ERM System Research Articles

Abstract WMP68: Smartphone Support System for Mobile Imaging Display and Management of Acute Stroke

Introduction: Rapid dissemination and coordination of clinical and imaging data among multidisciplinary team members is essential for optimal acute stroke care. Standard desktop EMRs are ill-suited for this purpose, but mobile smartphone and tablet applications are highly promising platforms for accelerated, data-driven patient diagnosis and treatment. This study tested an advanced mobile integrated system for distribution of patient clinical and imaging information. Methods: We tested the iStroke/Synapse ERm system (Figure) for smartphone and tablet display and integration of clinical data, CT, MR, and catheter angiographic imaging, and real-time stroke team communications, in consecutive acute neurovascular patients at a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Results: From 5/2014 to 10/2014, the Synapse ERm application was installed and used by 33 stroke team members, in 84 Code Stroke ED patients. Patient age was 69.1 (±17.5), with 40.5% female. Final diagnosis was: ischemic stroke 66%, TIA 7%, ICH 6%, and CV mimic 21%. Each patient record was viewed on average 13 times by at least 3 team members. The most used feature was CT, MR and cath angio image display, viewed on average 4 times per patient by at least 2 users. In-app tweet team communications were sent by average 2 users per case and viewed by average 6 team members. Use of the system was associated with treatment times that exceeded national guideline targets for thrombolysis and endovascular thrombectomy, including door-to-needle 50 min (IQR 24-60) and door-to-groin 92 min (IQR 65-128). In user surveys, the mobile information platform was judged easy to employ in 91% of uses and of added help in stroke management in a substantial majority of cases. Conclusion: The Synapse ERm system, a smartphone/tablet platform for stroke team communication and distribution and integration of clinical and imaging data, showed high ease of use, substantial added management value, and association with rapid processes of care.

An Analysis of Effectiveness and Challenges in Implementation of Employee Retention Management System (ERMS) in Hotel Industry of Pune City

The rapid growth in Pune city has created a great demand for the hospitality skilled personnel but has resulted in a high attrition rate in recent years. Hotels now days are focusing upon certain Human Resource practices pertaining to areas of Turnover Management, Retention Management, Talent Management, Succession planning, Compensation Management, Motivation Techniques, Work Life Balance etc. The study is in a category of descriptive research and has studied various existing practices of ERM System followed by hotels in Pune city and will include surveys by means of a questionnaire and fact finding enquiries of different kinds. HR department of the hotel not only has to come up with effective system to ensure employee satisfaction but also have to make a conscious effort to cope up with the challenges pertaining to employee retention. Hotels in Pune could adopt effective ERM System which has a great impact on stay back of employees.

What Can the Cataloger Do with an ERM System?

The University of Washington Libraries had been experiencing difficulties in managing the acquisition, loading, maintenance, and use of machine-readable cataloging (MARC) record sets for electronic resources and microform sets. The presenter describes how Innovative Interfaces' Electronic Resource Management software, created specifically for managing electronic resources themselves, was adapted for use in the management of cataloging data as well.

Opening a Can of wERMS: Texas A&M University's Experiences in Implementing Two Electronic Resource Management Systems

Over the past few years, Texas A&M University (TAMU) has searched for a way to administer its electronic subscriptions as well as the electronic subscriptions shared among the TAMU System. In this article, we address our attempts to implement an effective electronic resource management system (ERMS), both for subscriptions on the main campus and for those resources shared by its affiliate institutions throughout the TAMU System. Specifically, we describe two implementation efforts that have shaped TAMU's experience with ERM systems: our unsuccessful attempt to implement Verde and our more successful implementation of Gold Rush.

Revisiting Wayne State University's ERM System: Six Years Later

Revisiting Wayne State University's ERM System: Six Years Later

Measure for Measure: Librarians Want More Effective ERM, Results from ERM System Usage Trends Survey

Measure for Measure: Librarians Want More Effective ERM, Results from ERM System Usage Trends Survey

IPod Shuffle Winners from the ERM Systems Usage Trends Survey

iPod Shuffle Winners from the ERM Systems Usage Trends Survey

A comparison of MoReq and SÄHKE metadata and functional requirements

Purpose – The article compares MoReq and Finnish SAHKE specifications to see their differences and similarities. Both MoReq and SAHKE set requirements to functionality and metadata of ERM systems and define a XML‐scheme for exporting records from the systems. Thus, both specifications are quite similar in some sense. This article seeks to find out whether there is an easy way for harmonizing both.Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on textual sources.Findings – MoReq and SAHKE are quite incompatible when one looks at data models, elements and functional requirements. There are also some similarities, but no clear path from one specification to another.Practical implications – There is no easy way for turning a SAHKE‐approved system into MoReq certified system (or vice versa). Harmonizing SAHKE with MoReq would require major revisions in SAHKE and also a policy change in Finland.Originality/value – Because the SAHKE specification is available only in Finnish, its content is largely unknown out...

