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State Registry Application Portability Assessment 2005

In 2005, the individual registries funded by the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) wanted to determine what software programs other registries were using. The result was compiled into a report called the State Registry Application Portability Assessment.

This report supports NPCR objectives because it provides individual state and territorial cancer registries with information about the software available to use to collect and process cancer data. The NPCR will use this report to determine how to use software development and support funds more efficiently; software design will continue to follow guidelines developed by the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Inc. (NAACCR, Inc.). The assessment goal was to increase the number of software programs that are compliant with national standards and provided by the CDC to implement the NPCR, established by Public Law 102-515.

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Sample Summaries of Application Assessment Report 2005

Summary of Central Registry Database Management Systems Used by NPCR Members as of June 30, 2006
Database Management Systems Number of Users
CRS Plus 8
Rocky Mountain Cancer Data Systems (RMCDS) 20
Précis Central 3
In House 9
Health Registry Network 4
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc. (IMPAC) 2
Total  46

Abstract Tools Used by Cancer Registries
Abstract Tool Number of Users
Rocky Mountain Cancer Data Systems (RMCDS) 18
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc. (IMPAC) 2
In House 1
Registry Plus 9
Health Registry Network 4
Précis System 3
Other Tools or No Answer 7
Total  44

Geocoding Tools Used by Cancer Registries
Geocoding Tool Number of Users
ArcGIS/ArcView 8
Autostan 1
MatchMaker (TeleAtlas Product) 2
TeleAtlas (TeleAtlas Product) 4
GDT (TeleAtlas Product) 3
Total  18

Spreadsheets Used by Cancer Registries
Spreadsheet Number of Users
Microsoft Excel 42
Lotus Notes 1
Total  43

Online Help Used by Cancer Registries
Online Help Number of Users
Registry Plus 12
Rocky Mountain Cancer Data Systems (RMCDS) 11
Total  23

Record Linkage Tools Used by Cancer Registries
Record Linkage Tool Number of Users
Link Plus 11
Automatch (Automatch code) 9
Integrity (Automatch code) 2
IBM WebSphere (Automatch code) 1
Total  23

Stat/EPI Analysis Tools Being Used by Cancer Registries
Stat/EPI Analysis Tool Number of Users
SAS 27
SEER (stat or prep) 19
SPSS 9
JoinPoint 2
Total  57

E-Mail Clients Used by Cancer Registries
E-Mail Client Number of Users
Microsoft Outlook 19
Lotus Notes 4
Groupwise 13
Other Clients or No Answer 8
Total  44

Operating Systems Used by Cancer Registries
Hardware Operating System Number of Users
Microsoft Windows 31
Linux 1
Unix 1
Total  33

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Page last reviewed: June 21, 2007
Page last updated: June 21, 2007
Content source: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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