Mountain View, CA, May 17, 2001
IMPAC Medical Systems,
Inc. and the National Cancer Registrars Association’s (NCRA)
Journal of Registry Management (JRM) are proud to announce the
recipients of the annual IMPAC-JRM Best Paper Award. IMPAC and JRM
have teamed up on this annual award to recognize authors published
in the journal during the year 2000. The awards will be presented
to the first authors of the two prize-winning papers during NCRA's
Annual Education Conference, May 24-26, 2001, in Orlando, Florida.
Five former NCRA presidents served on the selection committee:
Steve Roffers, Gayle Clutter, Carol Hutchison, Connie Grace, and
Martha Oliva. They felt the winning papers best exemplified the
professional nature of medical registries and were significant
additions to the body of knowledge dealing with medical registry
work.
The Best Paper Award was won by “Establishment of a cancer
registry in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan” published in the February
2000 issue of JRM. It was written by Teresa G. Hayes, MD, PhD,
Leif E. Peterson, MD, Sara Rozin, MS, Patricia Tesch, CTR., Irina
Volguina, PhD, Gadulmanap Abeev, MD, and Armin D. Weinberg, PhD.
“Introducing ICD-O-3: Impact of the New Edition” published in the
November 2000 issue won the Honorable Mention Award. It was
written by April Fritz, RHIT, CTR, and Constance Percy.
“The award is granted to authors publishing the highest quality
papers addressing topics which are significant to registry
professionals,” states Amy Fremgen, PhD, CTR, and Editor of
Journal of Registry Management. “We are proud to partner with
IMPAC on this award and are looking forward to honoring the
recipients at the NCRA conference.”
“IMPAC is honored to sponsor the IMPAC-JRM Best Paper award,”
states Donna Getreuer, RN, MSN, CTR, and IMPAC’s Senior Product
Manager for Cancer Registry Systems. “We are dedicated to the
JRM’s commitment to acknowledge authors for their exemplary work
in the field of medical registry.”
The National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) is the
professional organization of those in the cancer registration and
surveillance discipline. NCRA advances professional development by
providing educational opportunities for continuous learning. NCRA
promotes accurate, timely data as mandated by federal and state
law for cancer research and other uses of clinical data. NCRA's
liaisons provide representation to other professional, government
and non-profit organizations that may impact the cancer registry
profession, cancer control and surveillance. The following
objectives address this mission.
IMPAC
Medical Systems, Inc. is the leading provider of integrated
clinical and administrative management systems for cancer
specialists. Specializing in the development of practice
management, electronic medical record, image management and
decision support software, IMPAC offers practical solutions that
help healthcare providers better manage the process of delivering
care. IMPAC is privately held and is based in Mountain View,
Calif. Founded in 1990; IMPAC systems are utilized by over 20,000
clinicians to manage the daily care of more than 50,000 cancer
patients. For more information about IMPAC Medical Systems’
products and services, please call 650-623-8800 or visit
http://www.impac.com. |
