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Who has time for time management advice? Although most would argue there isn’t enough time in the day to breathe or take a restroom break, it is a fact: managing your time better will increase production, decrease stress, and practicing good time management skills daily is vital to success. Because of the changes set forth in the CoC Standard 5.1, pertaining to Cancer Registrar credentials, as…

When Tom Eisenhauer was born, they simply “broke the mold,” there will never be another human being like him.  He is a mixture of intelligence, charisma, passion, reason, ingenuity and dedication in the war on cancer.  Whether he is in the operating room as a general surgeon, surveying a program for the Commission on Cancer (CoC), running a marathon for the American Cancer Society or presenting…

NCRA 2015 was filled with many afternoon plenary sessions to choose from including mentoring, recruiting, AJCC, COC survey and how to use social media professionally to name a few.  As we begin to wrap up the 2014 data year and begin 2015 cases, one presentation on “Data Enhancement” brought helpful reminders to registrars. The presenter discussed most coding errors could be attributed back to four specific…