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Pathologists have the ability to report positive cancer cases to the state registry. When the State Registry Reporting switch is selected (yes) in their Physician Security, page 3, a prompt will display at the time of electronically signing cancer cases to report/send signed positive cancer reports to the state registry. Please see the Table Maintenance - Control User Guide for information regarding the State Registry Reporting control switch.

 

The Edit option must be selected prior to save/signing the report for the prompt to appear.

 

After Save/Sign has been selected in Microsoft® Word and the passphrase has been applied, a prompt will display the following:

 

Would you like to send this as a Cancer Reportable?

Send results for:

Patient: [Patient Name]

Visit #: [Patient Account Number]

Case Number: [Pathology Case Number]

Case Type: [Pathology Case Type]

Specimen Type: [Pathology Specimen Type]

Order #: [Pathology Case Order Number]

 

To send, select OK.

 

•Select OK to send the electronically signed positive cancer report to the state registry.

 

•Select CANCEL to prevent the electronically signed cancer report from being sent to the state registry.