The Cancer Patient Data Management System (CPDMS) is a comprehensive, web-based tumor registry system developed by the Kentucky Cancer Registry (KCR) at the University of Kentucky, with development starting in 1990. It is designed for hospital-based cancer registries to collect, manage, and analyze information related to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. The system is a fully functioning tumor registry that meets or exceeds all requirements for major national cancer standards.
Key Features and Capabilities
- Data Abstracting and Coding: Supports the detailed abstracting and coding of all reportable cancer and neoplasm cases.
- Centralized Web-Based Management: As a web-based application, the software resides on secure KCR servers, eliminating the need for individual hospitals to maintain and update the software locally.
- Patient Follow-up and Monitoring: Enables hospitals to monitor, analyze, and follow cancer patients over time, recording data on medical intervention and health status.
- Data Analysis Tools: Provides analytic tools to perform descriptive and comparative statistics, including mean, standard deviation, frequency distribution, z-test, t-test, and chi square.
- Data Output and Exchange: Allows users to generate data output files for external reporting, such as the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) call for data and the Rapid Quality Reporting System (RQRS).
- Relational Database: Utilizes a fully relational database design, assigning a unique system-generated identification number to link all records for a patient.
Target Users and Compliance
CPDMS is primarily used by hospital cancer registries and registrars in health care facilities that diagnose or treat cancer patients. The system is compliant with and adheres to the rules and regulations specified by HIPAA. It meets or exceeds all tumor registry requirements for the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) Commission on Cancer (CoC), the National Cancer Institute's SEER Program, and the reporting requirements of the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR).