36th Annual WCRA Fall Conference
When:
Thursday October 6, 2011 – Friday October 7, 2011
Where:
Plaza Hotel & Suites
Wausau WI
Hosted by Aspirus Regional Cancer Registry
More Information to come…………
CTR Job Opening in St. Paul
United Hospital in St Paul, MN, has a current almost full-time opening for a CTR or someone eligible to get a CTR in the next two years. It is a .9 (36 hrs a week) duties shared with United Hospital and River Falls Area hospital cancer registries/Oncology Data Services..We are part of Allina Hospitals & Clinics. Most of the work could be done at either facility, with several days a month at the other facility. the position # is 426597 at www.allina.com or www.Unitedhospital.com or the following link direct to the posting:
http://psrecruit.allina.com/psp/apply/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_HM_PRE&Action=A&SiteId=2
Contact phone: Allina Recruitment Center: 612-262-4590 (local) 866-456-4567 (toll-free)
WCRA Business Meeting Minutes 10/07/2010
WCRA Business Meeting Minutes
35th Annual WCRA Fall Conference
Hosted by: Aurora Health Care
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Wauwatosa, WI
October 7, 2010
Meeting called to order 3:45pm
No Old Business
New Business
- Election results announced-This was our first electronic vote via the new website with
greater than 50% of the members voting resulting in the majority of vote. All votes were tallied separately by each member of the bylaws committee and then compared with the following results:
New officers as follows:
President-Jennifer Zahn
Vice President-Janet Wyrick
Secretary-Jill Woller
Treasurer-Nancy Sonnleitner
- New CTR’s announced with plaques presented:
Louise Markisen
Jill Woller
Lizbeth Best-Gell
Elizabeth Stachowiak
Gina Spaid
- Officer Reports
- Secretary minutes distributed from June, 2010, Executive Committee meeting (See Attachment)
1) Addendum: Name changes from minutes corrected
2) Approval of minutes: Approved
- Treasurers reports distributed (See Attachment)
1) Discussion to post on secure website will be discussed at future Executive Committee meetings
2) CD has been renewed for 13 month term w/ $11 per month fee. Janet Cook discussed getting this fee waived as we should not be charged this.
Nancy will call the bank and investigate
- Current Membership for 2010: 68 members
- Motion to strike Article 3, Section 1, Part B of bylaw will now be: Member or Non-member
- Request for Website Committee nominees: Janet Wyrick & Gina Spaid have volunteered
- 2011 Conference will be held in Wausau & hosted by Janet Wyrick & Shondel Hansen. 2012 Conference will be held in Green Bay & hosted by Sara Biese & Nancy Sonnleitner
- Thank you to hosting facility and special thanks to: Natasha Stanic, Cindy Ganzel, & Mary Kissinger
- Raffle baskets were donated by hosting facility and all who contributed were thanked
- Social hour announced to follow this meeting at Moe’s and sponsored by Regassist, Inc. Thank you to Trisha Urbaniak
With no further business this meeting was adjourned @ 4:15pm
Respectfully submitted by,
Tiffany Johnson
Secretary
Web Survey
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References and Tools
For current Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System updates click on the following link: www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/wcrs/reporterinfo.htm
Web Sites: Manuals Needed for Required Reporting
Please bookmark or download the following sites for assistance in completing cases for state reporting:
Collaborative Stage Manual
http://www.cancerstaging.org/cstage/manuals.html
Scroll to ‘Manual’ – choose the option to download the complete staging manual. Use this manual to complete the Collaborative Stage (CS) fields required (and recommended) for reporting.
Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules
http://www.seer.cancer.gov/tools/mphrules/download.html
Scroll to ‘Complete Manual’ – Download the complete manual with the latest updates. Use this coding manual to determine the number of reports needed to complete for each case.
Data Collection of Primary Central Nervous System Tumors
http://seer.cancer.gov/tools/mphrules/benign_brain.html
Use this manual to determine reportability and correct coding for benign brain and CNS tumors (reportable to WCRS beginning 1/1/2004).
Site-specific surgery information
http://www.facs.org/cancer/coc/fordsmanual.htmlFrom this site, scroll down the page and select Appendix B – site specific surgery codes. This will help you identify the correct surgery options for individual sites and choose the correct code when abstracting electronically.
AbstractPlus, the data entry program, is a stand-alone executable and is already available to any facility interested in “going electronic” prior to the 1/1/09 deadline. Please contact Lu Ann Hahn to obtain the software. Prior to the deadline you will need to provide your IT staff with the program hardware specifications to ensure your facility is capable of using this system. Please make sure this is done as soon as possible to allow your IT staff enough time to provide you with the proper access and hardware/software if your computer does not currently meet the required specifications.
AbstractPlus Specifications
RegistryPlus programs are written for the Microsoft® Windows® 32-bit environment installed on an Intel® Pentium® or Pentium-compatible computer. The minimum hardware requirements are the same as those of the Microsoft Windows operating system used. Additional system requirements include:
· Microsoft operating system from Windows 98 through Windows XP
· 128 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
· Latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer (recommended) The available hard-disk space requirement for Abstract Plus depends on the number of abstracts that will be used. A minimum of 70 MB of free hard drive space is required.
WebPlus, the data submission software and soon to be required submission platform, is not yet available but will be ready for testing soon with implementation by the October state-wide rollout. Currently electronic data can be submitted via CRS Main Line, an email-based data encryption and compression program developed for WCRS in 2003. Contact Lu Ann Hahn to order a copy. This program will be discontinued once WebPlus is fully operational.
RegistryPlus On Line Help, the help feature included in AbstractPlus and WebPlus, is also available as a stand-alone program from CDC. It can be downloaded for free from the following Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/tools/
For more information on AbstractPlus, WebPlus or RegistryPlus On-Line Help please visit the CDC/NPCR Web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/tools/
SEER RX Online
Not sure if the drug listed in the patient chart is cancer-directed? Experimental? Hormone therapy? Chemotherapy? SEER Rx online look up provides the information you need to help determine the correct drug category and its reportability. It can be downloaded for free at http://seer.cancer.gov/tools/seerrx/