RECAP: North Carolina Cancer Registrars Association State Meeting

Registry Partners Recruitment Coordinator Stacey Wertz and HR Manager Danny Webster attended the North Carolina Cancer Registrars Association state meeting September 23-25th in Raleigh, NC.   In addition to sending Stacey and Danny to the conference, Registry Partners had a name drawing to win a Visa Gift card. This year’s lucky winner was June Gregory (Seen below with Stacey receiving her prize!). Congratulations June and thank you to NCCRA for being such a wonderful group!

Posted on Sep. 28, 2015 in Career InsightsNews & Events

Come Visit us at the Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and DC Cancer Registrars Regional Meeting!

Looking for support for your program?  Interested in working for Registry Partners?  We would love the opportunity to meet you face-to-face and speak with you about your individual needs!  Stop by and see us in Annapolis, Maryland October 8-9th for the Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. Cancer Registrars Regional Meeting! Delaware, Maryland, Virginia & Washington D.C. Regional Meeting Annapolis, MD October 8-9, 2015

Posted on Sep. 28, 2015 in Career Insights

RECAP: Personalized Medicine presentation at Pennsylvania Cancer Registrars Association 2015 Annual Conference

Registry Partners Project Director, Vicky Ban, attended the Pennsylvania Cancer Registrars Association 2015 Annual Conference Sept 16-18. One of the many excellent presentations at the conference was “Personalized Medicine” presented by Rebecca Crowley Jacobson, MD, MS, Chief Information Officer University of Pittsburgh Institute for Personalized Medicine, Professor of Biomedical Informatics University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. What is Personalized Medicine? Medically informed decisions based on a…

Posted on Sep. 25, 2015 in Career InsightsNews & Events

Q&A: “Do you have to have a prostate BX to have a clinical T?”

Q:      “Do you have to have a prostate BX to have a clinical T?  Patient presented to facility for radiation only.  Patient had prostatectomy elsewhere. DRE and imaging noted to be negative. PSA prior to surgery was 7. BX not noted but not clear if it wasn’t done or just not noted in the medical record. Can we assign the T1 based on the negative imaging…

Posted on Sep. 25, 2015 in How Should I Code This?