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Klimkeit, Dirk. "Shared Services weltweit integriert." Der Betriebswirt: Volume 60, Issue 2 60, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 24–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3790/dbw.60.2.24.
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The Global Business Services Model is often suggested for organizing the shared service centers of a company. An explorative study on the GBS model in practice is conducted in four companies. It shows many benefits, but also challenges, for which, however, companies have found solutions. While the overall assessment of the GBS model is positive, there are circumstances under which it is recommended.
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Glowacki, Robert. "SYNERGY EFFECTS AND ACTIVITY OF SHARED SERVICES CENTERS." Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Częstochowskiej Zarządzanie 32, no. 1 (December 2018): 80–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.17512/znpcz.2018.4.08.
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Mogoa, Louiza, and Jeremiah Koori. "Shared Service Centers and Financial Performance of Panafrican Equipment Group in Kenya." International Journal of Current Aspects in Finance, Banking and Accounting 3, no. 2 (October 4, 2021): 13–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.35942/ijcfa.v3i2.192.
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Modern firms have realised the need to take advantage of the opportunities in the emerging markets the concept of centralisation and co sharing of service providers gave rise to Shared Services (SS) and Shared Services Centres (SSC). However, little has been done in sub-Saharan Africa. This study sought to address this gap. For this reason, this study seeks to by determine the effects of shared service centres and financial performance of pan African equipment group in Kenya. The study specifically determined the effects of procurement shared services, finance shared services, inventory management shared services and ICT shared services on financial performance of Pan African equipment group in Kenya. The study was anchored on three theories namely: Transaction Cost Economics Theory, Resource Based View Theory as well as Agency Theory. The study adopted descriptive research design on 137 top-level management staff from the four sectors (mining & mineral processing, civil and infrastructure, power and energy and agriculture & forestry) of operating Pan African equipment group in Kenya. For selecting a sample of 86 participants, stratified random sampling method was used. Semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect primary data. The tool of studies was tested. The study used both face and content validity to assess the validity of the research tool while testing the accuracy of the research tool using the alpha (α) coefficient of Cronbach. The research considered a coefficient of 0.6 or more to be sufficient. Research information, including mean results, normal deviation and frequencies, was analysed using descriptive statistics. Analysis of conceptual material was also used for primary data analysis. Regression analysis was also used to analyse the effects finance shared services, inventory management shared services and ICT shared services on financial performance of Pan African equipment group in Kenya. Finally, the research considered ethical considerations where the permission to carry the study was obtained from the company and respective government bodies. The study concluded that Pan African Group significantly embraced procurement, finance, inventory management and ICT shared services. The study concluded that the firm by sharing procurement services it centralized and enhanced efficiency of purchases, pricing, supplier evaluation and quality control which contributed to peak performance. It was further concluded that to a significant extent finance shared services influenced financial performance of the firm. It was concluded that sharing of inventory management services at the firm enhanced effective and efficient inventory planning, costing, quantity and quality management and material optimization hence improving financial performance. It was concluded that database management, automation of processes, information security and network and facilities management services affected financial performance of the firm. It was recommended that enhancing more shared service centres will improve efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery and customer service.
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Mogoa, Louiza, and Jeremiah Koori. "Shared Service Centers and Financial Performance of Panafrican Equipment Group in Kenya." International Journal of Current Aspects in Finance, Banking and Accounting 3, no. 2 (October 4, 2021): 13–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.35942/ijcfa.v3i2.192.
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Modern firms have realised the need to take advantage of the opportunities in the emerging markets the concept of centralisation and co sharing of service providers gave rise to Shared Services (SS) and Shared Services Centres (SSC). However, little has been done in sub-Saharan Africa. This study sought to address this gap. For this reason, this study seeks to by determine the effects of shared service centres and financial performance of pan African equipment group in Kenya. The study specifically determined the effects of procurement shared services, finance shared services, inventory management shared services and ICT shared services on financial performance of Pan African equipment group in Kenya. The study was anchored on three theories namely: Transaction Cost Economics Theory, Resource Based View Theory as well as Agency Theory. The study adopted descriptive research design on 137 top-level management staff from the four sectors (mining & mineral processing, civil and infrastructure, power and energy and agriculture & forestry) of operating Pan African equipment group in Kenya. For selecting a sample of 86 participants, stratified random sampling method was used. Semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect primary data. The tool of studies was tested. The study used both face and content validity to assess the validity of the research tool while testing the accuracy of the research tool using the alpha (α) coefficient of Cronbach. The research considered a coefficient of 0.6 or more to be sufficient. Research information, including mean results, normal deviation and frequencies, was analysed using descriptive statistics. Analysis of conceptual material was also used for primary data analysis. Regression analysis was also used to analyse the effects finance shared services, inventory management shared services and ICT shared services on financial performance of Pan African equipment group in Kenya. Finally, the research considered ethical considerations where the permission to carry the study was obtained from the company and respective government bodies. The study concluded that Pan African Group significantly embraced procurement, finance, inventory management and ICT shared services. The study concluded that the firm by sharing procurement services it centralized and enhanced efficiency of purchases, pricing, supplier evaluation and quality control which contributed to peak performance. It was further concluded that to a significant extent finance shared services influenced financial performance of the firm. It was concluded that sharing of inventory management services at the firm enhanced effective and efficient inventory planning, costing, quantity and quality management and material optimization hence improving financial performance. It was concluded that database management, automation of processes, information security and network and facilities management services affected financial performance of the firm. It was recommended that enhancing more shared service centres will improve efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery and customer service.
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Arnoud, Justine, and Pierre Falzon. "Shared services centers and work sustainability: which contributions from ergonomics?" Work 41 (2012): 3914–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/wor-2012-0061-3914.
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Vinokur-Kaplan, Diane. "New Public Governance, Social Services, and the Potential of Co-Located Nonprofit Centers for Improved Collaborations." Nonprofit Policy Forum 8, no. 4 (March 26, 2018): 445–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/npf-2017-0040.
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AbstractNew Public Governance’s approach to public management seeks to both decrease costs and to increase the overall efficiency and effectiveness of publicly-funded services. It further emphasizes effective, efficient collaborations among service providers, and well-functioning networks of service-providers connected with government funders. One conceivable vehicle to promote collaborations among nonprofits providing contracted services is to establish co-located nonprofit centers. In such a multi-tenant building, its owner or master lease-holder, which is usually a nonprofit, would recruit other nonprofits to rent space and use shared resources and/or services in its shared-space workplace. Typically, these workplaces are more affordable, stable, efficient, and of higher quality than their current offices. Also, nonprofit centers often enthusiastically promote cooperation and collaboration among their tenants. Several hundred such centers already exist in the United States and Canada. Two profiles of two nonprofit centers where co-located organizations collaboratively provide social services, as well as some survey results, are presented to illustrate that nonprofit center sites are indeed operational and could be a vehicle to help support collaborative goals of New Public Governance.
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Klochkov, Vladislav, and Natalya Cherner. "ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT SHARED SERVICES CENTERS." Russian Journal of Management 3, no. 6 (December 30, 2015): 610–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/16648.
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Ferdinand, Friska Natalia. "Comparison of Monopoly and Sharing Line-haul Vehicles in Express Delivery Service." Jurnal ULTIMA InfoSys 6, no. 1 (June 1, 2015): 58–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.31937/si.v6i1.280.
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In the Korean express delivery service market, many companies have been striving to extend their own market share and interested in collaboration through sharing resources such as line-haul vehicles and service centers. Collaboration has recently attracted a great deal of attention as an effective way to secure competitive advantage for companies with limited resources. Some companies operate line-haul vehicles in milk-run types of pick-up and delivery services among consolidation terminals and service centers with locational disadvantages so they can represent as traditional pick-up and delivery problem (PDP). This study proposes the design of express delivery service networks operate only one service center shared by different companies for service centers with low demands by comparing two systems: (i) Monopoly of line-haul vehicles and (ii) Sharing of line-haul vehicles
Keywords: Express Delivery Service, COllaborative Network Design, Comparison, Monopoly, Sharing
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Richardson, Brittany. "Collaborations between Libraries and Writing/Tutoring Services are Diverse and Provide Opportunities to Support Student Success and Information Literacy Outcomes." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 13, no. 3 (September 13, 2018): 91–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/eblip29452.
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Jackson, H. A. (2017). Collaborating for student success: An e-mail survey of U.S. libraries and writing centers. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 43(4), 281-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2017.04.005
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Objective – To collect information on the existence and characteristics of collaborative partnerships between libraries and writing centers/writing tutoring services.
Design – Email survey questionnaire.
Setting – Academic libraries, writing centers, and writing tutoring services at two-year, four-year, and graduate/professional institutions across the United States of America.
Subjects – 1,460 librarians, writing center staff, and tutoring services staff.
Methods – Subjects were invited to participate based on a “. . . random sampling of 33% of each institutional “Size and Setting” group from the 2010 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education” and the availability of contact information for the library or writing center at the randomly sampled institutions (p. 282). Respondents who identified an existing partnership between the library and writing center/tutoring services answered questions regarding collaboration methods, training, and promotion as well as open-ended questions on goals, assessment, ideal relationship qualities, strengths, and weaknesses. In the absence of a known partnership, questions focused on potential for, and ideal methods of, collaboration.
Main Results – The survey had a response rate of 13.5%, based on the 197 responses that met the criteria for inclusion in the results. Of the respondents, 117 identified as librarians, 59 as writing center staff, and 21 as tutoring services staff. Respondents were affiliated with institutions in 43 states and the District of Columbia. 65% of respondents reported that a collaborative relationship between the writing center and library existed at their institution. Of those without a known current partnership, 77% believed there was potential for collaboration. Top existing collaborations included instruction (21%), student orientations (16%), appointments (14%), classroom presentations (14%), and writing tutors embedded in the library (14%). Only 35% identified strategic goals for collaborations. Respondents engaged in partnerships highlighted shared space, referrals, a unified focus on student success, and defined roles as top ideal partnership characteristics. Key partnership strengths included teamwork/relationship, focus on student success, and shared goals/knowledge/resources. Common weaknesses included lack of communication, planning, shared space, patron awareness, funding, staff, and collaboration.
Conclusion – Diverse collaborations between libraries and writing centers/writing tutoring services exist. These collaborations may provide opportunities to support student success and information literacy outcomes. Based on survey results, the author suggested that improved communication between partners could mitigate identified weaknesses and assist in achieving partnership ideals. Additionally, increased creation and assessment of strategic partnership goals may strengthen communication and planning. Many respondents were interested in shared library and writing center space, an area which requires further research. Ultimately, the author concluded that more investigation is needed to inform best practices for partnerships.
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Dąbrowski, Julian. "Talent management in the process of employee retention in Shared Services Centers." Management Forum 7, no. 1 (2019): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.15611/mf.2019.1.01.
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Ślusarczyk, Beata. "POLAND AND SLOVAKIA AS THE LOCATION OF SHARED SERVICES CENTERS – COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS." Studia i Prace WNEiZ 48 (2017): 79–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.18276/sip.2017.48/1-07.
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Karičková, Marianna. "The Comparison of the Trends in Services Provided Worldwide with the Trends in Slovakia." Studia commercialia Bratislavensia 5, no. 17 (October 1, 2012): 41–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10151-012-0001-z.
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Abstract The author highlights the services from the perspective of the service providers and clients. Furthermore, the author discusses the issues raised to the centers of support services and the criteria according to which a multinational corporation makes a decision about destinations where their centers should be located. The author deals with the current trends of the international service providers, who established shared services centers in Slovakia. The benefits that Slovakia offers, such as convenient location, low labor costs or low tax burden in recent years are the main criteria that attract foreign companies to establish their services support centers in Slovakia. Multinational corporations, mainly focus on the outsourcing of accounting and financial services, customer service covering the entire region as well as IT services.
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Orvin, Muntahith Mehadil, Jashan Kaur Bachhal, and Mahmudur Rahman Fatmi. "Modeling the Demand for Shared E-Scooter Services." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2676, no. 3 (October 21, 2021): 429–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03611981211051620.
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This paper presents the findings on modeling the demand for shared e-scooter services (SES); specifically, spatio-temporal variation of SES demand. A zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) model is developed using the count data of trip origins at the dissemination area level from Kelowna, Canada. The motivation for adopting the ZINB model is the presence of excess zeros in the count data. ZINB has two components: the zero-inflated component accounts for excess zeros, and the count component accounts for the over-dispersion characteristics of data resulting from excess zeros. In addition to the ZINB, several other count models including hurdle models are estimated. The goodness-of-fit measures suggest that the ZINB model outperforms other methods. The model results confirm the effects of temporal, weather, transportation infrastructure, land use, and neighborhood characteristics. For example, the count model results reveal that SES demand is more likely to be higher during summer, mid-day on weekends, afternoons of weekdays, and days without rainfall. Furthermore, higher e-scooter index, higher density of cycle tracks, heterogeneous land use, urban centers, lower elevation, and neighborhoods with higher density of hotels and younger population might induce higher demand. The zero component results of the model are consistent with the findings revealed by the count component. The model is validated using a hold-out sample, and the validation results confirm that the prediction performance of the model is reasonably satisfactory. The findings of this study provide important insights into when and where the demand is higher, which will assist in effective policy-making supporting e-scooter use.
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Dubus, Nicole, and Heidi Sue LeBoeuf. "A qualitative study of the perceived effectiveness of refugee services among consumers, providers, and interpreters." Transcultural Psychiatry 56, no. 5 (May 1, 2019): 827–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461519844360.
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This study explored the perceptions of accessibility and cultural effectiveness of refugee services in the northeast region of the United States from refugees, interpreters who work with refugees in accessing these services, and the providers of the refugee services. The study examined the perceptions of 51 refugees from 10 countries, five individual interviews with providers and 26 provider survey responses representing 31 different agencies, and four interviews from interpreters. Qualitative interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interview schedule, were audiotaped, and transcribed. Further data were collected through a survey. All data were analyzed using constant comparative analysis. Participants shared feelings of frustration that services seemed poorly coordinated among the agencies and that the agencies appeared ill-prepared for the unique experiences of separate refugee groups. The three perspectives of refugee service delivery, as a consumer, a provider, or an interpreter, shared the perception that there was not a mechanism for the different services to collaborate effectively with each other, to create a network of coordinated services that would enhance services while decreasing burdens on individual centers, nor was there a system to best prepare the centers for new refugees.
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Lee, Brian, Tonya Martin, Agha Khan, Kathleen Fullerton, Wil Duck, Teresa Kinley, Suzette Stoutenburg, et al. "Modernizing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Informatics Using Surveillance Data Platform Shared Services." Public Health Reports 133, no. 2 (February 8, 2018): 130–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033354917751130.
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Wang, Xi, W. James Jacob, Christopher C. Blakesley, Weiyan Xiong, Huiyuan Ye, Shangmou Xu, and Fang Lu. "Optimal professional development ICT training initiatives at flagship universities." Education and Information Technologies 25, no. 5 (April 14, 2020): 4397–416. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10639-020-10154-y.
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AbstractThis study explores best practices and roles of information and communication technology (ICT) in select professional development centers at 16 flagship universities. Through adopting a qualitative case study design, this study explores the strengths and weaknesses of current technology training initiatives in the selected professional development centers. As part of the research and teaching programs at flagship universities, professional development center leaders shared about the current ICT practices as well as the strengths and limitations of their own centers. The analysis section includes a critical look at ICT practices among flagship universities from a human resource theory lens. Findings indicate common successes that facilitate the ICT practices of these centers including delivery mediums, services, ideas, and goals, as well as various barriers of implementing ICT training initiatives. The paper concludes with suggestions on how professional development center leaders, senior administrators, and educational policy makers can help improve professional development processes with the assistance of optimal ICT initiatives.
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Cole, Joanna C. M., Alexandria Budney, Lori J. Howell, and Julie S. Moldenhauer. "Developing an Infrastructure for Bereavement Outreach in a Maternal-Fetal Care Center." Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 47, no. 12 (2020): 960–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000507480.
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Although bereavement programs are a common element of palliative medicine and hospice programs, few maternal-fetal care centers offer universal bereavement outreach services following perinatal loss. In this article, we describe the implementation of a bereavement outreach program at the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The four primary goals identified when developing the bereavement outreach protocol included: (1) centralize communication for patient tracking when a perinatal loss occurs, (2) provide individualized and consistent resource support for grieving patients and families, (3) identify strategic outreach points throughout the first year post-loss, and (4) instate programmatic improvements in response to feedback from patients and their families. Strategies for establishing standardized follow-up protocols and operationalizing methods to address outreach initiatives will be shared, with the primary aim of providing other fetal care centers with a proposed model for perinatal bereavement outreach services.
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Banoun, Arnaud, Lucas Dufour, and Meena Andiappan. "Evolution of a service ecosystem: Longitudinal evidence from multiple shared services centers based on the economies of worth framework." Journal of Business Research 69, no. 8 (August 2016): 2990–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.02.032.
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Redberg, Rita F. "The Case for Implementing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Shared Decision-Making Mandate." JAMA Internal Medicine 179, no. 5 (May 1, 2019): 718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.6440.
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Vinokur-Kaplan, Diane. "New Public Governance and the Growth of Co-Located Nonprofit Centers." Nonprofit Policy Forum 8, no. 4 (March 26, 2018): 429–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/npf-2017-0025.
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Abstract New Public Governance urges public services to collaborate with other relevant organizations in order to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of provided services. A relevant venue for such collaborations are co-located nonprofit centers, facilities that offer affordable, shared space workplaces for nonprofits and other social-benefit organizations. Many of these centers actively encourage collaboration among their tenants, especially in facilities organized to house related service-providers. They also provide comfortable space for meetings with public sector agencies and other funders. Such centers have been growing in the twenty-first century; nearly 400 have been identified in the United States and Canada (Nonprofit Centers Network 2015a), and they now house hundreds of various nonprofits organizations. This article describes these centers’ goals, history, and trends that encouraged their development, and aspects of their architecture and design. Examples of co-located nonprofit centers that provide an array of social services are presented, from the U.S. and Canada. In sum, these centers help advance the quality of life for clienteles and communities; and the collaborations and networks that they establish promote a key goal of New Public Governance.
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Shalom-Sharabi, Ilanit, Moshe Frenkel, Opher Caspi, Gil Bar-Sela, Martine Toledano, Noah Samuels, Elad Schiff, and Eran Ben-Arye. "Integrative Oncology in Supportive Cancer Care in Israel." Integrative Cancer Therapies 17, no. 3 (April 2, 2018): 697–706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534735418764839.
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Purpose: Integrative oncology (IO) services provide complementary/integrative medicine (CIM) therapies to patients as part of their supportive cancer care. In this study, we examine and compare the structural, operational, financial and academic/research-related aspects of IO services in Israeli oncology centers. Methods: The medical directors of seven Israeli IO programs completed questionnaires which explored the objectives and organizational features of their service within the context of supportive cancer care. Results: All participating IO services addressed patient-reported concerns related to quality of life and function, within the context of conventional supportive cancer care. The centers shared similar characteristics regarding the procedure of referral to their service and emphasized research and teaching initiatives within an academic framework, as part of their clinical practice. A number of obstacles to integration were identified, primarily those related to financial considerations, such as the need for patients to carry the cost of the CIM treatments. Conclusions: IO services situated within conventional oncology departments in Israel share a number of characteristics, as well as obstacles to their incorporation into standard care. All participating centers described both clinical and academic activities, including research initiatives and the promotion of CIM in an academic setting. Further research is needed in order to better understand the place of CIM in the oncology setting and prioritize the allocation of resources in order to advance the inclusion of CIM in standard supportive cancer care.
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Acosta-Silva, C., A. Delgado Peris, J. Flix, J. Frey, J. M. Hernández, A. Pérez-Calero Yzquierdo, and T. Tannenbaum. "Exploitation of network-segregated CPU resources in CMS." EPJ Web of Conferences 251 (2021): 02020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202125102020.
