Smart “predict, then optimize”

AN Elmachtoub, P Grigas - Management Science, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
Many real-world analytics problems involve two significant challenges: prediction and
optimization. Because of the typically complex nature of each challenge, the standard …

A systematic literature review of operational research methods for modelling patient flow and outcomes within community healthcare and other settings

R Palmer, NJ Fulop, M Utley - Health Systems, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
An ambition of healthcare policy has been to move more acute services into community
settings. This systematic literature review presents analysis of published operational …

OM forum—Healthcare operations management: A snapshot of emerging research

T Dai, S Tayur - Manufacturing & service operations …, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
A new generation of healthcare operations management (HOM) scholars is studying timely
healthcare topics (eg, organization design, design of delivery, and organ transplantation) …

Prioritizing hepatitis C treatment in US prisons

T Ayer, C Zhang, A Bonifonte… - Operations …, 2019 - pubsonline.informs.org
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence in prison systems is 10 times higher than in the general
population, and hence prison systems offer a unique opportunity to control the HCV …

Design of incentive programs for optimal medication adherence in the presence of observable consumption

S Suen, D Negoescu, J Goh - Operations Research, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
Premature cessation of antibiotic therapy (nonadherence) is common in long treatment
regimens and can severely compromise health outcomes. In this work, we investigate the …

A column generation approach for locating roadside clinics in Africa based on effectiveness and equity

JN Ares, H De Vries, D Huisman - European Journal of Operational …, 2016 - Elsevier
Long distance truck drivers in Sub-Saharan Africa are extremely vulnerable to HIV and other
infectious diseases. The NGO North Star Alliance aims to alleviate this situation by placing …

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Index-Based Treatment Allocation

N Boehmer, Y Nair, S Shah, L Janson, A Taneja… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
When resources are scarce, an allocation policy is needed to decide who receives a
resource. This problem occurs, for instance, when allocating scarce medical resources and …

Maximizing intervention effectiveness

V Gupta, BR Han, SH Kim, H Paek - Management Science, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
Frequently, policy makers seek to roll out an intervention previously proven effective in a
research study, perhaps subject to resource constraints. However, because different …

Algorithmic matching of personal protective equipment donations with healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic

R Bala, C Lee, B Pallant, M Srinivasan, D Lurie… - NPJ digital …, 2021 - nature.com
GetUsPPE. org has built a centralized platform to facilitate matches for PPE donations, with
an active role in matching donors with the appropriate recipients. A manual match process …

Optimizing components of the sport concussion assessment tool for acute concussion assessment

GGP Garcia, J Yang, MS Lavieri, TW McAllister… - …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Optimizing Components of the Sport Concussion Assessment Too... : Neurosurgery Optimizing
Components of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool for Acute Concussion Assessment …