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RDA
RDA: 10136
Database ID: 2542
Record Series Title: TENNESSEE CANCER REPORTING
Record Series Abstract: INCIDENCE INFORMATION FROM REQUIRED REPORTING FACILITIES AND PROVIDERS FOR PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER OR TREATED FOR CANCER. DEMOGRAPHIC, DIAGNOSTIC, AND OTHER DISEASE-RELATED INFORMATION IS COLLECTED.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Other
If Other, Explain: Calendar year of diagnosis date
Total Retention: 0 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Permanent
Disposition Notes: Data is cancer incidence information from Facilities and Providers required to report by statute. Data must be accessed for rate computation over time. Electronic reporting from Facilities is encouraged by the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), and saved on the server. Paper lab records, when submitted, are scanned to an electronic format then verified for accuracy. Once verified, the paper lab records are destroyed using approved methods. Selected information from the lab records is manually entered into the electronic database. Lab records contain additional patient information that may be needed for future epidemiological research and studies. Electronic data from both the Cancer Registry and the lab reports are kept permanently.
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 2738
Record Location: Data Center,South; Smyrna,TN
File Arrangement: Alpha
Media Format Generated: Both
Media Format Stored: Electronic: Other
Date Range: 1/1986 - current
Annual Accumulation: 1 Tape per year approximately 1 gig, 15 cubic feet paper
Current Volume: 133 cubic feet paper, 37 gig electronic
Record Value: Administrative, Historic
Audit Requirements: Federal
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 20
Past Year: 25
2 - 5 Years: 30
Over 5 Years: 0
Data Update Frequency: Daily
Information Shared Outside of State: Yes
If Shared, List Agencies: Center for Disease Control, North American Association of Center Cancer Registries, other state Central Cancer Registries.
Essential Record: Yes - Original
Essential Record Stored: Essential record is the abstracted data garnered from electronic and paper submissions from reporting facilities and practitioners. Database is located at OIR Data Center.
Essential Record Media Type: Electronic
Confidential: Yes
Confidential Legal Citation: TCA 68-1-1006 Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPPA)
Media Recommendation: Current Format
Media Recommendation Other:
Agency Retention: Permanent
Agency Retention - Years Active:
Agency Retention - Years Inactive:
Records Center Retention Period:
Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Keep as Electronic
Legal Citation: TCA 68-1-1003;68-1-1004;68-1-1006 No specific retention period cited in state or federal statute or rule. Retention of Lab Reports are to satisfy CDC program audit expectations for funding of the Tennessee Cancer Registry, and epidemiological research and studies.
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: Tennessee Cancer Reporting System
IT-ABC Number:
Hardware Description: VMware, OIR Data Center File Server currently resides on DC0419006WF000. Recovery requires a standard server with MS Windows 2003 or greater operating system with 210 gigabytes of available disk space. Database Server Currently resides on DC0419006WF000. Recovery requires a standard file server with Windows 2003 or greater operating system. Database on DC20SDCWB00001. Recovery requires an encrypted SQL Server 2008 with 35.02 gigabytes of available disk space
Software Description: FILESHARE
System Location: Data Center, South; Smyrna, TN
Backup Procedures: Daily, by STS, following STS established policy & procedures. File server and database server backups are performed daily by STS.
Disaster Recovery: STS network recovery policy & procedures. Non-critical recovery time. Location: Data Center South; Smyrna, TN RTO:>2 weeks PO:24 hours STS Level: Bronze Most Registry Plus applications are available for download via the internet at: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/tools/registryplus/
Data Migration Description: DATA MIGRATION TYPICALLY OCCURS EVERY 5-10 YEARS AS ADVANCEMENTS ARE MADE IN TECHNOLOGY.
Metadata Description: Name, date of event, filename, format, creation time and date, author
Contact Information
Contact Name: Lois Holt-Cooper
Job Title: Department Records Officer
Address 1: 6th Floor; Andrew Johnson Tower
Address 2: 710 James Robertson Parkway
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243
Phone: 615/253-4084
Email: lois.hoilt-cooper@tn.gov
Agency: Dept. of Health
Agency Head: Dr. Lisa Piercey, MD, MBA, FAAP. Commissioner
Director: Shalini Parekh, MPH; Assistant Commissioner - PHA
Allotment Code: 34320
Status
Action Requested: Revision
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 04-18-2019 Please confirm that the system is an ECM.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 04-24-2019 Please confirm that the system is an ECM.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2019-04-22 Audit concurs with RMD comments.
Agency: 04-25-2019 Electronic Records Plan Inventory matches STS' standards for electronic files. Thank you
RMD Director Recomendations: 04-26-2019 RDA 10136 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention period will change from one hundred years and destroy to permanent. The format will be electronic. Agency and STS clarified the electronic plan is an ECM plan that complies with the State's Electronic Records Policy for long term record retention. Recommend approval of request to revise RDA 10136.
Signed Form Received: 2019-04-26
PRC Meeting Date: 05-22-2019
PRC Comments: PRC approves RDA 10136
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
1403 10136 2013-11-20 Approved with Changes
2542 10136 2019-05-22 Approved