Dimensions of the global financial crisis: the future of corporate governance and regulation

This article examines corporate governance and regulation in the context of the current global financial crisis (GFC). Taking into account the concept of government and self-regulation as well as the danger of contagion and systematic risk, it is demonstrated that a complex web of interrelated failures – in both corporate governance and government regulation – have not only caused but also prolonged the GFC. Executive compensation, ERM systems, CEO-Chairman duality, as well as independence and competence of the board of directors not only defines an area for possible regulatory reforms but also reveal the ability of companies to effectively use the freedom being associated with the notion of self-regulation. Examining government regulations, such as residential, tax, finance, and monetary policies in the US and other countries, as well as international banking supervision accords (Basel) illustrate that not only failures in corporate governance but even more a number of government regulations were causal for the GFC. In addition, recent state interventions and draft laws, that is, monetary measures and restrictions for short-selling and executive compensation, indicate the danger of overregulation and the implementation of further imprudent policies. This article recommends concrete steps to be taken by companies and governments in order to address revealed weaknesses and correct existing failures. In some cases, especially in crisis management, new government regulation and interventions are unavoidable but should be based on appropriate diagnoses of the root problems and important principles such as transparency, risk control, and international cooperation.

대학도서관의 전자자원 통합관리 유형 연구

ABSTRACT The explosion in the number of electronic resources has necessi tated that academic libraries rethink the way they manage the life cycle of their electronic resource s within the structure and processes of their library. With this momentum, led by the Digital Library F ederation's Electronic Resources Management Initiative, specifications and tools for electronic resources h as been devised. This study surveys the terrain of electronic resource management as viewed through the current development of ERM Systems and their adaptations into major academic libraries in the United States. For this, we tried to report how such tools are implemented with various additional modules. The pote ntial of the module to integrate the management of its electronic resources into the new process has been suggested, as well.키워드: 장서개발, 전자자원, 전자자원관리, 대학도서관Collection Development, Electronic Resources, Electronic Resour ce Management, Academic Library ****** 이 논문은 부산대학교 자유과제 학술연구비 (2년)에 의하여 연구되었음.부산대학교 문헌정보학과 부교수 (dchang@pusan.ac.kr)부산대학교 문헌정보학과 조교 (hwoarang@pusan.ac.kr)논문접수일자: 2008년 11월 15일 최초심사일자 : 2008년 11월 27일 게재확정일자 : 2008년 12월 12일

Tumbling Dice: Publishers, Aggregators, and ERM

ABSTRACT This session emphasized the importance of standards in a world of constant data exchange. Librarians rely upon rapid and accurate exchange of information with and between publishers, aggregators, and PAMS (public access management services) to assist with effective management of collections and meeting fiduciary responsibilities. Loading various types of data into ERM systems is central to this exchange of information. Standards should be embraced and promoted by the parties involved in this exchange as accurate metadata facilitates the management of subscriptions and collections and promotes access, linking, searching, and discovery.

Enterprise Risk Management In a Pharmaceutical Company

Risks are everywhere and in any activity. Many pharmaceutical companies are currently looking to better understand, anticipate, and be able to mitigate business risk in order to deliver the rewards of risk taking, and to minimize the frequency and impact of risk on the downside. Some of them use Enterprise Risk Management concept (ERM, developed by COSO) to establish an effective corporate management system. In the present paper, we analyze the integrated approach that is used by the company as the foundation of risk management within a company. The reader is offered a case of constructing ERM system in practice.

