CTR, CTR Exam Prep (CRM P&P), CTR Exam Blue Book, CTR
Organizations, CTR seer educate, CTR EXAM, Cancer Registry
general info, Registry Organization and Operations, Questions
from Cancer Management Book, CRM P&P Study Guide
Specialty Cancer Registry can collect data on - ANSWERS--Specific
Facilities on a particular type of cancer site
Hospital and Pop based cancer reg collect cancer data to - ANSWERS-
-Be aggregated by federal agencies; combined NPCR and SEER data is
the official source of federal government cancer statistics
caBIG - ANSWERS--Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid that is
sponsored by NCI; network that allows constituents in cancer
industry to share data and knowledge
NCRA - ANSWERS--Award CTR
Majority of registries use what kind of budget? - ANSWERS--top
down budget; A top-down budget is prepared by top management,
passed down to primary departments and then sub departments
Hyperlink - ANSWERS--causes the browser to open another web
page
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Real time reporting - ANSWERS--Automatic identification of case
information through electronic transmission to the central registry as
it is entered/digitzed in the originating facility.
Zero based budget - ANSWERS--This method calls for each
department or sub-department to look at all expenses and justify
them at each budgeting cycle.
Congress granted regulatory powers to - ANSWERS--SEER and NPCR
Cancer registry must keep a record of disclosure for - ANSWERS--Six
years
Professional Development is - ANSWERS--Self-motivated and self-
directed
Professional development - ANSWERS--Networking, volunteerism,
mentoring, professionalism
Security management planning involves - ANSWERS--Evaluating the
flow of data through the organization
Disciplinary actions for breaches of confidentiality are - ANSWERS--
Defined in policies and procedures
LAN - ANSWERS--Group of comp in close proximity
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Probabilistic linkage application - ANSWERS--Takes into account a
wide range of potential identifiers to link data sets in a statistically
justifiable way; most often used by central reg
Deterministic linkage application - ANSWERS--Generates link based
on the number of individual identifiers that match amount data sets;
simple
Worm - ANSWERS--Travels comp to comp
Virus - ANSWERS--Code loaded onto a comp without ur knowledge
Trojan horse - ANSWERS--Hides as benign application; do not
replicate themselves
Record Linkage - ANSWERS--Linking info from external data sources,
such as death certificates, with existing records
Record Consolidation - ANSWERS--Linking multiple records for same
primary cancer
Semantic Interoperability - ANSWERS--Data having common meaning
Syntactic Interoperability - ANSWERS--Same coding system across
organizations
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Edit programs promote - ANSWERS--Data standardization
Single field edit - ANSWERS--One data field at a time
Inter-field edits - ANSWERS--Compare code for one data item with
codes recorded for other data items
Inter-record Edit - ANSWERS--Compare data on more than one
record
ANIS - ANSWERS--American National Standards Institute; safeguards
the integrity of assessment systems for health information standard
HISPC - ANSWERS--Health Information Security and Privacy; privacy
and security challenges with electronic health exchange; multistate
HIPPA Physical Safegaurd - ANSWERS--Controlling physical access
HIPPA Administrative Safegaurds - ANSWERS--Written set of policies
HIPPA Technical safegaurds - ANSWERS--Control access to computer
systems