Dean Chute: "My Patient, Your Patient, Our Patient" in Huffington Post Op-Ed

Jun 24, 2015

“Team-based and patient-centered care approaches are critical as we face physician shortages in certain areas along with greater numbers of patients who have increased access to healthcare from the Affordable Care Act,” writes School of Health Professions Dean Patricia Chute in a Huffington Post op-ed on interprofessional education. “Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals must work together -- and training in teamwork must start early in their education.”

 

Boronico Op-ed: Higher Education Must Track Its Impact On Society

May 13, 2015

In an op-ed in Investor's Business Daily (subscription required), NYIT School of Management Dean Jess Boronico explains why universities must be measured by their impact on society in addition to career outcomes.

 

Matt Cornelius: Oculus Rift is a Game-Changer

May 06, 2015

"It's something you wear, it' s not too cumbersome, and it fits with the current way that people play games and view video -- it's like a low impact change to what people are familiar with," says Matt Cornelius, director of NYIT's motion capture lab in the College of Arts & Sciences, referring to the new Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.

Cornelius commented on Oculus Rift for an article in TechNewsWorld.  The device, he says, may change the face of gaming and entertainment because of its design and ability to transport users into immersive, virtual worlds. He also noted that some virtual reality devices are becoming important in fields other than gaming.

"They are also starting to couple these things together with things like motion capture and omnidirectional walking pads," says Cornelius. "When you start to couple things together, you approach a more immersive environment."

 

NYIT, Rep. Israel Call for Student Loan Debt Relief: FiOS1

Apr 08, 2015

Congressman Steve Israel (D-Huntington), NYIT President Dr. Edward Guiliano, and Nicole Soman, president of the Student Government Association at NYIT-Old Westbury, urged Congress to pass the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act (H.R. 1434, S. 793), which would allow borrowers with high interest rates on their existing student loans to refinance at lower levels. See coverage on FiOS1 News.

“As a university president, I am keenly aware of issues relating to student debt in America. Anything that offers relief from this burden is welcome,” noted Guiliano in a statement.  
 

 

Nicholas Bloom on NYC Affordable Housing in USA Today

Mar 26, 2015

"Can you build enough to make New York more affordable? I don't think this program can do that," New York Institute of Technology professor Nicholas Bloom, a public housing expert city, says of New York City Mayor de Blasio's plan in a USA Today article about the city's affordable housing stock. "You have a global city problem. It needs big money."

Bloom, an associate professor in the College of Arts & Sciences, says that while 200,000 units may seem like a large amount, New York's housing market would not be altered unless millions of new, affordable apartments were available.

Bloom also noted that a shortage of affordable housing will push working-class people to the city's suburbs, resulting in lengthy commutes to the city for work.

 

Newsday Features NYITCOM Match Day

Mar 20, 2015

“It’s really exciting and rewarding to see what the future holds for all of us,” says medical student Jessica Miller in a Newsday video (subscription required) on NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine’s annual Match Day ceremony. NYITCOM had a 100% match/placement rate in 2015.

 

Dr. Bill Blazey on Electronic Health Records in Physician's Money Digest

Mar 02, 2015

“When the security features of an EHR (Electronic Heath Record) are explained to patients and they understand their privacy rights, then they’re often more open and honest in how they inform me about risk factors,” says College of Osteopathic Medicine Assistant Professor William Blazey, DO, in an article in Physician's Money Digest about EHRs. “More and more, I’m seeing my patients being comfortable if I show them how it’s being documented and presented. A physician can complete documentation regarding a patient’s medical needs and still be sensitive to their privacy.”

Blazey, a family medicine expert who has EHRs since 2008, says he understands patients' reluctance and sensitivity about electronic records, especially since they may not understand how the records are stored and they may have a false sense of security about paper records. Yet, patients who withhold information from physicians because they fear breaches of electronic records may be harming themselves, he says, because their physicians may not be able to provide preventative treatment.

“If a female patient is a smoker and seeks birth control but does not disclose her smoking behavior, she is at higher risk for adverse effects from birth control,” says Blazey.

 

Charles Matz Talks 3-D Scanning Technology and Art with the Daily Dot

Feb 26, 2015

“There’s a strong tie-in to the early advances in two-dimensional photography or print photography and what is now digital photography,” School of Architecture and Design Associate Professor Charles Matz says in an interview with the Daily Dot on lidar technology. “The potential future of three-dimensional representation of things in the art world—that is a subtext that’s extremely strong. We’re just coming to the beginning of discussions in the art world and our peers about what this could actually mean.”

Matz used lidar technology to scan architecture and locations in Harar, Ethiopia, a Holy city in Islam. The results were surprising when the 3-D scans of the architecture looked more like art than an historic document.

“There’s an interesting parallel between rise of this technology in the world of gaming, defense, and so forth, which are very well-funded industries, and also the fact that no one has tapped into it in the fine art world,” Matz says. “I think it has huge potential.”
 

 

NYIT Alum Cited As Model Study Abroad Student

Feb 05, 2015

"The ability to mention that you studied abroad, and also worked abroad, was a great way to connect with different employers,” says NYIT alum Calvin Xu in a recent story on the career impact of studying outside the U.S. Calvin won a Gilman Scholarship, administered by the Institute of International Education, which allowed him to study and work for a full year in Germany. Later, he spent an academic year studying at NYIT-Nanjing.

The story at News4JAX, a Jacksonville, Florida television station, includes information from experts about the value employers place on study abroad experiences.

Xu, who graduated in 2012 with a B.S. in Computer Science, states that because of his time in other countries, "I became a more open person.” He now works in New York City's Financial District and serves as an NYIT alumni admissions ambassador.

 

Barbara Ross-Lee in SF Chronicle: Reform Graduate Medical Education

Jan 07, 2015

"Reforming graduate medical education -- the system used to train new physicians -- would help address this doctor shortage in California and across the country," writes NYIT Vice President for Health Sciences and Medical Affairs Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee in The San Francisco Chronicle. "The current system, established in 1965, is outdated and inefficient. Voters must urge Congress to redirect funding toward new training models that fix the shortfall and meet patient needs."

Ross-Lee is a member of the Institute of Medicine's committee on graduate medical education. Last year, the IOM issued a report calling for significant modernization of the system.

In "A better way to get the primary-care doctors we need," Ross-Lee notes that most healthcare is delivered outside of large teaching hospitals. Yet that is where most average residents receive their training. Ross-Lee advocates a graduate medical education system that emphasizes personalized patient interaction and the "real-world" experience of community-based care. One successful model, she notes, is found in osteopathic postdoctoral training institutions. Forty percent of osteopathic residents in those institutions choose the generalist disciplines of family medicine, general internal medicine, and pediatrics.