web site u. MCR Update

Results n Better understanding of the registry n Less time on corrections n Better communication

Proficient Registrars

The only thing certain in the cancer registry field is: CHANGE!

We now have our own website! n MCR website can be accessed at: http: //mcr. umh. edu u Links available u MCR manual with appendices

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