SEER MANAGER MEETING AGENDA
ALBUQUERQUE, NM

Tuesday, March 15, 2016
8:00-8:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:15	Introductions- History of the New Mexico Tumor Registry (Chuck Wiggins)
9:15-10:00	New Mexico Tumor Registry- coverage area, challenges, software, Training (Ginger Williams, Liz Ramirez- Valdez, Cisco Martinez and Barbara Evans)
10:00-10:30	Break
10:30-11:00	PSA Audit results; plans for additional audits. Outline process improvement recommendations to correct issues identified. Q&A (NCI/SEER Staff)
11:00-11:30	Results of the building block Reliability study and plans for future reliability studies (Anne Noone)
11:30-12:00	MP/H Demo (Manual and Database) and Q&A (NCI/SEER Staff)
12:00-1:00	Lunch on your own
1:00-2:00	Rocky in the Hot Seat -- Given that only 3 of 18 registries were able achieve the Completeness Estimate for 2012 cases, can SEER explain why the criteria for establishing this benchmark is still valid to support its use in the DQP? Did these 3 registries also meet this benchmark for the data years 2010, 2011, 2012? Is there anything particular about those registries that enable them to meet the benchmarks while others could not? (Rocky Feuer)
2:00-2:30	TNM - What are the implications of using UICC instead of AJCC? How to operationalize the collection and consolidation of TNM in a SEER Registry? What are the expectations from SEER? (NCI/SEER staff)
2:30-2:50	Break
2:50-3:50	2016 additional data items (other than TNM) -- What does SEER expect? What issues do the registries see in the collection of these data items? (NCI-SEER Staff)
3:50-4:00	DQP awards (Peggy Adamo)
4:00-5:00	IMS Roundtable: Provide an overview of the current Roadmap and include as part of the discussion whether past wish list items are still valid with a high priority and how IMS can help with treatment collection
5:00	Adjourn
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
8:00-8:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00	PI welcome and Bob Croyle’s update
9:05-12:00	Registry Forum Topics - 5 to 10 minute presentations/discussions (with 15 minute break)
	Registry Topic Utah Abrevio software beta testing- SuAnn McFadden Seattle What You Can’t Find, You Have to Raise -- Seattle’s “How To” Guide To Raising a CTR -Jennifer Hafterson New Mexico Abstract review process- Laine Suggs New Jersey "Improving the completeness, timeliness, and quality of hospital reporting in New Jersey." Stephanie Hill Louisiana Innovative approaches to improve quality of data- Mei-Chin Hsieh Kentucky 'CoC quality of care measures with population data' Frances Ross Iowa Benefits of Iowa staff participation in the annual College of Public Health Epi Masters program course titled: Surveillance Mechanisms and Applications: Cancer and other Registries Hawaii TBD- Michael Green Georgia The Georgia Abstractor Registration System for annually monitoring and tracking all abstractors in the state (accountability makes a difference) Kevin Ward Detroit TNM Training for staff- Nancy Lozon Connecticut Use of Accurint/LexisNexis and steps to obtain account California - Los Angeles Quality Control and Quality Improvement Training for CSP Staff- Mari Carlos California - Greater Bay Audits and Re-Audits- Kathleen Davidson-Allen California - Greater Standardizing document management in a paperless office- Marta Induni Alaska Case finding in Alaska- Teri Schade