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Honoring the Role of Cancer Registrars<br />
in Cancer Prevention, Treatment and Research Programs<br />
Cancer registrars observed the 15th<br />
annual National Cancer Registrars<br />
Week, April 11-15, with the theme<br />
Cancer Registrars Pave the Way to a<br />
Cure.<br />
Cancer registrars are data information<br />
specialists who collect and code<br />
patient-level data for cancer registries.<br />
The registries provide essential information<br />
to healthcare providers to better<br />
monitor and improve cancer treatment,<br />
research, prevention and screening.<br />
“Quality cancer data is central to the<br />
nation’s fight against cancer and cancer<br />
registrars are the first link in capturing<br />
that data. National Cancer Registrars<br />
Week provides an opportunity to<br />
acknowledge the central role registrars<br />
play in the research, treatment and<br />
prevention of cancer,” noted NCRA<br />
president Susan M. Koering, MEd,<br />
RHIA, CTR.<br />
“I would like to acknowledge<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Vincent’s Registry <strong>St</strong>aff for their<br />
dedication to capturing accurate,<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Vincent’s Cancer Registrars are (L-R): Barbara Anderson, Barbara Dearmon,<br />
Eva Caraway, and Sharon Rolle.<br />
quality and timely cancer data. Our<br />
department has excelled in meeting all<br />
cancer incidence reporting requirements<br />
by the Florida Cancer Data <strong>System</strong>s in<br />
a timely fashion and has received the<br />
Jean Byers Memorial Award from the<br />
<strong>St</strong>ate for excellence in cancer registration<br />
three years in a row,” said Barbara<br />
Dearmon, BS, CTR, manager of<br />
Oncology Data Services. “Cancer<br />
Registrars are vital to healthcare<br />
organizations which positively affect<br />
cancer patient care and the<br />
community we serve.”<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Vincent’s <strong>Health</strong>Care<br />
In the News<br />
By Ilyssa Trussel<br />
Media Relations/Marketing Coordinator<br />
As the new Media Relations/Marketing Coordinator for <strong>St</strong>. Vincent’s <strong>Health</strong>Care,<br />
I serve as the media contact for local newspapers, magazines and radio and TV<br />
stations. I am quickly learning there is an abundance of “good stories” at our<br />
facilities. In an effort to make sure those good stories get told, I am actively<br />
pitching stories to the media in order to maximize our exposure in the community.<br />
If you know about new procedures, pieces of technology or research happening<br />
at our facilities, please contact me at 308-7968 or ilyssa.trussel@jaxhealth.com.<br />
We can all be a part of making sure our “good stories” are getting told!<br />
Ilyssa Trussel<br />
4 MAY 2011
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