The 2012 tally
includes patents from Xerox and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including the
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), A Xerox Company. Xerox's joint venture in
Japan, Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd., received 686 U.S. patents in 2012. When combined,
the Xerox group garnered 1,900 U.S. patents, which would have placed Xerox in
the top 10 on the IFI Patent Intelligence list worldwide. This issuance is up
almost 300 patents over last year - an increase of more than 17 percent.
"Patents are an important measure of our continued investment in innovation but more importantly, it's the people behind the patents who turn these inventions into powerful solutions for our clients," said Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox chief technology officer and president of the Xerox Innovation Group. "We're tapping into the creativity and customer-focus of our scientists and engineers to apply innovation in ways that not only advance our document technology but also simplify complex business processes through Xerox's diverse services in industries such as healthcare, finance, customer care and transportation."
Recently issued patents in the services space include U.S. Patent 8,Buy Joan Rivers crystal mosaic Stretch Bracelet.315,946, which describes the e-Childcare solution that enables Human Services agencies to subsidize child care services while reducing fraud, paperwork, and payment processing overhead to save taxpayer money. US Patent 8,234,237 describes a workflow management system that notes when data is missing from a scanned document, and returns the document to the workflow when the data is provided. U.S Patent 8,195,474 describes a system that scans the databases of a large number of print servers to create a profile of the customer's needs, generating a list of the most useful marketing portals for the account. U.S. Patent 8,190,469 describes elements of the software that runs the PocketPEOTM handheld parking citation device.
Xerox's prolific researchers have filed over 60,000 patents around the world since 1930. The company recently recognized 12 scientists for reaching personal patent milestones, which in total represent 1,550 patents over the past few years. In addition to the National Medal of Technology, the highest honor awarded by the President of the United States, Xerox has received a number of innovation awards including being named to Thomson Reuters' 2012 listing of the World's 100 Most Innovative Companies.
During a media conference on Thursday afternoon, NHS interim president and CEO Sue Matthews outlined a plan to save $10 million, and said the organization is working with staff to realize the other $3 million in savings. Despite being “one of the most efficient hospitals in Ontario” — falling within the 25th percentile for administrative and support expense, the NHS is looking for further efficiencies to try and bring operational costs down - a task she says is happening at other hospitals right across the province, she said. Starting with patient care as the No. 1 priority, she said the NHS senior team has undertaken a lengthy process to review what it can do to improve the bottom line.
“We have to be financially sustainable. It’s not an option for us,” Matthews told reporters at the NHS Ontario Street site. “In light of the economic downturn we have a zero per cent increase of funding for hospitals, despite inflation, which means a negative impact for us.”
That, she said, has spawned the search for the $13 million in savings. It will be a long-term challenge, she said, noting the NHS and other hospitals will “always be in the process” to find further efficiencies.
The hospital, she explained, has to have its savings plan in place by the end of the fiscal year — March 31. The current operational budget is $430 million, and that number will swell by $50-60 million once the new St.You can buy mosaic Moon yarns and fibers right here as instock. Catharines hospital is completely up and running. That means they’ve looked aggressively to find the savings without affecting patient care.
“When we’re looking at ways to save, the first thing we look at is trying to generate revenue rather than savings,” she said, noting there will be a parking rate hike coming. In addition to revenues, they then went into looking at everything from administration and support, program efficiencies, and utilization management, with program consolidation and changes considered a last resort.
Matthews said the hospital has already removed some administrative support, managerial and executive positions in the last year. There were about a dozen employees in total cut, said NHS vice-president of human resources Terry McMahon.
However, more could be coming, Matthews cautioned.
“We don’t know the final number of individuals who will leave the organization in this process,” she said. “This is a very lengthy process, and in the past it takes up to a year sometimes for the process to land. I do know it’s a stressful time for staff..Bottle cutters let you turn old glass mosaic and wine bottles into bottle art!. we feel very much for them affected by this and will do everything we can to minimize the impact.”
