Intelligent Abstraction
Manual abstraction is yesterday’s news.Real-time data demands smarter tools. Concurrent abstracting demands constant input from pathology, imaging, surgery, radiation, medical oncology, disease index, and EHRs. (Palis et al, Ann Surg Oncol, 2024). No manual workflow can keep up with the real-time demands of oncology healthcare today. That is why automation is the enabler. AI-driven intelligent abstraction […]
Abstracting That Moves With the Patient
Cancer case abstracting is not linear.It should move with the patient. For decades, cancer registry abstracting has been linear, cases stacking up, abstracts finalized months after diagnosis, and data delivered after the patient’s treatment was complete. This retrospective approach has created reporting delays, backlogs, and stale information that can no longer influence care. Concurrent abstracting […]Automation Ends Busy Work for the ODS
Automation ends busy work.Cancer Registrars become strategic partners. One of the biggest misconceptions about automation in the cancer registry is that it eliminates the cancer registrar’s role. In reality, it amplifies it. Automation takes on much of the repetitive, time-consuming tasks—casefinding, pre-abstraction, and follow-up—so cancer registrars can focus on higher-value work. That higher-value work is […]Is Your Cancer Data Facing Forward?
Cancer care is driven by data.Is your data in the rearview mirror? Too often, cancer registry data is treated as a reporting tool—something to satisfy regulations or meet accreditation. But its potential is far greater, especially when automation integrates it with other data sources. Imagine predicting which lung cancer patients are at risk of delayed […]Quality Gaps Risk Patient Safety
Gaps in quality put patients at risk.What if gaps were flagged in real-time? Tracking compliance with quality standards is one of the cancer registrar’s most important tasks. Benchmarks from the ACoS, CAP, NCCN, QOPI, and CMS are far more than check-the-box requirements—they are tied directly to treatment outcomes, best practices, healthcare disparity, and provider and […]
Incomplete Data Weakens Outcomes
Incomplete data tells incomplete stories.Missing pieces weaken outcomes! A cancer registry is more than a database—it is the cornerstone of how cancer patients are diagnosed and treated. But what happens when pieces of that story are missing? A pathology report never entered. An outpatient therapy not coded. A recurrence found on the medical disease index […]
Delayed Data is Wasted Data
Data delayed is wasted data.What if you could take action today? In cancer care, time is the most precious resource. Every delay in diagnosis, treatment, or reporting impacts outcomes, strains resources and decreases opportunities for timely intervention. Yet in many cancer registries, casefinding and abstracting data is not collected in real-time and results in stale […]