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where the contents need to be discarded — 2013 because of a non-compliant temperature RI Scores High reading. More recently, Lifespan installed Real-Time Thanks to dedicated efforts by Rhode Island’s Locationing System (RTLS), which allows Office of the Secretary of State and the state tagging assets to track and have its location Board of Elections, Rhode Island provides its reported to a web application. “RTLS helps us voters with more resources online than any with cost savings because very often, high value other state in the Northeast. assets are not in use, and this system will report the percentage of time the asset is in each location,” Palm said. “RTLS shows us exactly where the devices are located. With this system, we can be alerted that something isn’t where it’s supposed to be and go retrieve it.” RTLS can be used for a number of assets, including but not limited to wheelchairs, IV pumps, external pacemakers and other such hardware. The hospital is even piloting a hand hygiene module to determine if nurses and physicians wash their hands when they enter a patient’s room. “That is critical to avoid a hospital acquired infection,” Palm said. This has been very beneficial for compliance with patient safety so that patients aren’t exposed to pharmaceutical, food and tissue product that is not safe – and it’s helped with improvement based on the lean six sigma methodology, a business management strategy that seeks to tighten and optimize operational flow within organizations. The Secretary of State’s website at sos.ri.gov hosts look-up tools that enable voters to find their polling place, review a sample ballot, check the status of their absentee ballot and confirm the accuracy of their voter registration information. The state Board of Elections offers a provisional ballot look-up tool. The Secretary of State’s office also maintains the state’s voter registration database, encourages voter registration and turnout, and creates guides to running for office and voting. RWU Implements New Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to Support Graphic-Rich Applications for Architecture Students Roger Williams University (RWU) is a leading independent university located in Bristol, Rhode Island, with 4,300 undergraduate students and 900 graduate students. Offering more than 40 majors resources,” said Stephanie A. Bosh, programs in the liberal arts and the professions, focused on public policy and civic life, recently communications manager for Pew’s Elections the University fosters both rigorous technical published an assessment called, “Online Lookup Initiatives. The results of Pew’s review showed and design curricula. In the last decade, RWU Tools for Voters 2012” that reviewed states’ that Rhode Island is one of only nine states has achieved numerous honors including being election-related websites in five critical areas: with a perfect score, and the only one in the recognized as one of the best colleges in the polling place lookup, voter registration status immediate region. nation by Forbes, a College of Distinction by Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis said his Student Horizons, Inc. and as both a best office takes pride in providing citizens with college in the Northeast and one of the nation’s the tools they need to be civically engaged. greenest universities by The Princeton Review. “These tools have become a crucial way to One of the University’s most renowned ensure that voters are well prepared to go academic programs is architecture. As a core to the polls,” he said. “Just take November’s part of its curriculum, RWU offers students election, for example. Our Voter Information programs that mimic what they might find in Center had more than 300,000 page views in a real-world corporate environment. For the the seven days leading up to Election Day.” architecture school, RWU wanted to provide lookup, absentee ballot status lookup, provisional ballot status lookup, and sample ballot lookup. Pew assessed the availability of the five lookup tools in all 50 states. websites or Google? Tons of people look online, but can’t always find what they’re looking for because some states don’t offer online 2019 eCURRENT — 2014 efforts. The Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-profit on and before Election Day? State election | – Ralph Mollis RI Secretary of State 2007-2015 Other organizations are taking notice of these “How do voters find the information they need 36 These tools have become a crucial way to ensure that voters are well prepared to go to the polls. Just take November’s election, for example. Our Voter Information Center had more than 300,000 page views in the seven days leading up to Election Day. Stronger Together | 37