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
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– Ralph Mollis
RI Secretary of State 2007-2015
Other organizations are taking notice of these
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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.
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