And They Were There -- Reports of Meetings -- 26th Annual Charleston Conference

conceptualization Following reflective observation in Kolb’s ELM is the abstract conceptualization stage. Kolb describes abstract conceptualization as making use of “logic, ideas, and concepts” and being concerned with “building general theories as opposed to intuitively understanding unique, specific areas” (Kolb, 1984, p. 69). Abstract conceptualization differs from reflective observation in that the latter is concerned only with specific areas. A number of actions offer evidence of abstract conceptualization at the institutional level. Meetings were held to review the notes taken in the various sessions; during these meetings, connections were made between topics as they applied on a higher level than the individual. Through this process, the conference notes were compiled in order to match the information gathered on the previously identified issues, regardless of the session where those notes were taken. For instance, information on ERM systems was gathered in a number of different sessions and conversations. These notes were collocated and distributed to the ERM planning committee. This helped staff and the conference attendee connect their observations dealing with their area of particular interest to a larger picture of institutional needs. Active experimentation The final stage of Kolb’s ELM is active experimentation. This stage is categorized by doing rather than observing. As the opposite of reflective observation, active experimentation is concerned with practical applications, and is the immediate precursor to concrete experience (thus beginning the learning process over again). Performing intentional acts towards short-range goals is characteristic of this stage. In the context of this exploration, active experimentation is evident in the actions taken after the conference notes were reviewed, compiled, and put into an institutional (rather than individual) framework. Brainstorming sessions were held to determine the best way to utilize the information gathered at the conference. Out of these brainstorming sessions came mandates for new committees and suggestions for new policies and procedures. Actually putting these committees together and implementing new policies and procedures are the most obvious examples of active experimentation. Modifying the ERM planning committee’s focus resulted from this stage. How well these adopted actions address the institution’s needs should lead in turn to the development of concrete experience.

Implementing an Electronic Resource Management System: Brigham Young University’s Experience

PurposeTo discuss the ERM implementation process at Brigham Young University and its generalized implications for other institutions.Design/methodlogy/approachA chronological description of decision‐making and steps in the implementation process with corresponding discoveries and benefits.FindingsImplementing an ERM takes lots of planning, forethought and effort but has been very beneficial in helping BYU manage its electronic resource collections.Originality/valueThe literature has described various ERM systems, difficulties in handling electronic resources and the ERMI standard. The account of an ERM implementation should be helpful to libraries considering implementing an ERM system of their own.

Implementing an electronic records management system

PurposeThis article seeks to consider the practical implementation of an electronic records management system in the National Health Service Purchasing and Supply Agency, a UK government agency.Design/methodology/approachIt examines the four main stages from specifying and selecting the system through to post‐implementation evaluation and identifies the lessons learned within the context of the specific organisation and its record‐keeping culture.FindingsThe implementation of an ERM system causes a massive cultural shift that can be made easier with the backing of senior management. However, the desired results can also be achieved with a strong team if senior management empowers the project but does not get personally involved.Originality/valueThis article will give insight to those organisations that are thinking of implementing an ERM system.

Planning, scheduling and budgeting value-added chains

This paper addresses the implementation of financial cross functional links with the enterprise value-added chain including retrofitting activities at plant level when scheduling, planning and budgeting in short term planning in batch process industries. The main idea is achieving financial-supply chain integration into advanced planning and schedule (APS) enterprise systems (Badell & Puigjaner (2001a). Discover a powerful tool for scheduling in ERM systems. Hydrocarbon Processing, 80(3), 160; Badell & Puigjaner (2001b). Advanced enterprise resource management systems. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 25, 517). The platform built combines a deterministic cash flow management model with an advanced schedule algorithm using a MILP formulation. The modelling framework created can support the budgeting activity of the entire enterprise functionality, being now the budget the core document for enterprise management. The benefits of this work are shown through a case study that illustrates the modelling framework, the information flows and procedures necessary to implement a financial/supply chain scheduling methodology for the use of financial managers during planning and budgeting activities in process industries .

Effect of Enterprise Risk Management on Firm Value: Empirical Evidence from Non-Financial Firms in Pakistan

This research examines the effect of enterprise risk management on firm value in Pakistan. Further, this study empirically examines company characteristics that establish the execution of an enterprise risk management system. Using a sample of final dataset of 83 non-financial firms located in Pakistan. The sample included non-financial firms from the year 1999 to 2015 and so up to seventeen observation years per company. As in context of Pakistan, most of the organizations are already implement an ERM programs and establish specialized ERM departments because the ERM is now a global term and has become increasingly relevant because of the growing difficulty of risk and an additional development of regulatory frame works. For the empirical evidences, data collected from non-financial firms listed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Results of logistic regression shows that Capital Opacity, Profitability, Financial Leverage, Firm Size and Slack have positive impact on the implementation of an ERM system but Industrial diversification, Industry and Return on Equity are negatively related to an ERM engagement. The results of ordinary least square regression finds positive relationship between use of an ERM and firm value.