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CMS is tackling the exploitation of CPU resources at HPC centers where compute nodes do not have network connectivity to the Internet. Pilot agents and payload jobs need to interact with external services from the compute nodes: access to the application software (CernVM-FS) and conditions data (Frontier), management of input and output data files (data management services), and job management (HTCondor). Finding an alternative route to these services is challenging. Seamless integration in the CMS production system without causing any operational overhead is a key goal. The case of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), in Spain, is particularly challenging, due to its especially restrictive network setup. We describe in this paper the solutions developed within CMS to overcome these restrictions, and integrate this resource in production. Singularity containers with application software releases are built and pre-placed in the HPC facility shared file system, together with conditions data files. HTCondor has been extended to relay communications between running pilot jobs and HTCondor daemons through the HPC shared file system. This operation mode also allows piping input and output data files through the HPC file system. Results, issues encountered during the integration process, and remaining concerns are discussed.
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Billows, Geena, and Lisa McNeill. "Consumer Attitude and Behavioral Intention toward Collaborative Consumption of Shared Services." Sustainability 10, no. 12 (November 28, 2018): 4468. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10124468.
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The emerging market model of collaborative consumption, where underused resources can be collaboratively shared between consumers, is proving to be an increasingly profitable commercial business concept encouraging traditional non-sharing firms to seek models of shared access for their consumers. In terms of consumption reduction, however, the concept has seen slower uptake among consumers. For example, despite the promotion of car sharing and public transportation solutions, cities around the world report increasing car use and an increasing concentration of businesses in urban areas demanding parking spaces. Where it is known that private vehicle use in urban centers persists, this study explores consumer attitude and behavioral intention toward collaborative consumption of shared services, in the context of personal transport and the built, inner-city environment. The study reports survey data gathered from self-driving employees of businesses located in congested urban areas. Six motivational determinants of collaborative consumption and how they influence attitude and intention toward two different shared parking scenarios were explored using regression analysis. In this study, shared carparks are treated as an incremental step toward shifting more stubborn user perceptions of access over ownership in urban transport, as well as a solution to one aspect of the problems associated with increased urban density and underused land resources. Overall, the study finds a strong relationship between perceptions of ownership and risk reduction, with access models that protect a “primary” user, and allow for user flexibility, preferred by respondents. This offers clear guidelines for the development of successful shared space options in the parking context but can also be extended to other sharing service solutions.
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Freccero, P., M. Collington, T. Eden, L. Burns, L. Renner, V. Pantsil, M. Dolendo, A. A. Khaing, A. Islam, and J. Rosser. "Modeling Sustainable, National, Regional and Local Healthcare Systems Based on Childhood Cancer Shared-Care Networks in LMICS." Journal of Global Oncology 4, Supplement 2 (October 1, 2018): 83s. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jgo.18.35200.
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Background: World Child Cancer (WCC) has been working in partnership with pediatric oncology programs in low-middle income countries (LMICs) to support improved services for children with cancer. Central to the success of services is the development of effective shared-care networks situated to match population centers. Literature on how to develop shared-care networks in LMICs does not currently exist. Aim: Modeling sustainable national, regional and local health systems based on childhood cancer shared-care networks in LMICs. Methods: The model was developed through learning from a 3 year UK Government (DFID) funded program in Ghana and Bangladesh and lessons shared from WCC-funded programs in Myanmar and the Philippines. A workshop was held focusing on lessons learned from practitioners representing shared-care networks in different stages of development to identify key elements and steps necessary to build a shared-care network. Results: The overarching themes of the model are; good communication, health partnerships (twinning) and funding. A successful shared-care network must have a strong hub hospital at its center which requires a doctor with training and some experience in pediatric oncology, a committed multidisciplinary team, dedicated bed space, provision for training, patient data accurately recorded, essential medicines available and research opportunities accessible. A health partnership with an external developed center is beneficial. A tangible plan, developed treatment guidelines and protocols, measurable outcomes and financial support are needed for development into a center of excellence. Support would ideally be available for patients and families, to include accommodation, treatment costs, food and transport. Each shared-care center needs an interested doctor, a basic multidisciplinary team, some ward space for oncology patients and the support of the hospital administration. Patient data needs to be stored and there must be a close relationship with the hub center. A development plan is outlined and services provided should replicate the hub as well as resources allow. Major challenges include obtaining support from the hospital administration, and even more importantly, government policies and financing for such developments. Collaborative working and good communication are emphasized by using the same treatment protocols, developing two-way referral systems and sharing challenges and successes. The overarching principle of sustainability requires availability of training within the system and funding. Conclusion: This model can be shared to enable others in LMICs to access the information and inform their systems development. While the model is not exhaustive and requires further research, it represents an important first step with lessons learned from practitioners with experience. The inclusion of such practitioners in the process of developing this model is essential for sustainability.
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Ślusarczyk, Beata. "PROSPECTS FOR THE SHARED SERVICES CENTERS DEVELOPMENT IN POLAND IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AVAILABILITY." Polish Journal of Management Studies 15, no. 1 (June 2017): 218–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.17512/pjms.2017.15.1.21.
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Hoffman, Richard M., Daniel S. Reuland, and Robert J. Volk. "The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Requirement for Shared Decision-making for Lung Cancer Screening." JAMA 325, no. 10 (March 9, 2021): 933. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.1817.
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Stafford, Cortney, Robyn Atkinson-Dunn, Sarah N. Buss, Tracy Dalton, Debbie Gibson, Stephanie Johnston, Ewa King, et al. "The Use of a Shared Services Model for Mycobacteriology Testing: Lessons Learned." Public Health Reports 133, no. 1 (December 19, 2017): 93–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033354917743498.
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Objectives: Public health laboratories (PHLs) provide essential services in the diagnosis and surveillance of diseases of public health concern, such as tuberculosis. Maintaining access to high-quality laboratory testing is critical to continued disease detection and decline of tuberculosis cases in the United States. We investigated the practical experience of sharing tuberculosis testing services between PHLs through the Shared Services Project. Methods: The Shared Services Project was a 9-month-long project funded through the Association of Public Health Laboratories and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during 2012-2013 as a one-time funding opportunity to consortiums of PHLs that proposed collaborative approaches to sharing tuberculosis laboratory services. Submitting PHLs maintained testing while simultaneously sending specimens to reference laboratories to compare turnaround times. Results: During the 9-month project period, 107 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex submissions for growth-based drug susceptibility testing and molecular detection of drug resistance testing occurred among the 3 consortiums. The median transit time for all submissions was 1.0 day. Overall, median drug susceptibility testing turnaround time (date of receipt in submitting laboratory to result) for parallel testing performed in house by submitting laboratories was 31.0 days; it was 43.0 days for reference laboratories. The median turnaround time for molecular detection of drug resistance results was 1.0 day (mean = 2.8; range, 0-14) from specimen receipt at the reference laboratories. Conclusions: The shared services model holds promise for specialized tuberculosis testing. Sharing of services requires a balance among quality, timeliness, efficiency, communication, and fiscal costs.
