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Tumor Registry
In 1989, NorthMain Radiation Oncology
made a commitment to develop an in-house, custom-designed
Tumor Registry. The registry was designed from the start
to be “outcome based,” not “incidence-based.”
Data entry, quality control and maintenance are provided
by a Certified Tumor Registrar.
All of our patients from January 1, 1987
are abstracted and entered into the Registry. As of August
2005 there are 22,798 patients with 23,628 tumors in the
system. Monthly, quarterly and yearly reports are produced
for the staff. Special projects are produced as requested
by the in-house staff. Requests for data from outside the
practice are routinely received, and within the constraints
of patient confidentiality, are efficiently produced.
The system is designed to allow physicians, nurses or other healthcare professionals to produce reports and complex analyses rapidly, on-demand. We find that the speed and ease of use of the system encourages us to ask clinical questions that might not otherwise be asked. In fact, we have used Registry analyses to modify and improve certain treatment protocols.
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