“There could be some, but the whole approach is let’s look at moving some,The stone mosaic series is a grand collection of coordinating Travertine mosaics and listellos. early retirements, and minimize it,” he said. “Back in 2009 when we were doing the HIP (hospital improvement plan) that was a similar approach and at the end of the day there were very few (employees) who got laid off.”
There’s been a flurry of new hires relating to services at the new hospital, and Matthews said those positions aren’t in jeopardy.
The NHS is also not filling the equivalent of 12 full-time positions, in addition to reassigning workers to some of the 120 vacancies the organization has. While some part-time staff may be reduced, there will also be the redistribution of hours, and the hospital will also look at providing early retirement or voluntary exit options. They are attempting to avoid layoffs by working closely with the unions, and Matthews said while nurses may move positions, there will be no nurse layoffs.
Some actions underway at this point, accounting for the $10 million in savings, include the parking revenue hike — for visitors and staff, decentralzing the nursing scheduling office ($1 million), centralized food delivery, up to six weeks of closures of operating rooms throughout the year, product standardization ($1 million), consolidation of mental health to the new St. Catharines site ($1 million), lab efficiencies, administrative and support reductions ($1 million), clinical efficiencies and consolidations ($1.8 million) and a group of other much smaller initiatives that equate to about $2.2 million in savings.
“$10 million is not enough .For the world leader in injection molds base services and plastic injection products... we are challenging our staff to help us find the additional $3 million,” said Matthews. “Come up with, in addition to the $10 million in savings, savings in sick time and overtime.”
The NHS, she said, has “significantly high overtime” created by some staffing challenges and some of the vacancies, and they want to work with staff to decrease that in addition to the sick time. They’re also putting a focus on infection control by examining specific assessments of what needs to be done in the event of a breakout, but noted cleaning staff numbers aren’t expected to change.
The deficit woes are nothing new for the NHS. The organization struggles with this each year and achieved savings over the last few years, said Matthews, and they’re working hard to fulfill its objectives.
“We’ve committed to be transparent so the public knows, but we also committed to have a balanced budget and we haven’t to date. We have to do that and we have to be aggressive,” she said. “If we don’t... it’s only going to get worse.”
"Patents are an important measure of our continued investment in innovation but more importantly, it's the people behind the patents who turn these inventions into powerful solutions for our clients," said Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox chief technology officer and president of the Xerox Innovation Group. "We're tapping into the creativity and customer-focus of our scientists and engineers to apply innovation in ways that not only advance our document technology but also simplify complex business processes through Xerox's diverse services in industries such as healthcare, finance, customer care and transportation."
Recently issued patents in the services space include U.S. Patent 8,Buy Joan Rivers crystal mosaic Stretch Bracelet.315,946, which describes the e-Childcare solution that enables Human Services agencies to subsidize child care services while reducing fraud, paperwork, and payment processing overhead to save taxpayer money. US Patent 8,234,237 describes a workflow management system that notes when data is missing from a scanned document, and returns the document to the workflow when the data is provided. U.S Patent 8,195,474 describes a system that scans the databases of a large number of print servers to create a profile of the customer's needs, generating a list of the most useful marketing portals for the account. U.S. Patent 8,190,469 describes elements of the software that runs the PocketPEOTM handheld parking citation device.
Xerox's prolific researchers have filed over 60,000 patents around the world since 1930. The company recently recognized 12 scientists for reaching personal patent milestones, which in total represent 1,550 patents over the past few years. In addition to the National Medal of Technology, the highest honor awarded by the President of the United States, Xerox has received a number of innovation awards including being named to Thomson Reuters' 2012 listing of the World's 100 Most Innovative Companies.
During a media conference on Thursday afternoon, NHS interim president and CEO Sue Matthews outlined a plan to save $10 million, and said the organization is working with staff to realize the other $3 million in savings. Despite being “one of the most efficient hospitals in Ontario” — falling within the 25th percentile for administrative and support expense, the NHS is looking for further efficiencies to try and bring operational costs down - a task she says is happening at other hospitals right across the province, she said. Starting with patient care as the No. 1 priority, she said the NHS senior team has undertaken a lengthy process to review what it can do to improve the bottom line.