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Somerville, Ceara, Saralyn Collins, and Caitlin E. Coyle. "LGBTQ PROGRAMMING AT SENIOR CENTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.563.
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Abstract LGBTQ seniors have some different needs for programs and services, are at a higher risk of social isolation, and are often underserved in the community. Senior centers serve as a hub of resources in a community and are purposefully situated to address the needs and interests of all seniors in a community; they are a natural outlet for targeted programming for LGBTQ seniors. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate what municipal senior centers across Massachusetts are doing to meet the needs of their LGBTQ seniors. A total of 24 senior centers were identified by the Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging (MCOA) as providing LGBTQ programming. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 senior center directors or programming staff from different communities across Massachusetts to learn more about their specific programming. For almost all senior centers in this study, the main LGBTQ-specific programming was a congregate meal with an activity. Activities included both recreational activities like a film-screening and educational engagements such as guest speakers or specialists on housing, legal services, and health promotion. Distinguishing characteristics included whether or not programming had an intergenerational component, type of recruitment methods, and geographic clustering of programs. For example, two regions emerged as having shared activities for LGBTQ seniors. Results from this study will be used to illustrate models of best practice when it comes to LGBTQ programming for older people.
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Klimkeit, Dirk, and Markus Reihlen. "No longer second-class citizens: Redefining organizational identity as a response to digitalization in accounting shared services." Journal of Professions and Organization 9, no. 1 (February 1, 2022): 115–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpo/joac003.
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Abstract New technologies can become an identity-challenging threat for organizations. While there is a growing literature on how new technologies challenge fundamental questions of organizational existence such as ‘who are we?’, ‘what do we do?’, and ‘what do we want to be?’, this literature has largely overlooked how new technologies can become drivers of organizational identity change. In this article, we investigate the impact of digitalization, especially Robotic Process Automation, on organizational identity. Drawing on the analysis of shared service centers in Asia and Eastern Europe, we explored how these organizations respond to identity-challenging technologies. While traditionally, work in shared services has been characterized by a combination of standardization, controlling the labor process, and deskilling, we found in this study that shared service organizations are responding to the digital challenges by moving up the value chain to more complex, knowledge-intensive work. As a result, shared service organizations in our study began to redefine their organizational identity by, among others, professionalizing their workforce.
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Oethinger, M., S. Conrad, K. Kaifel, A. Cometta, J. Bille, G. Klotz, M. P. Glauser, R. Marre, and W. V. Kern. "Molecular epidemiology of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli bloodstream isolates from patients admitted to European cancer centers." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 40, no. 2 (February 1996): 387–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.40.2.387.
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Previous reports have suggested an increasing incidence of highly fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli causing bacteremia among cancer patients on prophylactic therapy. We used genotyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of chromosomal DNA digests and random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting to study clonal relationships among such isolates obtained at 10 cancer centers located across Europe and the Middle East. Analysis by both methods indicated that isolates from different centers were genotypically unrelated to each other. There were five centers from which more than one individual patient isolate was available, and most demonstrated significant within-center genetic diversity of strains. Strains shared among patients could be identified at two centers. At the center with the largest number of bloodstream isolates from cancer patients available, fluoroquinolone-resistant control isolates from surgical patients and fluoroquinolone-susceptible control isolates from patients admitted to medical services during the same time period were unrelated to resistant cancer patient isolates and to each other as well. A substantial number of fluoroquinolone-resistant isolates (19 of 58) were nontypeable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Fluoroquinolone resistance was commonly associated with multiple antibiotic resistance to chemically unrelated antibacterial agents irrespective of the origin of the isolates.
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de Almeida, Maria Christina Barbosa, and Paulo Simões de Almeida Pina. "REDARTE-SP: networking art information resources in São Paulo." Art Libraries Journal 30, no. 3 (2005): 20–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s030747220001405x.
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Art information providers in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, include libraries, archives, and documentation sections in art museums and cultural centers. In 1998 REDARTE-SP, a network of these services in the city, was created to facilitate discussion of theoretical, technical and organizational issues facing art information services and to formulate collaborative projects. The subsequent exchange of ideas, discussion of successful practices and development of shared projects empowers art information professionals, contributes to improving the quality of art information services and products, provides better use of the available resources and widens the circle of users.
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Maatman, Marco, and Jeroen Meijerink. "Why sharing is synergy." Personnel Review 46, no. 7 (October 16, 2017): 1297–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pr-09-2016-0245.
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Purpose HR shared service centers (SSCs) have been claimed to innovate human resource management service delivery by centralizing resources and decentralizing control and, in doing so, create value for other business units. In response, to explain the value of HR shared services for the business units served, the purpose of this paper is to test hypotheses on the joint influence of HR SSC operational and dynamic capabilities and of control mechanism usage by the business units. Design/methodology/approach A survey methodology was applied to collect data among business unit representatives from 91 business units in 19 Dutch organizations. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling in AMOS. Findings This study found that the use of formal control mechanisms (e.g. contracts, service-level agreements) relates negatively with HR shared service value, but that this relationship becomes positive once mediated by informal control mechanisms (e.g. trust and shared language) and operational HR capabilities. Furthermore, it shows that the dynamic capabilities of HR SSCs relate positively to HR shared service value for the business units, but only because of their effect on operational capabilities. Originality/value Whereas previous studies into HR SSCs have examined the two antecedents independently, this study shows how organizational control and capabilities interrelate in explaining the value of HR shared services.
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Kim, Jeongsu, Kyungwoon Lee, Gyeongsik Yang, Kwanhoon Lee, Jaemin Im, and Chuck Yoo. "QiOi: Performance Isolation for Hyperledger Fabric." Applied Sciences 11, no. 9 (April 25, 2021): 3870. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11093870.
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This paper investigates the performance interference of blockchain services that run on cloud data centers. As the data centers offer shared computing resources to multiple services, the blockchain services can experience performance interference due to the co-located services. We explore the impact of the interference on Fabric performance and develop a new technique to offer performance isolation for Hyperledger Fabric, the most popular blockchain platform. First, we analyze the characteristics of the different components in Hyperledger Fabric and show that Fabric components have different impacts on the performance of Fabric. Then, we present QiOi, component-level performance isolation technique for Hyperledger Fabric. The key idea of QiOi is to dynamically control the CPU scheduling of Fabric components to cope with the performance interference. We implement QiOi as a user-level daemon and evaluate how QiOi mitigates the performance interference of Fabric. The evaluation results demonstrate that QiOi mitigates performance degradation of Fabric by 22% and improves Fabric latency by 2.5 times without sacrificing the performance of co-located services. In addition, we show that QiOi can support different ordering services and chaincodes with negligible overhead to Fabric performance.
