Jessica has worked with Registry Partners as a full-time Project CTR since August of 2011 and has demonstrated abstracting excellence over the last 4 years in her position as a Project CTR before her promotion to QC Manager in January of this year. Prior to joining Registry Partners, Jessica began working in the cancer registry field as a Tumor Registrar at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA…
Melissa began working for Registry Partners in November 2015 as a Project Manager where she has managed several CoC accredited cancer program projects over the last 6 months. Melissa has demonstrated an extensive understanding of both the CoC and NAPBC accreditation process. In her new role as the Accreditation Services Operations Director, she will assist the Vice President of Accreditation Services and Accreditation Services Program Director…
We would like to recognize the South Dakota Cancer Registry for receiving Gold Certification from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) on the evaluation of South Dakota’s 2013 data submitted during the National Call for Data, which took place in November, 2015. Gold Certification is the highest level of distinction awarded by NAACCR. Achieving Gold Certification means the data submitted by the South…
AJCC and NCDB Announce New AJCC T, N, and M Categories implemented in 2016 for cases diagnosed 1/1/16 forward. This includes a “c” clinical and “p” pathologic designation available in the registry software so registrars can comply with the AJCC staging rules. This will take effect for the NAACCR 16 compliant software upgrades for registry software. More information will be coming in the future as we…
