Domain 6 Registry Organization and Operations Flashcards
A reportable case for which the only information available to the central registry is a death certificate is:
Death Certificate Only (DCO)
State central registries…
- Can provide incidence data
- Are population based
- Are multi-purpose
- All of the above
All of the above
A disaster recovery plan is:
A way to make sure that computerized registry data is backed up every night and is easily recoverable
A systematic method of identifying all eligible cases that are included in the cancer registry database is a definition of ….
Casefinding
Passive follow-up methods performed by central registries include:
- Linkage with state death certificates
- Linkage to state health files
- Linkage with hospital discharge summaries
- All of the above
All of the above
Which of the following activities is unique to central cancer registries?
- Active follow-up of patients
- The ability to treat patients
- Performing data analysis for research
- Death clearance and casefinding audits
Death clearance and casefinding audits
Which organization publishes the Solid Tumor Rules and the Hematopoietic & Lymphoid Neoplasms Database and Manual?
SEER
NAACCR Guidelines state that staffing needs for state/central registries should be:
Based on the estimated annual caseload of the registry.
True or False, Covered entities are required to provide individuals - upon request - with an accounting of any protected health information that the
entity has disclosed about them to the state cancer registry.
True
What can only be done in a population-based registry?
Incidence and mortality rates
The geographic area from which the population source of the central registry is drawn is known as a:
Catchment area.
The population-based cancer registries in the US and Canada are members of which one of the following organizations?
- NPCR
- CDC
- NAACCR
- NCRA
NAACCR
As appropriate to the cancer program category, the required percentage of patients are referred to a clinical trial. This is reported to
the Cancer Committee by the:
Clinical Research Coordinator
Passive follow-up means:
Checking the hospital database for readmission of patients in the registry database
HIPAA was enacted in ____.
1996
A capital budget is prepared for:
Purchase of major equipment.
The National Cancer Data Base is an example of:
A non-population-based central registry
A suspense system is best described as:
A list of cases that have been identified but not yet abstracted
Which of the following is the most active organization in the U.S. for the establishment and approval of hospital cancer programs?
Commission on Cancer
Cancer registry informatics is defined as:
The application of information science to cancer registration