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Nhut Pham, Nguyen Minh, Van Son Le, and Ha Huy Cuong Nguyen. "Energy Efficient Resource Allocation for Virtual Services Based on Heterogeneous Shared Hosting Platforms in Cloud Computing." Cybernetics and Information Technologies 17, no. 3 (September 1, 2017): 47–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cait-2017-0029.
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Abstract This paper is an extended and updated version, presented at the INDIA 2017 conference. Optimal resource provisioning for virtual services in the Cloud computing is one of the concerns nowadays. For cloud computing service providers, reducing the number of physical machines providing resources for virtual services in cloud computing is one of the efficient ways to reduce the amount of energy consumption, which in turn enhances the performance of data centers. Multi-dimensional resource provisioning on a Heterogeneous Shared Hosting Platforms for virtual services is known as a NP-hard problem. Therefore, it is necessary to apply the metaheuristic algorithms for estimating the outcome of the problem. In this study, we propose the resource allocation problem for reducing the energy consumption. ECRA-SA algorithms were designed to solve it and were evaluated through CloudSim simulation tool compared with FFD algorithm. The experimental results show that the proposed ECRA-SA algorithm yields a better performance than FFD algorithm.
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Boutsioli, Zoe. "A Promising Health Care Reform in Greece." International Journal of Healthcare Delivery Reform Initiatives 3, no. 2 (April 2011): 23–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jhdri.2011040102.
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The Greek Ministry of Health has decided to reform hospital services, due to high cost and low services offered and a part of health care expenditures is wasted. The Minister of Health, Mr. Andreas Loverdos has enacted a law for the Greek health care system which include 3 major health reforms: the co-management of hospital units, taking either the type of ‘shared Manager’ or ‘shared Board of Directors,’ the transformation of some general hospitals/health centers or specialized hospitals that present low effective/efficiency rates into either primary health care units or day clinics for specific health care problems, and the merging of similar departments/clinics and/or laboratories either in a hospital or among two or more hospitals that are in the neighborhood. From these reforms, it is estimated that more than 150 million Euro will be saved from these reforms during the 4-year period 2012-2015.
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Merchant, Faisal M., Neal W. Dickert, and David H. Howard. "Mandatory Shared Decision Making by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for Cardiovascular Procedures and Other Tests." JAMA 320, no. 7 (August 21, 2018): 641. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.6617.
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Elston, Thomas, and Ruth Dixon. "The Effect of Shared Service Centers on Administrative Intensity in English Local Government: A Longitudinal Evaluation." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 30, no. 1 (March 9, 2019): 113–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muz002.
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Abstract “Administrative intensity” (AI) describes the proportion of total resources that organizations spend on administrative support functions rather than primary service and production processes. We test whether “sharing” administrative activities between organizations leads to a fall in AI due to economies of scale, as is often supposed, using organizational and financial data from more than 300 English local authorities. We employ multi-wave change score regression analysis to relate changes in AI from 2008 to 2016 to levels of shared services participation, and further test whether reform performance varies by category of local authority, type of administration, or degree of structural complexity. Although we find that some measures of AI fell slightly over this period, this was unrelated to shared service adoption for any category of local authority. Sharing of clerical rather than professional types of administration, and sharing by organizations and within partnerships characterized by lower structural complexity, also failed to improve reform outcomes. Faulty assumptions about the extent of administrative scale diseconomies in English local government partly explain this significant reform underperformance.
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Musatti, Tullia, Isabella Di Giandomenico, and Maria Cristina Picchio. "Il ruolo della valutazione nella costruzione di un sistema integrato di servizi per l'infanzia." RIV Rassegna Italiana di Valutazione, no. 40 (February 2009): 89–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/riv2008-040006.
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- The analysis of the relationships between evaluation activities and re-organization of early educational provision in Italy shows the potential role of evaluation in the processes of modernization of public administration. Local governments need both to guarantee a good quality of the public as well as subsidized early educational centers and to build up an integrated network of all the centers in their area. In this perspective, evaluation becomes a basic tool of local governance. This paper will present a project of evaluation of infant-toddler daycare centers realized on demand of the City of Rome. The project implemented an articulated system of evaluation based on a process of discussion on the definition and evaluation of quality that was shared among different stakeholders and implemented according to procedures of documentation, analysis, and evaluation of the different components of the center quality. The analysis of this experience shows that, within an integrated local network of early educational centers, the evaluation activities aimed at institutional accreditation or at excellence accreditation are likely to be the same. The paper also discusses the value of an approach to the evaluation of early educational services based on inter-subjectivity and participation of many stakeholders. Key words: early educational provision, accreditation, participant evaluation, empowerment, sustainability.
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BICHLER, LOIS A., KAKAMBI V. NAGARAJA, and BENJAMIN S. POMEROY. "Plasmid Diversity in Salmonella enteritidis of Animal, Poultry, and Human Origin." Journal of Food Protection 57, no. 1 (January 1, 1994): 4–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-57.1.4.
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One hundred thirty-eight isolates of Salmonella enteritidis from human, animal, and avian species were analyzed for the presence of plasmid DNA. Plasmid DNA from S. enteritidis isolates were extracted by a modification of a high alkaline extraction procedure. Comparisons were made between samples based on the number of plasmids present and their molecular weights. There were seven different profiles seen among the 15 human isolates from the Centers for Disease Control. These seven profiles were recognized with the animal isolates from the National Veterinary Services Laboratory, the chicken isolates from the northeastem (NE) region of the United States, and the turkey isolates from Minnesota (MN). There were no shared profdes between the human isolates and the chicken isolates from MN. The greatest relationship existed between the human isolates and the chicken isolates from the NE region of the United States, sharing four common profiles. Every Centers for Disease Control isolate shared a plasmid profile with chicken isolates from the NE region of the United States. The chicken isolates from MN had no profiles in common with any isolates from any other groups. The majority of animal isolates from National Veterinary Services Laboratory and the turkey isolates from MN possessed the virulence-associated 54 kb plasmid alone. This paper describes how plasmid profiles can be used as a tool in epidemiological investigations.
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Greenwood, Narcessa Gail-Rosales, Cynthia B. Taniguchi, Amy Sheldrick, and Leslie Hurley. "Navigation models in diverse outpatient settings: Shared themes, challenges, and opportunities." Journal of Clinical Oncology 36, no. 30_suppl (October 20, 2018): 134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2018.36.30_suppl.134.
