The origin of the Community Needs Assessment (CNA) for CoC-accredited Cancer Programs stems back to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Future of Public Health (1988) definition which states that “An understanding of the determinants of health and of the nature and extent of community need is a fundamental prerequisite to sound decision-making about health…systemically collect, assemble, analyze, and make available information on the health of the community,…
Protecting Patient Data
Healthcare professionals work with an astounding amount of Protected Health Information (PHI) every day. In this age of technology and interconnectivity, much of that information is electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) in a digital format. The technology has brought its benefit of vastly shortened timeframes in sending, receiving and accessing information. Its caveat is the potentially increased visibility and risk for exposure or retention. Technology has…
Top Time Saving Microsoft Office Tips
Tip #1 Utilize Quick Steps in Outlook: Do you ever feel like a broken record because you’re sending the same emails over and over again? Quick Steps might be your solution! Create various Quick Steps in your Outlook account to save email templates, recipients and subject lines. Flags and importance levels can also be automatically added to these messages. How to: In Microsoft Outlook Versions…
RECAP: CCRA Conference
The Colorado Cancer Registrars Association Fall conference was held October 9th at the Hilton Garden Inn Cherry Creek in Denver. Registry Partners was proud to be one of the sponsors and sent Director of Business Development Linda Reimers- BS, RHIA, CTR to attend the meeting. The Officers and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment planned an informative and fun meeting. It was great to…