Abstract Plus Features and Future Plans

New Abstract Plus Features (Version 2.3.1)

• Microsoft Access 2000 compatible
• Improved menus
• Expanded and improved screen options
• Allows for creation of configurations, which pair a display type and edit set
• Configuration remains active until another is selected
• Directory selection for database, backup, and restore
• Multilanguage capability (Spanish and French)
• Able to create sections, used to group display fields
• Expanded exporting options
• Expanded print options
• Keyboard navigation capabilities are expanded
• Added site-specific Collaborative Staging (CS) and surgery code lookups
• Automatically upgrades via the Internet
• All Registry Plus products will undergo professional usability evaluations that will focus on overall product interface standardization and usability enhancements

Historical Capabilities and Features

• The data set can be customized to meet local needs including locally-defined variables.
• The output of Abstract Plus is an electronic abstract in the format of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) data exchange layout.
• The NAACCR edits are tightly integrated into Abstract Plus, allowing standard editing and error correction online.
• Abstract Plus includes Registry Plus Online Help, a collection of standard coding manuals that are cross-referenced, indexed, and context-linked to minimize the need for reference to printed manuals during abstracting.
• Abstract Plus can be distributed free of charge to cancer reporting facilities in a state.
• Although the product is not designed to include all functionality needed in an approved hospital cancer registry, it is suitable for reporting from non-registry hospitals, clinics, laboratories, and other sources for cancer incident reports.
• Abstract Plus can also be configured for special-purpose data collection.

Future Plans

The NPCR Registry Plus development team is continually enhancing applications as required to meet the changing needs of the NPCR and the greater cancer registry community. The Abstract 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
Added and tested new EDITS (Microsoft Windows version) DLL (version 2.0.2.0)
Added updated NAACCR 11.2 features to Online Help Users' Guide
Added and tested enhancements with latest CS DLL (version 010401), NAACCR 11.2 metafile layout
Released Abstract Plus version 2.0 and retired version 1.x
Released Abstract Plus User and Administrator Training Manuals
Added Collaborative Staging Site-Specific Factors name to picklist
Remaining Task	Priority	Percentage Completed
Support customized installations and issues for up to the latest version (2.3.1)	1	90%
Convert to .NET	2	90%
Add re-abstracting audit features (version 3.0)	3	90%
Add SQL Server multi-user capabilities (version 3.0)	4	20%
Perform a professional usability evaluation for interface standardization	5	0%

Completed Tasks
Released Spanish Abstract Plus NAACCR layout 9 on CDC and UICC Web sites
Customized for additional Latin American countries providing locale information; provided utility for locale to edit locale tables
Remaining Task	Priority	Percentage Completed
Advanced training of administrative options	1	90%
Publish Frequently Asked Questions page on Spanish Web site	2	75%
Translate Online Help User's Guide	3	0%
Additional translations for NAACCR layout 10.2	4	0%
Additional translations for NAACCR layout 11	5	0%

Remaining Task	Priority	Percentage Completed
Translate needed text for NAACCR layout 11.2	1	85%
Beta test customized installation	2	0%
Release customized installation on Web site	3	0%
Additional translations for NAACCR layout 11.2	4	50%