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134 Background: Navigation has been recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a component of quality oncology care. This discussion highlights progress of Nurse Navigation implementation within 3 US Oncology Network practices. A team-based approach optimizing patient care coordination and providing enhanced services has been identified. Study practices demonstrate common navigation goals and desired outcomes, despite variations in practice size, dissimilar workflows, and unclear best-practice guidelines for navigation in the outpatient setting. Methods: The US Oncology Network formed a committee to study and develop evidence-based nurse navigation processes for recommendation to the greater Network. The committee includes 6 members, each a lead Oncology Nurse Navigator, practicing in different US geographical regions. Preliminary steps were to seek evidence-based support through: Existing models for Oncology Nurse Navigation that are adaptable for the community setting Best-practice in navigation recommendations from esteemed professional organizations Challenges and solutions identified and implemented Scope of practice for the Nurse Navigator in a community setting Performance metrics targeting effective, value-driven navigation Results: Focusing on scientific Nursing Process, study practices provided navigation services to 3762 patients. Gaps in navigation processes were identified, as well as barriers throughout the continuum of care. Scope of Practice for the community-based Nurse Navigator was defined. Navigation framework was established to include patient/family education, psychosocial interventions, referral outsourcing, and patient advocacy. A formal job description was created for the role of the Oncology Nurse Navigator. The Interdisciplinary Care Team Conference Standard was finalized to support coordination of care. Conclusions: Work remains to define, implement, and test effective navigational models to support challenges of patients receiving care in the outpatient setting. Benefits resulting from Nurse Navigation processes are emerging as healthcare trends advance quality of care while decreasing total cost of care.
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Turczyn, Magdalena. "Centralization of Processes of Supporting Educational Institutional and its Consequences in the Budget of the Commune." Central European Review of Economics & Finance 30, no. 2 (April 30, 2019): 33–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.24136/ceref.2019.006.
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Shared Services Center have been developing well for the last few years in Poland as well as in the world. Advantages of the centralization of the processes 'back-office' in private businesses are not insignificant, therefore this solution have been introduced and recommended to the local government units. The main purpose of this article was to diagnose if the centralization of support processes for commune educational institutions in the voivodeships Podkarpackie in Shared Service Centers, brings effects in the form of lowering costs handling these processes. After analyzing the data, the results confirming the thesis were obtained. In the studied period of years 2014-2017, despite rising expenes for education, the direct costs related to employees servicing support processes were decreasing. It causes the necessity of insightful analysis of the problem from different aspects, but it also allows us to suppose that the implementation of solutions developed in education system would also be effective in other areas of activity of local government units, which would optimalize costs and bring significant savings.
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Plugge, Albert, Shahrokh Nikou, and Marijn Janssen. "A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of factors influencing successful shared service center implementation." Industrial Management & Data Systems 122, no. 4 (March 29, 2022): 920–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/imds-09-2021-0573.
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PurposeOrganizations nowadays require services supplied by shared service centers (SSCs) to achieve organizational responsiveness. Previous contributions focused on distinct qualitative-explorative factors for explaining successful SSC implementation but failed to consider the interdependencies and combined effects between factors.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on complexity and configuration theories, this research employed a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). A unique dataset of 121 international firms was obtained to examine the combined effects of five conditions (factors), namely, modularization, standardization, decision-rights, portfolio and customer-orientation .FindingsThe findings show that multiple configurations of conditions (or solutions) can lead to successful SSC implementation. The fsQCA results indicated that portfolio and standardization are perceived as core conditions in all configurations. Firms that focus on portfolio and continuous evaluation of customer-orientation are more likely to be successful. Furthermore, in some configurations, the size of the firm size matters.Research limitations/implicationsThe cross-sectional survey data might be a potential limitation. In future research, a more extensive survey can be collected to help generalize the results.Practical implicationsSuccess factors are dependent on the SSC configuration. Standardization, portfolio management and regular evaluations of changing customer services by executive management are needed.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, there is no academic study that examines SSC implementation based on salient conditions using a configurational thinking approach. As such, the findings of the research allow us to better understand the causal complexity and interdependencies between essential SSC factors.
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Cohn, Jeffrey, Angela Carrigan, Selvi Palaniappan, Silvana Rivero, and Kathleen M. Castro. "Increasing genetics referrals: The National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) network performance improvement project." Journal of Clinical Oncology 30, no. 34_suppl (December 1, 2012): 111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2012.30.34_suppl.111.
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111 Background: A NCCCP goal is to improve quality of care through increasing guideline adherence at participating community cancer centers. 14 NCCCP sites participated in a performance improvement project to (1) increase genetics referral and counseling services by 10% in accordance with established guidelines for breast or colorectal cancer. The project hypothesized that data collection and feedback improves referral rates by better targeting eligible populations for improvement interventions. Methods: Sites recorded the source and outcome of each breast/colon referral using a tool developed by the NCCCP. Aggregate data were shared on monthly project calls where site staff shared best practices/issues with peers and received feedback. Results: Data were collected Jul 2011-Apr 2012 and analyzed at 2-week intervals. The number of colorectal and breast patients referred for genetics counseling remained stable through the 9-month period. Despite no change in the rates of referrals the data were hypotheses generating. Colorectal cases of all ages were being correctly referred in accordance with established guidelines; project calls demonstrated sites’ efforts to improve referral processes, such as including genetics counselors in the multidisciplinary team discussions, implementing universal screening for Lynch syndrome, and developing new linkages with referring staff. Conclusions: The project was a successful proof of concept study showing the feasibility of pooling genetic counseling data across diverse community cancer centers. Robust data collection is inadequate to drive sustainable improvement; specific process changes are also required. Future NCCCP collaborative initiatives are needed to ensure all eligible patients have access to genetic counseling referral services as there remain a significant group of patients eligible for genetic counseling who are not being seen. Funded by HHSN261200800001E.
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Kim, Jinsung, Minseok Kim, Sehyeuk Im, and Donghyun Choi. "Competitiveness of E Commerce Firms through ESG Logistics." Sustainability 13, no. 20 (October 19, 2021): 11548. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132011548.
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Rapid growth in the e-commerce market, caused by COVID-19, has led to fierce competition. The intense competition in e-commerce market triggers firms to strengthen their competitiveness by providing logistics services. Furthermore, as sustainability becomes important in consumers’ choices of products or services, e-commerce companies’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activities are becoming important. Therefore, our purpose of study is to examine the attributes of e-commerce’s competitiveness in the perspective of ESG in the logistics service and to suggest differentiation strategies. We analyzed the importance of each ESG attribute in the logistics through a conjoint analysis. As a result, we found that e-commerce consumers value ESG activities in the order of distribution in the social (9.866%), partnership in the governance (9.637%), operation of distribution center in the social (8.570%), packaging in the environmental (8.320%), operation of distribution center in the environmental (8.262%), purchasing in the social (8.200%), and distribution in the environmental (7.153%). Accordingly, we suggested ESG strategies such as win-win cooperation, opening information on the working environment in delivery and distribution centers, development of a shared logistics platform, preventing COVID-19, and raising consumers’ awareness of eco-friendly delivery.
