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 (PDF-511KB).
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.
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 |
| Rocky Mountain Cancer Data Systems (RMCDS) |
20 |
| In House |
9 |
| CRS Plus |
8 |
| Health Registry Network |
4 |
| Précis Central |
3 |
| 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 |
| Registry Plus |
9 |
| Health Registry Network |
4 |
| Précis System |
3 |
| IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc. (IMPAC) |
2 |
| In House |
1 |
| Other Tool or No Answer |
7 |
| Total |
44 |
| Geocoding Tools Used by Cancer Registries | |
| Geocoding Tool |
Number of Users |
| ArcGIS/ArcView |
8 |
| TeleAtlas (TeleAtlas Product) |
4 |
| GDT (TeleAtlas Product) |
3 |
| MatchMaker (TeleAtlas Product) |
2 |
| Autostan |
1 |
| 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 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 |
| Groupwise |
13 |
| Lotus Notes |
4 |
| Other Client 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 |
