CIM 200 - Registry Organization and Operations

Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
This course provides an introduction to cancer registry organization and operations. Emphasis is placed on the basic knowledge of the types and purpose of cancer registries, standard-setting organizations, and the legal and ethical issues surrounding a cancer registry. Students will also learn the basic daily operations of a cancer registry. These processes include identification of cases, coding, maintaining quality, as well as lifetime follow-up and the role these elements play in providing data for analysis. The focus will be on case eligibility requirements for state and national standards as well as the voluntary standards for accredited cancer programs of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC). The importance of cancer committees, cancer conferences and quality monitoring will be reviewed.

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C- in CSC 116 and BIO 173.
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Explain the purpose of disease registries and disease surveillance.
Differentiate between the various types of cancer registries.
Comply with applicable laws, regulations and policies regarding confidentiality, release of information, use of medical records and research.
Comply with ethical standards affecting the cancer registry.
Ensure program compliance with state/provincial and national registry rules, regulations and standards.
Define staff roles and responsibilities.
Define operational requirements.
Document operational requirements.
Facilitate discussion of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines, prognostic indicators and options for clinical trial participation.
Resolve single field, inter-field, and inter-record edit errors.