Mapper Plus Features and Future Plans

Version 2.02.00 — New Features

• First release version

Features

• Imports HL7 2.3.1 message files to build a pathology lab database storing selected HL7 data elements as discrete data items in database tables.
• Import message files manually or configure to poll and import files from the PHIN MS import queue.
• Includes customizable table of terms to find and mark reportable cases.
• Built-in NegEx algorithm with customizable tables of negation terms to exclude non-reportable cases.
• Creates abstracts from pathology reports and export them in the NAACCR format.
• Automatic conversion during import of several coded data items from the HL7 standard to the NAACCR standard.
• Customizable workbench screen to display HL7 messages and abstracts side-by-side allowing users to code site and morphology by reviewing the pathology report text.
• Allows override of SearchTerm/Negex decisions about reportability.
• Allows override of NAACCR data item values inserted into the abstracts.
• Supports Microsoft^® SQL Server and Access databases.

Future Plans

• Add capability to suggest site and histology codes in the workbench screen.
• Add support for Sybase^® and Oracle^® databases.

The Mapper Plus Development Priority List is a list of development tasks prioritized by the NPCR Registry Plus development team. Each task is the direct result of meetings with the Registry Plus User Group (RPUG) as well as requests from individual cancer registries and leaders in the cancer registry field. For more information on Registry Plus or RPUG, please contact cancerinfo@cdc.gov.

Completed Tasks
Released version 3.02 beta to support Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, and Oracle databases
Added capability to import pathology report files in ASCII pipe-delimited format
Added function to auto-code site, histology, and behavior
Remaining Task	Priority	Percentage Completed
Refine the auto-code feature by using separate search terms for filtering and auto-coding	1	0%