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Benefits of Metafile Testing for Central Registries
Testing new metafiles is a great opportunity for central registries to participate in the edit process. For standard metafiles, you get to review new edits, find concept and logic errors,…
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New Workgroup Gears Up to Address Data Quality Issues With Geocoded Data
Health disparities are well documented using cancer registry data. And cancer registry data are essential to the evidence-based solutions approach…
Registries
VPR in the News
The VPR continues to facilitate linkages between existing study cohorts and high-quality registry data for ascertaining cancer outcomes among study…
Association
Assessing the Completeness of Key Data Items Across NCCR Registries for Pediatric and Adult Cancer Cases
The National Childhood Cancer Registry (NCCR) was developed under the National Cancer Institute’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) to identify…
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Your Voice Matters: Upcoming Public Comment Periods on US Health IT Standards
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published two policy documents that will be of…
Registries
MLTG Sets New Deadline for Central Registry User Data Dictionaries and Edits Metafiles
The Mid-Level Tactical Group (MLTG) manages the cancer surveillance change control process to ensure an efficient and timely change management…
Members
EditWriter6 – New User Features
Overview EditWriter is a software program developed by the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) to create, modify, and manage…
Surveillance
CiNA Statistics and CiNA*Explorer Update
In June 2024, the 2017-2021 CiNA cancer statistics were updated in CiNA*Explorer: https://apps.naaccr.org/explorer. This update reflects the final migration from…
Association
NAACCR Announces New Executive Director: Karen Knight
It is an honor and a privilege to announce that the next Executive Director of NAACCR will be Ms. Karen…
Registries
New Edits Promote Enhanced Quality
The NAACCR Edits Work Group has developed a new group of edits for central registry use, identified as QC_Chk (quality…
Events
NAACCR at NCRA’s Annual Conference
NAACCR at NCRA’s Annual Conference Angela Martin, ODS-C Trainer/Project Coordinator [email protected] What a great trip it was to attend the…