{"title":"Letter from the Editor.","authors":"Nadine R Walker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of registry management","volume":"51 2","pages":"61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11343434/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142056851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valeria Luna, Brittnee Wirth, Patricia Rios Valenzuela, Michael S Zens, Maria O Celaya, Judy Rees
{"title":"Evaluation of Melanoma and Bladder Cancers in New Hampshire to Identify Registrar Training Needs.","authors":"Valeria Luna, Brittnee Wirth, Patricia Rios Valenzuela, Michael S Zens, Maria O Celaya, Judy Rees","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The New Hampshire State Cancer Registry (NHSCR) conducts recoding audits as resources allow to identify areas for quality improvement. Utilizing the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) data quality evaluation (DQE) framework, the NHSCR conducted a selective recoding audit for melanoma of skin and bladder cancers diagnosed in 2018 to identify challenges and implement training for hospital registrars.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The DQE can help determine whether central registries need to incorporate additional training for their reporters.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The NHSCR performed a recoding audit on random samples of melanomas of skin and urinary bladder cancers diagnosed in 2018. The audit included a review of data items with the lowest accuracy found on the national DQE and 3 additional data items recommended for review based on the national DQE findings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Accuracy rates were calculated on the quality of data items after performing follow-back to reporting sources to address discrepancies that were identified. Data items for melanomas of skin included tumor size summary, date of first course treatment, and treatment summary-surgery of primary site. Data items for urinary bladder cancers included grade clinical and grade pathological. The 3 additional data items include diagnosis date, histology, and date of first surgical procedure.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Results from the recoding audit will be used to address training needs for New Hampshire cancer registrars.</p>","PeriodicalId":39246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of registry management","volume":"51 3","pages":"121-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11781285/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143081380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multifaceted Education Training Toward Data Quality.","authors":"Kim Acree, Sue Min Lai, Sarma Garimella","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of registry management","volume":"51 3","pages":"127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11781281/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143081388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Journal of Registry Management</i> Continuing Education Quiz-SUMMER 2024: SURVEY OF SATISFACTION AND UTILITY OF AN APPLICATION TO FIND INCONSISTENCIES IN TRAUMA REGISTRY DATA.","authors":"Susanna Mitchell, Cari Vida","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>After reading the article and completing the quiz, participants will be able to:</b> Describe the limited research examining data quality in trauma registriesDescribe the registry staff satisfaction with the new data quality applicationUnderstand the method of survey results with 5-point Likert scales and free text responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":39246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of registry management","volume":"51 2","pages":"98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11343428/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142054155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Margaret Gates Kuliszewski, Francis P Boscoe, Victoria L Wagner, Maria J Schymura
{"title":"Health Care Utilization Prior to Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis in Publicly Insured Individuals in New York State.","authors":"Margaret Gates Kuliszewski, Francis P Boscoe, Victoria L Wagner, Maria J Schymura","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Women with early-stage ovarian cancer may be asymptomatic or present with nonspecific symptoms. We examined health care utilization prior to ovarian cancer diagnosis to assess whether women with higher utilization differed in their prognosis and outcomes compared to women with low utilization.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using Medicaid, Medicare, and New York State Cancer Registry data for ovarian cancer cases diagnosed in 2006-2015, we examined selected health care visits that occurred 1-6 months before ovarian cancer diagnosis. We used multivariable-adjusted logistic regression to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs for associations of sociodemographic factors with number of prediagnostic visits and number of visits with tumor characteristics, and Cox proportional hazards regression to examine differences in survival by number of visits.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Women with >5 vs 0 prediagnostic visits were statistically significantly less likely to be diagnosed with distant vs local stage disease (OR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.54-0.96), and women with 3-5 or >5 vs 0 prediagnostic visits had better overall survival (hazard ratio [HR], 0.88; 95% CI, 0.80-0.96 and HR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.83-0.98, respectively). In stratified analyses, the association with improved survival was observed only among cases with regional or distant stage disease.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Women with high health care utilization prior to ovarian cancer diagnosis may have better prognosis and survival, possibly because of earlier detection or better access to care throughout treatment. Women and their health care providers should not ignore symptoms potentially indicative of ovarian cancer and should be persistent in following up on symptoms that do not resolve.</p>","PeriodicalId":39246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of registry management","volume":"51 1","pages":"29-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11178112/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141332109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Congratulations to NCRA on its Golden Anniversary.","authors":"Vicki Nelson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of registry management","volume":"51 1","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11200810/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141461541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rosemarie Clive, Amy Fremgen, Reda J Wilson, Vonetta L Williams, Leah Kiesow, Kathleen Kealey, Herman R Menck, Vicki Nelson, Danette Clark, Nadine R Walker, Cari Vida, Recinda Sherman, Susanna Mitchell
{"title":"<i>JRM</i> Editors Past and Present (1995-2024).","authors":"Rosemarie Clive, Amy Fremgen, Reda J Wilson, Vonetta L Williams, Leah Kiesow, Kathleen Kealey, Herman R Menck, Vicki Nelson, Danette Clark, Nadine R Walker, Cari Vida, Recinda Sherman, Susanna Mitchell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The JRM would like to extend its gratitude to all the editors who guided the journal in its mission to be a voice for the cancer registry community over the decades.</p>","PeriodicalId":39246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of registry management","volume":"51 1","pages":"7-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11178107/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141332107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Planning for the Future.","authors":"April Fritz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[EDITOR's NOTE: The following is being provided to you by NCRA for the sole purpose of convenience. NCRA is not the author of the underlying information in the article and expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability arising from or caused by errors or omissions therein. Visit the provided sources for additional referencing.].</p>","PeriodicalId":39246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of registry management","volume":"51 1","pages":"49-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11178114/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141332111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter from the Editor.","authors":"Nadine R Walker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of registry management","volume":"51 3","pages":"103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11781282/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143081384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successful Education for South Dakota Cancer Registrars.","authors":"Kay Dosch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39246,"journal":{"name":"Journal of registry management","volume":"51 3","pages":"126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11781279/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143081403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}