疾病预防控制中心's National Program of Cancer Registries
挑战
The paper-based data collection process on cancer data produced slow and sometimes inaccurate results, making the search for a cure more difficult.
解决方案
Designed a tech-forward system that efficiently collects data on cancer from 49 states and territories with completeness and accuracy.
结果
政策 makers and researchers can now make timely, data-informed decisions regarding patient care due to high quality standardized cancer data.
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集成
The battle against cancer affects millions of people. However, gathering timely and accurate data to track cancer's course in the U.S. 可以帮助. ICF partners with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (疾病预防控制中心) to monitor the diagnoses, 频率, 位置, and treatments of cancer so researchers, doctors and policymakers can better understand how to fight it. We created the National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS), the largest population-based disease surveillance system in the U.S., which processes cancer-related data from 49 states and territories.
The web-based system handles millions of secure patient records and quality checks the data to ensure completeness and accuracy. NPCR-CSS collects thousands of files of information on cancer patients and their treatments so when aggregated and analyzed in mass, it can answer questions like "What region is breast cancer most prevalent?" "How many people are diagnosed with brain cancer?" "What types of cancer are most prevalent in the US?" The information is then published in the annual U.S. Cancer Statistics report, helping inform scientists all over the world in the battle against cancer.