“We have to be financially sustainable. It’s not an option for us,” Matthews told reporters at the NHS Ontario Street site. “In light of the economic downturn we have a zero per cent increase of funding for hospitals, despite inflation, which means a negative impact for us.”
That, she said, has spawned the search for the $13 million in savings. It will be a long-term challenge, she said, noting the NHS and other hospitals will “always be in the process” to find further efficiencies.
The hospital, she explained, has to have its savings plan in place by the end of the fiscal year — March 31. The current operational budget is $430 million, and that number will swell by $50-60 million once the new St.You can buy mosaic Moon yarns and fibers right here as instock. Catharines hospital is completely up and running. That means they’ve looked aggressively to find the savings without affecting patient care.
“When we’re looking at ways to save, the first thing we look at is trying to generate revenue rather than savings,” she said, noting there will be a parking rate hike coming. In addition to revenues, they then went into looking at everything from administration and support, program efficiencies, and utilization management, with program consolidation and changes considered a last resort.
Matthews said the hospital has already removed some administrative support, managerial and executive positions in the last year. There were about a dozen employees in total cut, said NHS vice-president of human resources Terry McMahon.
However, more could be coming, Matthews cautioned.
“We don’t know the final number of individuals who will leave the organization in this process,” she said. “This is a very lengthy process, and in the past it takes up to a year sometimes for the process to land. I do know it’s a stressful time for staff..Bottle cutters let you turn old glass mosaic and wine bottles into bottle art!. we feel very much for them affected by this and will do everything we can to minimize the impact.”
“There could be some, but the whole approach is let’s look at moving some,The stone mosaic series is a grand collection of coordinating Travertine mosaics and listellos. early retirements, and minimize it,” he said. “Back in 2009 when we were doing the HIP (hospital improvement plan) that was a similar approach and at the end of the day there were very few (employees) who got laid off.”
There’s been a flurry of new hires relating to services at the new hospital, and Matthews said those positions aren’t in jeopardy.
The NHS is also not filling the equivalent of 12 full-time positions, in addition to reassigning workers to some of the 120 vacancies the organization has. While some part-time staff may be reduced, there will also be the redistribution of hours, and the hospital will also look at providing early retirement or voluntary exit options. They are attempting to avoid layoffs by working closely with the unions, and Matthews said while nurses may move positions, there will be no nurse layoffs.
Some actions underway at this point, accounting for the $10 million in savings, include the parking revenue hike — for visitors and staff, decentralzing the nursing scheduling office ($1 million), centralized food delivery, up to six weeks of closures of operating rooms throughout the year, product standardization ($1 million), consolidation of mental health to the new St. Catharines site ($1 million), lab efficiencies, administrative and support reductions ($1 million), clinical efficiencies and consolidations ($1.8 million) and a group of other much smaller initiatives that equate to about $2.2 million in savings.
“$10 million is not enough .For the world leader in injection molds base services and plastic injection products... we are challenging our staff to help us find the additional $3 million,” said Matthews. “Come up with, in addition to the $10 million in savings, savings in sick time and overtime.”
The NHS, she said, has “significantly high overtime” created by some staffing challenges and some of the vacancies, and they want to work with staff to decrease that in addition to the sick time. They’re also putting a focus on infection control by examining specific assessments of what needs to be done in the event of a breakout, but noted cleaning staff numbers aren’t expected to change.
The deficit woes are nothing new for the NHS. The organization struggles with this each year and achieved savings over the last few years, said Matthews, and they’re working hard to fulfill its objectives.
“We’ve committed to be transparent so the public knows, but we also committed to have a balanced budget and we haven’t to date. We have to do that and we have to be aggressive,” she said. “If we don’t... it’s only going to get worse.”
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