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Sheikhgasanov, Shamsutdin Kadievich, and Yury Vasil'evich Kolotilov. "Methods for achieving energy efficiency in cloud computing." Vestnik of Astrakhan State Technical University. Series: Management, computer science and informatics 2020, no. 2 (April 30, 2020): 77–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.24143/2072-9502-2020-2-77-83.
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The article considers the problem of cloud computing - the environment of data storage and processing that provides access to resources shared among multiple users. Cloud computing is a model for organizing remote access on request for a shared set of configurable computing resources that can be quickly allocated and freed with minimal management or interaction costs with the service provider. Using clouds significantly reduces the costs of large industrial companies and enterprises. Cloud technology helps scale your business quickly and with minimal cost, they can improve productivity together with simplifying many business processes. Cloud computing is vastly expanding opportunities, so that all large companies today are actively switching to cloud services. But this causes significant problems with energy consumption. The energy consumption by cloud computing remains a serious problem, as data processing centers grow in size. There has been proposed the approach to choosing an energy-efficient cloud architecture that aims to reduce the energy consumption of cloud applications in all deployment models, the architectures of cloud infrastructures being given. The architecture supports energy efficiency in building, deploying and operating services.
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Seal, Robert A. "Resource sharing begins at home: opportunities for library partnerships on a university campus." Interlending & Document Supply 44, no. 3 (August 15, 2016): 127–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ilds-01-2016-0003.
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Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate that academic library cooperation is not only limited to work with other institutions but also includes partnerships with related campus units. The primary goal of interdepartmental collaboration is to enhance student success, a common institutional priority in the twenty-first century. Design/methodology/approach The paper offers examples of successful library/campus collaboration along with goals, advantages, disadvantages and challenges of such activity. Elements necessary for success as well as the importance of project assessment are emphasized. Findings Many opportunities for cooperation exist, especially with student development, centers for teaching excellence, information technology, academic departments, writing centers and more. The Information Commons model in particular offers the academic library many opportunities for shared services. Based on the successes of many colleges and universities, libraries are encouraged to consider and undertake partnerships with other student and faculty support services. Originality/value The paper incorporates an overview of the literature of library/campus cooperation along with the author’s experience to provide a roadmap for future projects at any college or research library.
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Pylypchuk, Yuriy, Chad D. Meyerhoefer, William Encinosa, and Talisha Searcy. "The role of electronic health record developers in hospital patient sharing." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 29, no. 3 (December 6, 2021): 435–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab263.
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Abstract Objective To determine whether hospital adoption of a new electronic health record (EHR) developer increases patient sharing with hospitals using the same developer. Materials and Methods We extracted data on patients shared with other hospitals for 3076 US nonfederal acute care hospitals from the 2011 to 2016 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Physician Shared Patient Patterns database. We calculated the ratio of patients shared with hospitals outside of the focal hospital’s network that use the same EHR developer as the focal hospital, and estimated difference-in-differences models to compare same-developer patient sharing among hospitals that switched to a new developer with those that did not switch developer. Results Switching to a new EHR developer increased the ratio of patients shared with other hospitals having the same EHR developer by 4.1–19.3%, depending on model specification. The magnitude of this effect varied by EHR developer and was increasing in developer market share. Discussion Consolidation in the EHR industry has led to higher patient sharing among hospitals with the same EHR developer. Contributing factors could include the growth of developer-based health information exchanges, customizable referral management systems, and provider preferences for easy and reliable data exchange. However, hospital transfers that are significantly influenced by EHR developer could lead to poor patient-provider matches. Conclusion Hospitals’ choice of EHR developer impacts the flow of patients across hospitals, which could have both desirable and undesirable effects on patient care. Future research should investigate whether health outcomes decline with greater same-developer patient sharing.
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Khan, Khaled M. "State of Sharing Clinical Information in a Healthcare System in the Gulf." International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare 1, no. 3 (July 2012): 27–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijrqeh.2012070104.
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The main objectives of this paper are to study the extent of automation and the state of sharing of clinical data in out-patient services of a healthcare sector in the Gulf. Based on the findings, it proposes a framework to improve the current automation process further. The paper focuses mainly on how the patients’ clinical data in the local primary health centers (PHCs) and the main hospitals in a Gulf country are stored electronically, and how the clinical data are shared among all major stakeholders. It is anticipated that the proposed framework will significantly reduce the duplication of data and services as well as reduce the use of paper files significantly. The healthcare decision makers will be able to access the relevant data in order to provide best practices and decision supports. It also promotes data sharing among all stakeholders, hence improve healthcare services.
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Dai, Wanyang. "Product-Form Solutions for Integrated Services Packet Networks and Cloud Computing Systems." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2014 (2014): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/767651.
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We iteratively derive the product-form solutions of stationary distributions for a type of preemptive priority multiclass queueing networks with multiserver stations. This type of queueing systems can typically be used to model the stochastic dynamics of some large scale backbone networks with multiprocessor shared-memory switches or local (edge) cloud computing centers with parallel-server pools. The queueing networks are Markovian with exponential interarrival and service time distributions. The obtained iterative solutions can be used to conduct performance analysis or as comparison criteria for approximation and simulation studies. Numerical comparisons with existing Brownian approximating model (BAM) related to general interarrival and service times are provided to show the effectiveness of our current designed algorithm and our previous derived BAM. Furthermore, based on the iterative solutions, we can also give some analysis concerning network stability for some cases of these queueing systems, which provides some insight for more general study.
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Tong, Elisa K., Terri Wolf, David T. Cooke, Nathan Fairman, and Moon S. Chen. "The Emergence of a Sustainable Tobacco Treatment Program across the Cancer Care Continuum: A Systems Approach for Implementation at the University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 9 (May 6, 2020): 3241. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093241.
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Tobacco treatment is increasingly recognized as important to cancer care, but few cancer centers have implemented sustainable tobacco treatment programs. The University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCD CCC) was funded to integrate tobacco treatment into cancer care. Lessons learned from the UCD CCC are illustrated across a systems framework with the Cancer Care Continuum and by applying constructs from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Findings demonstrate different motivational drivers for the cancer center and the broader health system. Implementation readiness across the domains of the Cancer Care Continuum with clinical entities was more mature in the Prevention domain, but Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survivorship domains demonstrated less implementation readiness despite leadership engagement. Over a two-year implementation process, the UCD CCC focused on enhancing information and knowledge sharing within the treatment domain with the support of the cancer committee infrastructure, while identifying available resources and adapting workflows for various cancer care service lines. The UCD CCC findings, while it may not be generalizable to all cancer centers, demonstrate the application of conceptual frameworks to accelerate implementation for a sustainable tobacco treatment program. Key common elements that may be shared across oncology settings include a state quitline for an adaptable intervention, cancer committees for outer/inner setting infrastructure, tobacco quality metrics for data reporting, and non-physician staff for integrated services.