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Capstone Projects
Development of a Pediatric Urgent Care CenterThe goal of this Capstone team's project was to assist Maimonides Medical Center in creating a pediatric urgent care center service model. By routing non-acute pediatric patients to a setting more appropriate for treatment of non-emergent problems, …
Capstone Projects
Ambulatory Patient Groups Behavioral Health Revenue Projection Model… recommended strategies to maintain or improve Safe Space’s performance under the new reimbursement system. …
Capstone Projects
Review of Current Hourly Rounding Nursing Processes at New York Presbyterian HospitalHourly nurse rounding is an eight-step, scripted, proactive approach to patient care. Studies have shown that the practice of hourly rounding can improve patient satisfaction and safety, particularly in the reduction of falls in hospitals. Increased job …
Capstone Projects
Developing Logic Models and Evaluation Tools to Increase Understanding of the Impact of a New York City Legal Services Nonprofit Organization… and use; and a survey tool enabling Brooklyn A to improve performance measurement and tracking, assess program …
Publication
Major Expansion of Primary Care in Brazil Linked to Decline in Unnecessary Hospitalization… that the Family Health Program has improved health system performance in Brazil by reducing the number of potentially …
Capstone Projects
Dialysis/Apheresis Operational Excellence Task ForceNew York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP)works to deliver excellent and cost-effective care, while simultaneously facing numerous challenges due to increasingly strict reimbursement criteria, multiple state and federal regulations, as well as stiff market …
Publication
Depressive Symptoms in Blood Donors Notified of HIV InfectionUnderstanding more about the psychological state of persons notified of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is critical for designing notification and counseling programs that will have the most positive effect. Methods. The subjects were blood …
Publication
Spending, Size, and Grade Span in K-8 Schools… relationships, though, between grade span and school-level performance, pointing to the need to augment these analyses …
Publication
The Civil Service and National Security Personnel Improvement Act… management. It contained new procedures for pay for performance, accelerated hiring, and waivers for …
Capstone Projects
New York Dialysis Provider CoalitionDaVita is one of the major dialysis care providers in the United States and has the largest dialysis chain organization in New York. In addition to providing dialysis care, DaVita takes an active role in educating patients and lobbying for policy reforms …
Capstone Projects
Effects of the Industrialization of Tequila on Agave Workers in Arandas, MexicoNAFTA and U.S. recognition of Mexico's regions of appellation for tequila brought a substantial presence of multinational corporations into Mexico's tequila industry. With this, agave -- the principal ingredient of tequila -- is no longer cultivated by …
Capstone Projects
Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Public Administration Training Program for Public Sector Employees in Jordan… strategic planning, managing people, project management, performance measurement and management, leadership, and …
Capstone Projects
Environmental Sustainability Project… areas at both facilities where building and/or site performance upgrades could be applied. Federal, state, and …
Capstone Projects
Central Harlem Demographic and Market Analysis"The Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc., is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to preserve the historic Apollo Theater and expand the reach of the “Apollo Experience.” The Apollo is now at a pivotal point in its development, as it attempts to find a …
Capstone Projects
Evaluating the Brooklyn Family Justice Center: An Outcome Model and Evaluation Toolkit… insight gained during client and expert interviews, the performance of an extensive literature review, and an …
Alumni In Action
Julian Metcalf… and the next day I might fly to Los Angeles to conduct a performance audit of a local government. Overall I work to …
Alumni In Action
Daniel Manitsky… and opportunities for someone seeking to improve performance within it. Describe your current job. I currently …
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How to Apply to the Online MHA… come from an individual who can objectively assess your performance and your potential for success in your NYU Wagner …
News
Professor Coslovsky leads research to boost exports of forest-friendly products from the Brazilian Amazon … year suggests there are many opportunities to improve the performance of forest-compatible products in international …
Publication
Patterns of Care and Outcomes Associated With Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Versus Conventional Radiation Therapy for Older Patients With Head-and-Neck Cancer Purpose : Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) requires a high degree of expertise compared with standard radiation therapy (RT). We performed a retrospective cohort study of Medicare patients treated with IMRT compared with standard RT to assess …
Publication
Child Development Services in Medicaid Managed care Organizations: What does it Take?Objective. We sought to understand why certain Medicaid managed care organizations (MMCOs) implemented child development services or programs and how they had done so. We also sought to identify barriers and facilitators to successful initiation and …
Publication
Explaining Sibling Differences in Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes: The Importance of Within- and Between-Family FactorsMost research on child behavioral and cognitive outcomes focuses on the impact of variables measured across families—holding a number of other characteristics constant. However, this research is limited in that it does not capture variation in child …
Stories
Climate Resilience Strategies to Mitigate the Risk of Climate ChangeBy: Katherine Key (MUP) On Wednesday, October 2, NYU Wagner hosted Matthew Kahn as part of this year’s Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum. Professor Kahn, a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Economics at John Hopkins University (JHU) and the director …
Capstone Projects
Utilizing big data in the credit union industryThe National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions helps low- and moderate-income individuals achieve financial independence by organizing, supporting, and investing in credit unions that serve underserved communities. The Federation’s members …