Shima Azizi

Select, Route and Schedule: Optimizing Community Paramedicine Service Delivery with Mandatory Visits and Patient Prioritization

  • Shima Azizi
  • Brenton Faber
  • Sharon Johnson
  • Renata A. Konrad
  • Andrew C. Trapp
    • Categories Applications - OR and Management Sciences Tags , , , ,

    Healthcare delivery in the United States has been characterized as overly reactive and dependent on emergency department care for safety net coverage, with opportunity for improvement around discharge planning and high readmissions and emergency department bounce-back rates. Community paramedicine is a recent healthcare innovation that enables proactive visitation of patients at home, often shortly after … Read more

    Aid Allocation for Camp-Based and Urban Refugees with Uncertain Demand and Replenishments

  • Shima Azizi
  • Cem Deniz Caglar Bozkir
  • Andrew C. Trapp
  • O. Erhun Kundakcioglu
  • Ali Kaan Kurbanzade
    • Categories Applications - OR and Management Sciences Tags , , ,

    There are nearly 26 million refugees worldwide seeking safety from persecution, violence, conflict, and human rights violations. Camp-based refugees are those that seek shelter in refugee camps, whereas urban refugees inhabit nearby, surrounding populations. The systems that supply aid to refugee camps may suffer from ineffective distribution due to challenges in administration, demand uncertainty and … Read more