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Barriers, Budgets, & Batteries: Organizational Decision Making When Adopting New TechnologiesHow does an organization decide to adopt a new technology in its field programs? Global Relief Technology, a producer of handheld data collection devices, asked the Capstone team to research the barriers for PDA adoption by emergency relief organizations. …
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Osteoarthritis EducationHospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the number one nationally ranked orthopedic hospital, and a Magnet Designated Hospital, has identified a need to offer further nurse-driven community outreach programs. HSS requested a Capstone team to help incorporate …
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The Intersection of Incarceration and Food Insecurity in New York CityThe Fortune Society is a national leader in providing innovative, holistic services to formerly incarcerated men and women, as well as in operating a comprehensive alternative to incarceration program. Throughout the organization’s forty-year history, …
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Impact of Healthcare Reform on New Jersey Federally Qualified Health CentersThe Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is com­mitted to creating a strong, well­capital­ized, and durable nonprofit sector that effectively connects money to mission. To date, NFF of New Jersey has primarily served the needs of nonprofit organizations in the …
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Determining the Financial Impact of Inpatient Integrative MedicineThe Department of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center provides free inpatient services including acupunc­ture, yoga, reiki, and mind­body tech­niques. The Capstone team worked with the department to create a financial data­base and …
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Economic Development and Job CreationLocal 32BJ membership is comprised of service employees, including mainte­nance, janitorial and construction workers, security guards, and doormen. The union wants to ensure that economic develop­ment funding is spent creating meaningful jobs for its …
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Commercial Fleet ProgramsThe New York City Department of Finance (DOF) is the primary revenue collection agency for City government. DOF currently offers four programs designed to facilitate summons closure for owners of commer­cial fleets. The programs range from sim­ple …
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The Effect of State Support on Educational AttainmentPublic higher education in the United States is of particular interest as state governments are forced to cut spending in the face of lower revenues during this currently unstable economic period. Higher education funding is not immune to these cuts, and …
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Operational Assessment"The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School's Child Health Institute of New Jersey (CHINJ) opened in 2005 as a pediatric subspecialty ambulatory practice. Despite steady increases in patient demand, and a favorable payor mix, many ambulatory practice …
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User Charges: An Analysis of Collection Trends 1997- 2004The federal government collects user charges in order to link the costs of providing certain goods and services to those who most directly benefit from them. Because of the nation’s renewed interest in creating new revenue streams, the United States …
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RESEARCHING AND IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NEW NURSE RESIDENCY PROGRAMThe NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System (NYP) strives to identify, define, and improve upon the current practices and measures of success while focusing on evidence-based strategies to improve new graduate nurse retention. The NYP New Nurse Residency …
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RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF PROCUREMENT MODERNIZATION IN INDONESIAThe Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is an innovative and independent US foreign aid agency that is helping lead the fight against global poverty. Since 2012, the Indonesian government and the local affiliate of MCC have embarked on an ambitious …
Alumni In Action
Anisha ChikarmaneCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? I lead global strategy & operations for the Google Assistant (Google's voice assistant) Partnerships group - in other words, I help Google's BD team identify, prioritize, and launch initiatives with …
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Financial management indicators to improve Performance AssessmentEnterprise Community Partners (ECP) is a nonprofit organization that develops and preserves affordable housing at local and national levels through advocacy and strategic partnerships with financial institutions, governments, and community organizations. …
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A comparison of the Family Health Strategy to other sources of healthcare: utilization and quality of health services in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, BrazilIndicators of healthcare utilization and quality were compared in a probabilistic sample of adults (N = 7,534) covered by private health plans, the Family Health Strategy (FHS), and "traditional" primary care clinics (UBS) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais …
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“Waiting for the white man to change things”: Rebuilding Black poverty in New OrleansThis paper revisits William Julius Wilson’s thesis that class has surpassed race in significance of impact on African Americans. Our study uses qualitative data from a three-year ethnographic study of 40 largely low-income families in New Orleans …
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Development of Training Recommendations for Partner Organizations in PeruGlobal Goods Partners (GGP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating effective, income-generating opportunities for marginalized women and their communities through access to the consumer market for handmade and fair trade artisan crafts. …
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Commercially-Zoned Vacant Lot Temporary ActivationThe New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) is a neighborhood revitalization organization focused on housing and commercial development efforts to rebuild the City of New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, NORA acquired nearly 5,000 vacant lots from the …
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Evaluation of a Consumer Rights Project HotlineMFY Legal Services is one of New York City’s oldest legal aid organizations. Since 1963, they have provided free civil legal assistance on a wide range of issues and advocated to end root causes of inequality. In 2005, MFY launched the Consumer Rights …
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The Foreclosure Crisis and Community Development: Exploring the Foreclosed Stock in Hard-Hit NeighborhoodsSince the onset of the foreclosure crisis, many communities have faced a glut of properties that have completed the foreclosure process and are now owned by banks or other mortgage lenders. Policy-makers worry that large concentrations of these …
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Effectively Targeting Public Health Intervention The Local Government Unit of Libon (LGU) recently incorporated an electronic medical records system to better serve its constituents. The Capstone team was requested to provide recommendations for using this system to guide public health policy at the …
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Developing Affordable Housing with EB-5The Capstone team worked with McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS), a leading national developer of low- and mixed-income housing, to ascertain the viability of securing funding from the EB-5 immigrant investor program to urban residential development. The EB-5 …
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Healthy Food Access ProjectEnterprise Community Partners is a national nonprofit organization that provides expertise and financing for affordable housing development for low and moderate income families. Enterprise recently developed the Green Communities Criteria, a points-based …
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Patient Portal Roll-Out at the William F. Ryan Community Health Center: How to Improve Usage?The William F. Ryan Community Health Center (Ryan Center) is a Federally Qualified Health Center providing care to low-income and underserved patients throughout Manhattan. The Ryan Center recently added a portal for patients to access health records …
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