Bunkerhill Carebricks vs Q-Centrix for cancer and clinical registry management

The challenge for registry programs

Whether it’s oncology, cardiovascular, stroke, trauma, infection prevention, or surgical outcomes, registry work in most health systems is still manual and labor-intensive.

• Cancer registries require Certified Tumor Registrars (CTRs) to identify cases, code elements, and meet NAACCR, SEER, and CoC requirements.
• Non-oncology registries rely on specialized abstractors for programs like NCDR, STS, Get With The Guidelines–Stroke, MBSAQIP, and NSQIP.

To fill these roles, many organizations outsource to vendors like Q-Centrix. While outsourcing can address staffing shortages, it also introduces dependency on human labor, variable throughput, and potential delays that limit the usefulness of registry data for real-time quality improvement.

The Carebricks approach

Bunkerhill’s Carebricks platform fully automates every step of registry work:

• Case finding: Real-time scanning of EHR, LIS, RIS/PACS, and pathology feeds to identify reportable cases immediately.
• AI-powered abstraction: Automatic extraction and mapping of required data elements with source citations for easy verification.
• Guideline and standard checks: Continuous application of NAACCR, CoC, SEER, and all other registry-specific rules, plus your hospital’s protocols.
• Submission automation: Packaging and sending data to national and state registries on schedule, with zero manual prep.
• Closed-loop action: Triggering follow-up tasks, notifications, or orders when registry data reveals care gaps or improvement opportunities.
• Multi-registry scalability: Run oncology and non-oncology registries side-by-side on the same platform.

How Q-Centrix works

Q-Centrix combines its proprietary technology platform with a large team of clinical data abstractors, including CTRs and other registry specialists, to manage registry programs on behalf of health systems.

• Human experts log into your systems, identify cases, and manually abstract and code data elements.
• Quality and compliance checks are performed by staff using the Q-Centrix platform.
• Backlogs are resolved by allocating more abstractor hours or adding additional staff.
• Coverage extends beyond oncology to cardiovascular, stroke, trauma, infection prevention, surgical, and other clinical registries.

Key differences between Carebricks and Q-Centrix

Operating model

• Carebricks: Fully automated platform; no internal or outsourced registry abstractors required.
• Q-Centrix: Staffing-heavy model with human abstraction supported by technology.

Scope

• Carebricks: All registry types in a single platform, configured rather than staffed.
• Q-Centrix: Multi-registry coverage, but throughput and expansion tied to staffing.

Speed & timeliness

• Carebricks: Cases detected and abstracted in real time; submissions continuous.
• Q-Centrix: Timeliness depends on staff capacity, queues, and SLAs.

Scalability

• Carebricks: Adding a new registry is a configuration change.
• Q-Centrix: Adding a new registry requires additional trained abstractors.

Data reuse

• Carebricks: Registry-grade data feeds directly into dashboards and analytics without extra manual prep.
• Q-Centrix: Data available via reports and outputs from the services team.

Common issues with traditional outsourcing — and how Carebricks avoids them

Experiences vary, but hospitals using staffing-heavy registry vendors have reported:

• Chronic backlogs — Months or even years behind on abstractions.
• Incomplete coverage — Only a fraction of eligible patients abstracted.
• Inconsistent staffing — Turnover and reassignment affecting continuity and accuracy.
• Lagging impact — Delayed data limits the ability to act on findings.

With Carebricks, these risks disappear:

• No backlogs — Real-time detection and abstraction for every eligible case.
• Complete coverage — 100% of reportable patients included across all registries.
• No staffing dependency — Automation eliminates reliance on human availability.
• Immediate impact — Findings surfaced instantly for action.

Why health systems choose Carebricks

• Eliminate recurring outsourcing costs with a predictable platform subscription.
• Gain direct control of registry operations and data.
• Enable proactive quality improvement with continuous, real-time updates.
• Expand seamlessly to any registry type without hiring.
• Meet accreditation and reporting deadlines without risk.

A look at your potential success

With Carebricks running your registry program:

• Cases are flagged automatically across oncology, cardiovascular, stroke, trauma, infection prevention, and more.
• Required data elements are pre-populated, validated, and ready for submission.
• Registry files are submitted on schedule, error-free, with a full audit trail.
• Live dashboards track time-to-treatment, therapy adherence, and equity metrics.
• Expansion to new registries — whether additional cancer subsites (e.g., breast, lung, colorectal) or non-oncology programs (e.g., STS cardiac surgery, NCDR cardiology, Get With The Guidelines–Stroke, trauma, infection prevention) — is as simple as enabling a new workflow in the platform, with no new hiring or outsourcing needed.