To continually improve the delivery of cancer care across the province, Cancer Care Ontario and its partners need reliable information on the performance of cancer centres and other health care organizations in Ontario. Cancer Informatics resources help these organizations collect and report their performance data.
This page is a central resource where health care administrators will find the tools and information needed to prepare these reports.
Tools
Data Book
Data Book is a guide to the clinical, operational and financial reporting relationship between Cancer Care Ontario, and the regional cancer centres and other health care organizations. The information standards set out in the Data Book help us and our partners better plan and manage the cancer system so we can continually improve cancer services across the province.
Forms
Informatics Resource Request Form
Submit this form to apply for access to Cancer Care Ontario’s secured Cancer Informatics tools. These include Data Book QA Reporting and Data Book Submissions.
Data Submission - Special Request Form
Complete this form to submit Activity Level Reporting (ALR) or New Drug Funding Reimbursement (NDFP) data outside the regular submission dates. See Data Book Submission Schedules for the list of regular submission dates.
Stage and Pathology Data Resources
The Stage Capture Project aims to improve the way
information about cancer stage is collected and used, and to develop tools and
processes to help health professionals get accurate and complete cancer stage
information for all adult patients in Ontario. The goal of the Pathology Reporting Project is to have all hospitals
that electronically submit reports to Cancer Care Ontario use the
“synoptic cancer pathology reports in discrete data field format.” To do this, we are collaborating with hospitals, laboratories and
pathologists across Ontario to implement the electronic tools (e-tools)
and infrastructure they need to adopt the new format.
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