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What Abstractors will love about SEER*Abs. Keyboard-friendly Abstract editor with. lookups. single field and inter-fields edits. next field auto-forwarding when max length is reached. auto-completion based on configurable word list. field documentation.
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What Abstractors will love about SEER*Abs • Keyboard-friendly Abstract editor with • lookups • single field and inter-fields edits • next field auto-forwarding when max length is reached • auto-completion based on configurable word list • field documentation (if race1 set to 99 then set other races to 99) • inter-field triggers • Worklist • Abstractor's list of things to do • advanced search and sorting capabilities • can be customized for the registry
What Abstractors will love about SEER*Abs (con't) • Easy synchronization with Central Registry to • update Worklist • import Reference Data from data files or directly from the registry database • export abstracts and other records in files or upload the new records directly into the registry database • NAACCR, SEER and other coding manuals available within the application
What IT staff will love about SEER*Abs • Uses common configuration techniques (XML, Groovy) for • screen layouts in data entry • synchronization scripts • worklist layout • reference data search • Can be configured to create any record type (not only abstracts) and to extract those records using any file layout • Distributed with template scripts and layouts • Can be configured once and installed to many laptops
What IT staff will love about SEER*Abs (con't) • Default release contains, among other things, • NAACCR 11.3 layouts and corresponding scripts • official documentation for all NAACCR fields • SEER Edits package • Support for NAACCR 12 is on its way: • updated layout and scripts will support new key features: • longer text fields • date flags • collaborative stage extra input fields • NAACCR 12 layout/scripts will be available with version 2
Timeline • limited release in May 2009 • Hawaii Tumor Registry, Alaska Native Tumor Registry and the Cherokee Nation Cancer Program plan to begin using SEER*Abs in production this year. Manuals can be downloaded at www.seer.cancer.gov/seerabs Contact Information seerabs@imsweb.com