Unlock Insights With CRStar's Comprehensive Treatment Distribution Reporting
February 4, 2025
Did you know that the CRStar Cancer Registry platform offers a powerful Treatment Distribution Report? This feature-rich canned report provides five reports in one, utilizing a single patient population. The reports include: With flexible customization options, users can tailor reports by site, groups of sites, or across all sites within a specified time frame. Reports […]
The CRStar team recently concluded its 2024 State Registrars Association meeting campaign, and we were thrilled to connect with so many of you. Your dedication to advancing the cancer registry mission and improving outcomes for all cancer patients is truly inspiring. We hope you had the chance to meet our team members at the following […]
ERS is pleased to announce their partnership with Nursenav, a market leader for oncology navigation software, and the integration of their flagship software solutions, CRStar and CONNECT. This integration leverages cancer registry workflows and data collection to support services provided by oncology navigation. The CRStar and CONNECT integration optimizes the central role of the cancer […]
“The skill of resourcefulness is the key to success”…… Author Unknown Here are five very simple resourceful ideas that every cancer registry professional should examine: Develop a strong network of your industry peers Connect with other cancer registrars that you admire and trust. Create a network from your state associations and NCRA. Join social media […]
Does this image depict how you feel when running your registry’s lost to follow-up calculations? One of the most frequently asked support questions we receive is, “Why are my follow-up rates not going up? I have entered new follow-up entries and the lost to follow-up percentage stays the same! HELP!!” Let’s talk about doing monthly […]
Trouble-Free Requests for Data One of my favorite quotes that pertains to cancer data collection is, “Hiding within the mounds of data is knowledge that could change the life of a patient or change the world.” The cancer registry is the one location within the health system that contains the complete “story” of each patient’s […]
What is a dashboard? By definition, a data dashboard is a management tool that visually tracks, analyzes and displays key performance indicator (KPI) metrics and displays vital information about a business, department or other entity. Dashboards collate data from behind the scenes by connecting to a database and then display data analytics in the form […]
Successful networking helps us grow professionally and can uncover hidden possibilities. Here are 7 tips that everyone should know and follow. 1. Prepare an elevator speech When meeting new professional contacts, have an elevator speech ready. This should be a brief summary of what you want people to know about you. Your elevator speech should […]
With more and more registrars working from home today, and administrators wanting to reduce cost and maximize efficiency, facilities are looking at ways to monitor productivity. This can prove troublesome for some registry managers, as registries do not solely abstract cases, each case is individual and requires its own time to be completed. Registrars are […]
Research and Cancer Registry Collaboration Offers More Patients Hope
July 20, 2022
Research and Cancer Registry Collaboration Offers More Patients Hope Is your cancer registry involved with Clinical Trials in your cancer center? Does the clinical trial department understand the value that cancer registry data can hold for them? These are questions we frequently ask and engage in conversations about with our clients. Many times, the power of the […]
Concurrency of Registry Data and it’s Increasing Value for Real Time Decision Making
July 20, 2022
Does your Oncology program struggle with not having access to current data? Do you find it hard to make both clinical and financial decisions? The struggle is real! However things have drastically improved in this area in the last several years. Concurrent cancer registry data collection is becoming the norm and oncology programs nationwide are […]
Working from home is becoming the norm for many cancer registrars. Some work from home 100% of the time and in many cases work for facilities in another state. Other registrars find themselves working from home on certain days and on other days going in to the office for certain activities such as cancer conference, […]
Making Cancer Registry Data Meaningful & Marketable to Grow Your Oncology Program
July 20, 2022
The Cancer Registry is a vast knowledge center that can provide meaningful and insightful data to clinicians, cancer center and hospital administrators and other partners within the oncology world. The data provided can help grow and expand services offered at your facility as well as provide data for research and quality studies. It is very […]