ODS Exam prep - Cancer Registry Operations - Closed
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To decrease manual patient record consolidation at the central
registry, they rely heavily on who to accurately code patient
demographic information?
Reporting facility registrars
Central cancer registrars
Pathology report linkages
Death certificate linkages
Reporting facility registrars
Records that match on fewer variables, or for which some
information is missing or unknown, are potential matches and
need to be manually reviewed. For this reason, it is important
that cancer registrars at reporting facilities accurately and
completely abstract patient demographic information.
One of the ways central cancer registry data is used is to:
Audit facilities
Consolidate cases
Submit to the national cancer registry
Identify additional needs for cancer prevention and control
efforts
Central registry data are used to
assess progress towards cancer prevention and control
,objectives;
provide a source of data for clinical, epidemiological, and
health-services research; and
identify additional needs for cancer prevention and control
efforts.
The annual call for data that includes the data set for the United
States and Canada is collected by which organization?
NAACCR
NPCR
SEER
IACR
The NAACCR data set includes the United States and Canada.
All cases for a diagnosis year must be submitted to a central
registry within what time period?
6 months
This data source used by some central cancer registries checks
for missed cases and fill in treatment-related gaps is called:
Insurance claims
Interstate data exchange
Physician offices
Free-standing outpatient clinics
Insurance claims data from both public and private health
insurers can be matched against data in the registry database to
check for missed cases and fill in treatment-related gaps.
,Central registries operate based upon:
Statutory authority
NPCR authority
NAACCR authority
SEER authority
Central registries operate with statutory authority (legal
authority of the state), many reside within the state health
department, although some states have delegated that authority
to other entities.
The process of converting an address at diagnosis into
analyzable data is known as:
Follow-up
Geocaching
Geocoding
Visual edits
The process of converting an address at diagnosis into
analyzable data is known as geocoding.
When a case is reported to the central registry and the multiple
primary rules are applied, if the tumor linkage indicates this is a
new primary, what happens to the tumor record?
If the tumor linkage and subsequent application of multiple
primary rules indicate that the patient has a new primary, the
new tumor is added to the patient record.
Patient records that match a patient in the central registry
database on key demographics and the computer, matches them
, without a registrar's review is what kind of consolidation?
Tumor consolidation
Manual consolidation
Data edits
Automated consolidation
Automated consolidation (automated algorithms) compare
incoming records to all existing records in the central registry
database. If the algorithm determines that the records match key
demographics it is considered a perfect match.
Which source has the potential to provide central registries with
more complete treatment and biomarker data resulting in more
comprehensive cancer coverage?
Nonhospital facilities
Hospital registries
Pathology laboratory
University hospital registries
Nonhospital sources have the potential to provide central
registries with more complete treatment and biomarker data
resulting in more comprehensive cancer coverage through the
identification of cases not reported through other means.
What data item is the basis for calculating local rates,
identifying areas with unusually high or minimal risk, and can
be used to help identify facilities that may be underreporting?
Patient zip code
Book Questions With Complete Solutions
To decrease manual patient record consolidation at the central
registry, they rely heavily on who to accurately code patient
demographic information?
Reporting facility registrars
Central cancer registrars
Pathology report linkages
Death certificate linkages
Reporting facility registrars
Records that match on fewer variables, or for which some
information is missing or unknown, are potential matches and
need to be manually reviewed. For this reason, it is important
that cancer registrars at reporting facilities accurately and
completely abstract patient demographic information.
One of the ways central cancer registry data is used is to:
Audit facilities
Consolidate cases
Submit to the national cancer registry
Identify additional needs for cancer prevention and control
efforts
Central registry data are used to
assess progress towards cancer prevention and control
,objectives;
provide a source of data for clinical, epidemiological, and
health-services research; and
identify additional needs for cancer prevention and control
efforts.
The annual call for data that includes the data set for the United
States and Canada is collected by which organization?
NAACCR
NPCR
SEER
IACR
The NAACCR data set includes the United States and Canada.
All cases for a diagnosis year must be submitted to a central
registry within what time period?
6 months
This data source used by some central cancer registries checks
for missed cases and fill in treatment-related gaps is called:
Insurance claims
Interstate data exchange
Physician offices
Free-standing outpatient clinics
Insurance claims data from both public and private health
insurers can be matched against data in the registry database to
check for missed cases and fill in treatment-related gaps.
,Central registries operate based upon:
Statutory authority
NPCR authority
NAACCR authority
SEER authority
Central registries operate with statutory authority (legal
authority of the state), many reside within the state health
department, although some states have delegated that authority
to other entities.
The process of converting an address at diagnosis into
analyzable data is known as:
Follow-up
Geocaching
Geocoding
Visual edits
The process of converting an address at diagnosis into
analyzable data is known as geocoding.
When a case is reported to the central registry and the multiple
primary rules are applied, if the tumor linkage indicates this is a
new primary, what happens to the tumor record?
If the tumor linkage and subsequent application of multiple
primary rules indicate that the patient has a new primary, the
new tumor is added to the patient record.
Patient records that match a patient in the central registry
database on key demographics and the computer, matches them
, without a registrar's review is what kind of consolidation?
Tumor consolidation
Manual consolidation
Data edits
Automated consolidation
Automated consolidation (automated algorithms) compare
incoming records to all existing records in the central registry
database. If the algorithm determines that the records match key
demographics it is considered a perfect match.
Which source has the potential to provide central registries with
more complete treatment and biomarker data resulting in more
comprehensive cancer coverage?
Nonhospital facilities
Hospital registries
Pathology laboratory
University hospital registries
Nonhospital sources have the potential to provide central
registries with more complete treatment and biomarker data
resulting in more comprehensive cancer coverage through the
identification of cases not reported through other means.
What data item is the basis for calculating local rates,
identifying areas with unusually high or minimal risk, and can
be used to help identify facilities that may be underreporting?
Patient zip code
