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New 'Smart Pumps' Reducing IV Medication Errors

This article highlights that the next generation of "Smart" IV pumps is getting smarter. The new systems that are in place are designed to guard more rigorously against errors of administration, dosing, drug interactions, and other issues. This software allows the hospital to preconfigure appropriate dosing limits for intravenous drugs....

Tags: Healthcare, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Skyscape Inc., Error

White papers 2005-08-22

Reducing Human Error in Simulation in General Motors

This paper focuses on the steps taken to minimize human error in simulation modeling in General Motors. While errors are costly and undesirable in any field, they are especially harmful in simulation which has been struggling to gain acceptance in the business world for a long time. The solution discussed...

Tags: General Motors Corp., Institute For Operations Research, Error, Research & Development, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2003-10-31

Defining the Relationship Between Human Error Classes and Technology Intervention Strategies

One of the main factors in all aviation accidents is human error. The NASA Aviation Safety Program AvSP, therefore, has identified several human-factors safety technologies to address this issue. Some technologies directly address human error either by attempting to reduce the occurrence of errors or by mitigating the negative consequences...

Tags: Strategy, Policies And Procedures, Error, University Of Illinois, Human Resources, Management

White papers 2003-07-01

Detecting and Simulating Pilot Errors for Safety Enhancement

This paper presents research on computational models of pilot activities for detecting and simulating pilot errors, and discusses how these techniques may be used to enhance aviation safety. The discussion addresses improved feedback about pilot errors to support training, and the use of actual and simulated error data to understand...

Tags: Error, Productivity, Workforce Management, Human Resources

White papers 2003-06-27

Fund Manager Stats

Never mind ranking mutual funds while developing a scorecard for fund managers. The article talks about rating portfolio managers with alpha rankings. Alpha helps to measure whether a manager is adding value to a client's diversified portfolio. Alpha analysis enables to see the value added by a manager in relation...

Tags: Fund Manager, Retirement Plans, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Manager, Mutual Funds, Alpha Analysis, Alpha, Error, Thomson Corp.

White papers 2003-01-01

Operational Risk: Automate to Eliminate

For a variety of reasons, operational risk is climbing financial institutions agendas. It is becoming increasingly clear that those firms which have risk sensitive processes and organisational structures will be able to reap benefits – in lower capital set-asides, improvement to the bottom line and, not least, reputation. Operating risk...

Tags: Emphasis, Error, Financial Services, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance

White papers 2001-10-01

Rethinking Crew Error: Overview of a Panel Session

This paper discusses that to improve aviation safety one must stop thinking of pilot errors as the prime cause of accidents, but rather think of errors as the consequence of many factors that combine to create the conditions for accidents. It is easy in hindsight to identify ways any given...

Tags: Accident, Error, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources

White papers 2001-07-27

Eliminating Medical Errors Is Part of Every Nurse's Job

Flagging medical errors and near misses makes it possible to fix the problem that led to the mistake. The article displays how one hospital developed a system that works. It seems as though everyone's talking about the importance of reporting errors and near misses these days, but achieving that goal...

Tags: Job, Error, Skyscape Inc., Healthcare, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

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University of Exeter implements iTrent from MidlandHR

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-5 August 2008-University of Exeter implements iTrent from MidlandHRC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The University of Exeter, in the UK, has implemented the iTrent integrated HR and payroll solution from MidlandHR, a supplier of human resources management software and services. The university has reportedly deployed iTrent's...

Articles 2008-08-05

Global Talent Shortage Continues in Accounting and Finance; Report Finds Hiring and Retaining Skilled Professionals Still Challenging

MENLO PARK, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A shortage of experienced accounting and finance professionals continues to affect employers around the world, according to the second annual Robert Half Global Financial Employment Monitor. For the second consecutive year, more than half (56 percent) of the finance...

Articles 2008-07-08

"InsideMetals.com" Adds Four More Coal Producers to Its Popular Gold & Mineral Stocks Shopping Mall

InsideMetals.com, an internet website thatprovides easy access to a detailed, value-added, WORLD VIEW of GoldProducer Stocks, Mineral Producer Stocks, and Junior Gold & Mineral Stocks,reported today that it has added four additional coal producing stocks toits Mineral Producer Stocks section on the Insidemetals.com Gold & MineralsShopping Mall. This...

Articles 2008-07-03

Status Quo Expected for U.S. Hiring With Slight Decline in Third Quarter, According to CareerBuilder.com and USA TODAY's Latest Job Forecast

CHICAGO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest quarterly job forecast from CareerBuilder.com and USA TODAY points to a continued, gradual downshift in job creation as businesses grapple with the effects of subpar economic growth, escalating oil prices, the credit collapse and timid consumer spending. The...

Articles 2008-07-01

ITRC Breach Meter Reaches 342, to Date

2008 Data Breach count is 69% greater than 2007 (Jan 1 through June 27) SAN DIEGO, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Identity Theft Resource Center data breach count has reached an all-time high. Between January 1st and June 27th, the total number of data...

Articles 2008-06-30

Very discreetly, Cameron is writing his first Queen's Speech

At 9 p. m. on the night before Tony Blair became Prime Minister, he was lying alone on his bed staring at the ceiling. He didn't want to join his family, watching television, but was eventually dragged down for the News at Ten. 'No, ' he said, when...

Articles 2008-06-28

SpeedTax Awarded Dual Certification by Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board

Businesses Now Have Access to Maximum Sales Tax Audit Protection, Highest Level of Accuracy Available for Tax Rate Determinations, and a Full-Service, Calculation-to-Remittance Online Solution Designed by Accountants for Accountants LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. -- SpeedTax, Inc., a provider of web-based, fully-automated sales tax management solutions,...

Articles 2008-06-27

Oversight Systems Announces Solution for Preventing P-Card Abuse

Industry-Leading Transaction Monitoring Software Uniquely Integrates Financial Systems Data and Card-Use Information to Provide Fraud Control, Policy Enforcement ATLANTA -- Oversight Systems, Inc., the leading provider of automated transaction monitoring software, today announced that the company's industry-leading software is now in use at Fortune 500...

Articles 2008-06-27

CyberShift Wins START-IT's Prestigious 2008 Power of Partnerships Award

CyberShift , aleading global provider of workforcemanagement and expensemanagement software and services, today announced that it has wonSTART-IT's prestigious 2008 Power of Partnerships Award for its partnershipwith Ellington, Conn.-based Accu-TimeSystems, Inc. ATS, the leading manufacturer of workforce management,time and attendance, and...

Articles 2008-06-26

New Research Shows Small Businesses Most Vulnerable to Employee Fraud

Sage Software announced today the findings of arecent independent survey conducted by M/A/R/C Research which revealed thatapproximately one third of small businesses in the United States do nothave, or are unaware if they have, software, systems or tools in place toinhibit or prevent employee fraud. Further results show...

Articles 2008-06-25

Compassoft Appoints Paul Salsgiver as CEO

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- Compassoft, Inc., the leading provider of governance, risk and compliance solutions that automate the management and control of risks associated with the use of spreadsheets, desktop databases and reports, today announced the appointment of Paul Salsgiver as President and Chief Executive Officer. Salsgiver,...

Articles 2008-06-24

employeescreenIQ Unveils List of 2009 Background Screening Trends

Global Employment Screening Company Shares 10 Insights About Hot Topics Hiring Professionals Will Need to Track During the Upcoming Year CLEVELAND -- employeescreenIQ, a global leader in employment screening, announced its 2009 list of 10 background-screening trends yesterday at the Society for Human Resource Management's...

Articles 2008-06-24