Q: The Death Clearance follow back process is something the hospital registrars are contacted about yearly. Can you tell us when that process is begun and when is the call for data? A: “The Indiana State Cancer Registry (ISCR) was established in 1985 [“for the purpose of recording all cases of malignant disease and other tumors and precancerous diseases required to be reported by federal…
Commission on Cancer: Survey Application Record (SAR) Your ship has come in!
As a Cancer Program Administrator, Chair, Liaison Physician or Registrar, this is the time of the year that you love to hate! Summer is in full swing, fall is around the corner, and suddenly you realize you need to update your Survey Application Record (SAR) or Program Activity Record (PAR), because you may have your 2016-2017 survey right around the corner! The expectation is that you…
Consultant Spotlight: Taylor Stortz- BS, BA, RHIA, CTR
Taylor Stortz started working with Registry Partners originally as a part-time project CTR in May of 2013. A year later, in May of 2014, she accepted a full-time project CTR/QC Specialist position, where she worked on a complex CoC project. Due to her excellent abstracting skills, she quickly adapted to the QC process and the QC oversight of her assigned CTRs and was promoted to Quality…
Congratulations new CTRs!
Registry Partners would like to take a moment to congratulate everyone who passed the latest exam and are now CTRs! We know that the hours of study and preparation were grueling at times, but we hope that your new certification sets you on an exciting and rewarding new path! Congratulations!