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Modeling Electronic Reporting Project (NPCRMERP)
The National Program of Cancer RegistriesModeling Electronic Reporting Project (NPCRMERP) is a collaborative effort to develop a model for sending data from clinical electronic health records (EHR) to hospital and state cancer registries. The NPCRMERP models will help cancer registration experts develop a plan to enable cancer registries to obtain most cancer data electronically, producing more complete, timely, and accurate cancer surveillance data. A plan will help organize the limited resources available to cancer registries around a consensus set of national priorities. The latest version of the models, UML diagrams, and use case documents is available in CyberView, a Web-based presentation tool that opens in a new browser window. CyberView provides a refined view of cancer registry processes to help the day-to-day efficiency of operations. PurposeThe purpose of the project is to develop a model—including guidelines, recommendations, and diagramsthat NPCR can use to demonstrate the potential of electronic cancer registry reporting by
The objective of the project is to develop a blueprint for electronic reporting that will allow cancer registries to receive most data electronically. ScopeThe NPCR–MERP will focus on all current and potential data sources for the hospital and central cancer registry levels. NPCR–MERP focused on hospitals as a first priority because the majority of cancer data are received from this source. We thought electronic reporting of hospital data would improve the timeliness, completeness, and quality of cancer surveillance data reported at the state and national levels. Other sources, such as pathology and physicians' offices, will be addressed as well. The NPCR–MERP scope diagram is a simple flow diagram that identifies the multiple data sources in a ranked order, based on the quantity of useful data that are available and reported to the central cancer registry. This diagram provides a simplified high-level view of the project scope for the hospital and central cancer registry levels. ModelsNPCR–MERP models describe best practices for electronic reporting of cancer data, as defined by representatives of the cancer registry community (see Participants.) Models are available for online display or download through CyberView, a popup application that offers several ways to browse through the models:
RationaleThe project addresses the President's health initiative to implement an EHR within 10 years. NPCRMERP will allow the cancer surveillance community to contribute to developing and implementing tools that use the EHR. Several activities play a role in moving the President's initiative forward, including
NPCRMERP ListservMembers of the cancer surveillance community can become actively involved in developing and refining the models through our listserv. This listserv provides information and requests comments on specific NPCRMERP topics. If you would like to join the NPCRMERP Listserv, please send e-mail. ParticipantsCDC's National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) led NPCRMERP during Phase I, with the Virginia Commonwealth University's Health System (VCUHS),* the Virginia Department of Health Central Cancer Registry (VCR),* and the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program. In Phase II, additional partners include
A number of organizations are participating in project activities, including
StandardsNPCRMERP uses widely accepted data and technical standards and protocols. The models developed in this project will use industry standard messages and vocabularies so they can be used across the cancer surveillance community. The project will review the standards and informatics initiatives listed below.
*Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
Page last reviewed: January 13, 2009
Page last updated: January 13, 2009 Content source: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
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