Cancer Registry


Cancer Registry

Cancer registry involves studying how to collect, manage, and analyze data on cancer cases. This includes tracking patient demographics, diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes to identify trends and improve healthcare. Students in this field learn about data management, public health, epidemiology, and cancer research. Cancer registry professionals support cancer prevention, clinical trials, and healthcare policy, playing a key role in improving cancer care and guiding healthcare decisions.

Cancer Registry Accreditation

ODS Eligibility Routes

ODS Eligibility Routes


Students graduating from a CAHIIM-accredited Cancer Registry Management certificate program may qualify for the Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) credential via Route A – Path 2.


Step 1: Education

Students are required to hold, at minimum, an Associate’s Degree in any field or equivalent (60 college-level credits) and to have completed the CAHIIM-accredited certificate program in Cancer Registry Management.

Step 2: Practicum

Upon completion of their coursework, students are eligible to participate in the NCRA-Accredited practicum. Successful completion of the practicum requires passing all core competency assessments.


Step 3: ODS exam


Successful completion of steps 1 and 2 renders students eligible for the ODS credential application. Upon achieving a passing score on the examination, they will be awarded the ODS credential.

Initial Accreditation
timeline for initial accreditation
Curriculum Requirements

Cancer Registry Curriculum

Programs will be evaluated against the NCRA curriculum requirements.

Standards

Cancer Registry Accreditation Standards

Cancer registry involves studying how to collect, manage, and analyze data on cancer cases. This includes tracking patient demographics, diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes to identify trends and improve healthcare. Students in this field learn about data management, public health, epidemiology, and cancer research. Cancer registry professionals support cancer prevention, clinical trials, and healthcare policy, playing a key role in improving cancer care and guiding healthcare decisions.

Website Requirements

Website Publication Requirements

CAHIIM is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).  As part of that recognition, accredited programs are required to publish student outcomes, in addition to our other public disclosure requirements.

The following items must be located on the main “landing page” for the academic program, rather than on sub-pages which require clicking a link from the landing page.  It is, however, acceptable for this information to exist on expandable/collapsible sections of the landing page.

Programs submit the link to their landing page as part of their Annual Program Assessment Report (APAR).

For questions about these requirements, please contact info@cahiim.org.

CAHIIM Accreditation Manual

For more information about CAHIIM’s Standards revision process, refer to CAHIIM Accreditation Manual.