Unit 3 IP Types of Data and Registries - Medical Records

Unit 3 IP Types of Data and Registries - Medical Records

What is a cancer registry

A Cancer Registry is an organization that collects data about incidences of cancer , the various parts and types of cancer , the staging of cancer at the time of diagnosis and the management of the patient The registry would collect information from various healthcare centers including hospitals , physician practices , radiation centers , surgical homes , pathology laboratories , etc , and accordingly process the data and use it for several purposes . The main aim of setting up a cancer registry is

to help prevent cancers from occurring . Risky behavior such as tobacco smoking , alcoholism , unsafe sex , etc , may increase the risk of developing several forms of cancer . Better means of identifying the cancers and screening the patients can also be devised using the information . Various research studies in cancer are centered on the efforts of the cancer registry . The local cancer registry would monitor the cancer patterns occurring in a given population and report the same to higher cancer registries . All cancer control programs would be planned , implemented and evaluated by the cancer registry . The cancer registry would also allocate appropriate resources for cancer control and management programs , based on the priorities (Medicine Net , 2004 How does a national cancer registry function

In the US , the national cancer registries are being managed by the CDC since the year 1994 . This program is helping the cancer registries to improve their facilities , meet standards and quality levels , use the data to develop...