Picture perfect staffing in today's economy

This article describes the methods one Cancer Registry Department used to justify adequate staffing and obtain approval for an increase in full-time employees (FTEs). Each day it is getting more difficult to keep up with registry work while hospitals are compensating for loss of income by implementing changes that often impact staffing. Departments such as Cancer Registries, which are historically understaffed, must find ways to keep up with increasing workloads. If a hospital intends to maintain accreditation by the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) and the treatment facility of choice for cancer patients, it is the opinion of this author that administrators must realize that adequate staff for the Cancer Registry Department is essential.