Recap – ACC Quality Summit: NCDR and Accreditation Annual Session and Expo

Registry Partners enjoyed attending the ACC Quality Summit for NCDR Registries in New Orleans, Louisiana March 13-15, 2019.  Attendees ranges from registry professionals, to administrators, and quality experts. The conference was centered around educational sessions on how registries, accreditation programs, and quality campaigns achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. Keynote speaker, Zubin “ZDoggMD” Damania, MD gave a lecture on Patient-Centered Team-Based Care in Quality…

Posted on Mar. 25, 2019 in News & Events

Wear Purple for Epilepsy Awareness Day

In 2008, 7-year old, Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia, Canada, created the idea of wearing purple to bring awareness to epilepsy and to comfort those with seizures. This year, the international day for epilepsy awareness is March 26th.   An estimated 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy – that’s approximately one percent of our general population! Throughout history, many famous people were known to or suspected…

Posted on Mar. 25, 2019 in From Our Perspective

Solid Tumor Manual – Malignant CNS and Peripheral Nerves Overview

As of 1/22/2019 the following is an excerpt from the Solid Tumor Manual.  Please review the manual for complete instructions and details. C470-479, C700, C701, C709, C710-C719, C720-C725, 728, C729, C751-C753 Non-Malignant intracranial and CNS tumors are NOT included.  They have a separate set of rules. The 2007 rules said a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) following an astrocytic or glial tumor was a single primary.  In the…

Posted on Mar. 22, 2019 in From Our Perspective