Capstone Projects

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For years, nurses have struggled with balancing bedside service, direct patient care, teaching, and an array of other daily tasks. Several studies have shown that nurses can spend seventeen percent or more of their shift administering medications, which …
New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center
The Capstone team worked with a leadership team at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center to develop a process for improving the procurement of supplies on two adult inpatient oncology nursing units, one medical and one …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York City is composed of five boroughs/counties, each having a different District Attorney. Because each District Attorney’s office has its own method of managing its arrest to arraignment process, the New York Police Department (NYPD) is operating …
New York Police Department - Office of Management Analysis and Planning
As part of the United States Agency for International Development technical assistance to the Indonesia Ministry of Finance, the project studied new taxes and charges adopted by local governments under the country’s evolving decentralization process. This …
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Indonesia Ministry of Finance
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is a member of the United Nations Development Program group, established as a special purpose fund primarily for small-scale investment through local development programs and microfinance operations in …
United Nations Capital Development Fund
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is a member of the United Nations Development Program group, established as a special purpose fund primarily for small-scale investment through local development programs and microfinance operations in …
United Nations Capital Development Fund
The Favela-Bairro program is a $600 million program funded by two contracts signed with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and sponsored by the Municipalidade de Habitao. The main objective of the program is to integrate favelas into the city, …
Planejamento Arquitetnico e Ambiental (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) and NYU Wagner
The Favela-Bairro program is a $600 million program funded by two contracts signed with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and sponsored by the Municipalidade de Habitao. The main objective of the program is to integrate favelas into the city, …
Planejamento Arquitetnico e Ambiental (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) and NYU Wagner
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) is committed to serving the vast array of neighborhoods comprising its service area and recognizes the importance of preserving a local community focus. The Department of Nursing plans for its nurses to have a strong …
New York-Presbyterian Allen Pavilion
The Volunteer and Leadership Development Division (VLDD) of UJAFederation of New York is a department dedicated to encouraging volunteerism through UJA-Federation and its network of agencies. Each year, VLDD works with thousands of volunteers to link them …
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York Volunteer and Leadership Development Division
The Volunteer and Leadership Development Division (VLDD) of UJAFederation of New York is a department dedicated to encouraging volunteerism through UJA-Federation and its network of agencies. Each year, VLDD works with thousands of volunteers to link them …
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York Volunteer and Leadership Development Division
Lutheran Medical Center is a community-based hospital in Brooklyn, New York that serves a large underprivileged population. Because Medicaid comprises approximately 20% of the Medical Center’s revenue, it is important to collect these payments in a timely …
Lutheran Medical Center
The Capstone team was asked to evaluate the validity of complaints that the client has received from health care providers regarding the improper administration of claims by managed care organizations (MCOs). Providers have alleged that claims are …
New York State Attorney General, Health Care Bureau
The Capstone team was asked to evaluate the validity of complaints that the client has received from health care providers regarding the improper administration of claims by managed care organizations (MCOs). Providers have alleged that claims are …
New York State Attorney General, Health Care Bureau
The Capstone team developed a decision-making model for the Weill Cornell IPA and Physician Organization to assess the value of contracted managed care plans based on a variety of selected performance measures. The model is intended to benchmark plan …
Weill Cornell Physician Organization
The Capstone team partnered with New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the New York Biosciences Association to determine if New York City and the surrounding metropolitan region will benefit from uniting and marketing itself as a …
New York City Economic Development Corporation
In the wake of the 1997 Asian fiscal crises and the demise of the Suharto regime, the government of Indonesia has implemented a decentralization program that is considered the new hope for development and growth in the country. If local government …
World Bank, Jakarta Urban Development Office
The mission of the Wise Giving Alliance (WGA), a national organization affiliated with the Better Business Bureau, is to monitor nonprofits that receive the majority of their funding from private contributions. Nonprofits are rated as passing or failing …
Applied Research Capstone
Public transportation security became a main focal point after the September 11 attacks. How public transportation agencies responded to the attacks provides unique case studies for transportation planners and managers. With transit systems open and …
Independent Research
"Every day in New York City children face the loss of a parent due to incarceration. Existing research does not account for the numbers, ages, gender or locations of these children, thus impeding the development and implementation of programs and services …
Osborne Association
The Capstone team was asked to review New York City’s franchise, revocable consent, and concession process to determine if additional revenue could be generated for the City through process changes and improvements. The Capstone team identified three City …
Citizens Budget Commission
The Capstone team evaluated the “Partners In Caring” program (PiC), a grant that allows social workers to deliver counseling, group therapy, and educational workshops in a place Jews congregate—the synagogue. The grant was made by the federated body that …
UJA-Federation of New York, F·E·G·S
The Capstone team formulated two research questions to assess the extent to which the New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) was utilizing evidence-based nursing sensitive patient acuity measures to manage nurse staffing: what are the current NYPH …
New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Pediatric Emergency Department Quality Study in Pulmonary Medicine San Juan de Dios Hospital is a Catholic teaching hospital in Barcelona, Spain that specializes in pediatrics, obstetrics, and gynecology. It receives a substantial number of pediatric …
San Juan de Dios Hospital, Barcelona, Spain