Texas Training - Infowhat? A Brief Discussion on the Application of Informatics in Community-Based Hospital Registry and a NCI-designated Cancer Registry

Kelly Merriman, PhD, MPH, ODS (moderator) will be joined by panelist Jennifer Brown, BS, CIO, ODS, Manager, Cancer Registry, Riverside Health System and Sherita Hearn, MPH, ODS, Oncology Data Manager, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University Hospital to discuss the differences between a community-based hospital registry and a NCI-designated cancer registry. 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the similarities/differences between the community-based hospital cancer registry and the NCIdesignated cancer registry.
• Review the current state of informatics in both the communitybased hospital cancer registry and the NCI-designated cancer registry.
• Where are the opportunities for informatics in these systems?