NYU Wagner

Roger Kropf, Professor of Health Management, teaches courses on management and information systems for health services organizations. He is also co-instructor for the capstone course in health management and finance. He received his doctorate from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. One of his principal interests is in helping health care professionals to use management information systems to achieve their organization’s goals and objectives. This is the major subject of his books—Service Excellence in Health Care Through the Use of Computers (American College of Healthcare Executives, 1990) and Strategic Analysis for Hospital Management (with James Greenberg, Aspen Systems, 1984). His most recent book is Making Information Technology Work: Maximizing the Benefits for Health Care Organizations with Guy Scalzi (Health Forum/AHA Press, September,2007). His current research is on how managers assess the value of healthcare Information Technology projects before approval, monitor whether projects are on-time and on-budget, and measure performance after implementation. This is described more fully at his Web site, (www.nyu.edu/classes/kropf).