There are around 300,000 children in the US with some form of arthritis. Many people think of arthritis as an adult or elderly condition. July has been named Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month with the goal of raising awareness that kids can have arthritis too.  The term “arthritis” refers to inflammation of the joints. There are more than 100 different types of arthritis and related conditions. Juvenile…

With the widespread implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHRs), the possibility of remote work became an option for CTRs. However, many facilities remained hesitant to allow remote work. In 2020, many companies across all industries were forced to allow staff to work from home. Cancer Registry staff can successfully work remotely with proper preparation and planning by both the employer and employee(s). Listed below are the…

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has released a new bariatric surgical risk/benefit calculator tool for metabolic and bariatric surgeons to begin using to help guide surgical decision making when patients are seeking weight loss surgery to improve health by reducing or eliminating comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and obstructive sleep apnea.  ACS built the bariatric surgical risk/benefit calculator using…

A Process is a series of actions that lead to an outcome. Improvement is the action of enhancing the value or making something better. Combined, Process Improvement is the action of enhancing processes to reach a better outcome. By analyzing the processes an employee must follow, to produce a favorable outcome, businesses can identify bottlenecks and hurdles that may/do arise, develop a plan, and produce a…