2024 Jean Byers Memorial Award for Excellence in Cancer Registration
2024 Jean Byers Award for Excellence in Cancer Registration and Pat Strait Award for Excellence in Cancer Abstracting - Announcement for 2022 data.
2024 Jean Byers Memorial Award for Excellence in Cancer Registration
The Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS) proudly presents two prestigious awards yearly to honor exceptional facilities and individuals who demonstrate outstanding dedication and achievement in cancer registration. These awards are the Jean Byers Award, named in tribute to a pioneering leader in cancer data, and the Pat Strait Award, which recognizes remarkable contributions to the integrity and accuracy of cancer abstracting. Each award seeks to celebrate excellence and inspire continuous improvement in cancer registration practices.
The Jean Byers Memorial Award is given to any facility that meets the following criteria:
All Deadlines met with respect to cancer case admissions and all cases reported to FCDS:
Annual Caseload Submission Deadline - June 30, 2023
Consolidated Follow Back Deadline – September 1st, 2024
AHCA In Patient
AHCA AMBI
Death Certificate Notification
No more than 5% (or 35 cases, whichever number is greater) of cancer case admissions reported to FCDS within 2 months (60 days) following the June 30 deadline
No more than 10% of cancer case admissions reported to FCDS within 12 months following the June 30 reporting deadline.
The Pat Strait Memorial Award is given to any abstractor who has submitted abstracts for a facility that received the Jean Byers Award.
Congratulations to the eighty-three winners of the 2024 Jean Byers Memorial Award for Excellence in Cancer Registration!
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