�山ǿ�� News - Vedat Verter

Designing Risk‐Adjusted Therapy for Patients with Hypertension

webfull — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 13:17:37 +0000

Authors: Manaf Zargoush, Mehmet Gumus, Vedat Verter, Stella S. Daskalopoulou

Publication: Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming

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Limited guidance is available for providing patient‐specific care to hypertensive patients, although this chronic condition is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. To address this issue, we develop an analytical model that takes into account the most relevant risk factors including age, sex, blood pressure, diabetes status, smoking habits, and blood cholesterol. Using the Markov Decision Process framework, we develop a model to maximize expected quality‐adjusted life years, as well as characterize the optimal sequence and combination of antihypertensive medications. Assuming the physician uses the standard medication dose for each drug, and the patient fully adheres to the prescribed treatment regimen, we prove that optimal treatment policies exhibit a threshold structure. Our findings indicate that our recommended thresholds vary by age and other patient characteristics, for example (1) the optimal thresholds for all medication prescription are nonincreasing in age, and (2) the medications need to be prescribed at lower thresholds for males who smoke than for males who have diabetes. The improvements in quality‐adjusted life years associated with our model compare favorably with those obtained by following the British Hypertension Society's guideline, and the gains increase with the severity of risk factors. For instance, in both genders (although at different rates), diabetic patients gain more than non‐diabetic patients. Our sensitivity analysis results indicate that the optimal thresholds decrease if the medications have lower side‐effects and vice versa.

Published: 8 August 2018

Designing distribution systems with reverse flows

webfull — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:35:09 +0000

Authors: Ayse Cilaci Tombus¸ Necati Aras, Vedat Verter

Publication: Journal of Remanufacturing, Vol. 7, No. 2-3, December 2017

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Published: 23 October 2017

Integrated fleet mix and routing decision for hazmat transportation: A developing country perspective

webfull — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:59:10 +0000

Authors: Anand Kumar, Debjit Roy, Vedat Verter and Dheeraj Sharma

Publication: European Journal of Operational Research, Vol 264, No. 1, January 2018

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Published: 10 August 2017

Managing Patient Admissions in a Neurology Ward

webfull — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 19:55:14 +0000

Authors: Saied Samiedaluie, Beste Kucukyazici, Vedat Verter, Dan Zhang

Publication: Operations Journal

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Published: 3 July 2017

Restructuring the resident training system for improving the equity of access to primary care

webfull — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:12:22 +0000

Authors: Anna Graber-Naidich, Michael W. Cartera, Vedat Verter

Publication: European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 258, Issue 3, 1 May 2017, Pages 1143–1155

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Published: 20 April 2017

Evaluating the role of simulation in healthcare innovation: recommendations of the Simnovate Medical Technologies Domain Group

webfull — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:28:36 +0000

Authors: Madani, A., Gallix, B., Pugh, C.M., Azagury, D., Bradley, P., Fowler, D., Hannaford, B., Macdonald, S., Miyasaka, K., Nuño, N., Szold, A., Verter, V., Aggarwal, R.

Publication: Simnovate supplement

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Published: 31 March 2017

Facility Location and Capacity Acquisition under Carbon Tax and Emissions Limits: To Centralize or To Decentralize?

webfull — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:00:03 +0000

Authors: Turken, N., Carrillo, J., Verter, V.

Publication: International Journal of Production Economics

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Published: 22 March 2017

Business schools heed the call for more data-literate graduates

webfull — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 13:33:54 +0000

Deloitte Analytics and other companies have been pushing Canadian universities for years to produce more data-literate graduates to fill their talent needs. Their efforts appear to be paying off, with business schools ramping up their offerings in data analytics. [...]

The proliferation of new offerings includes new MBA-level analytics concentrations at Montreal’s �山ǿ�� and Ottawa’s Carleton University. �山ǿ�� is also in the process of approving a new master of management in analytics at its Desautels Faculty of Management.

Published: 9 January 2017

Congratulations to Professor Vedat Verter on receiving a CIHR/SSHRC Healthy and Productive Work Partnership Development Grant

webfull — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:03:57 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Vedat Verter (Co-investigator) on receiving a CIHR/SSHRC Healthy and Productive Work Partnership Development Grant for, Strengths-Based Nursing Management and Leadership Training with Innovative Story-sharing. This program is very competitive; of the 20 grants awarded, �山ǿ�� was granted one.

Published: 16 September 2016

Should dangerous goods be travelling on Montreal's highways?

webfull — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:57:02 +0000

Alain Duguet and Gilbert Prince crisscrossed Canada and the United States together a number of times, two truck drivers cramped in a relatively small space.

They could chat for hours, getting into disagreements every now and then, but Prince was such a jovial person that he laughed even when he was upset, Duguet said.

"I'm talking about him in the past tense…" Duguet said. He sighed. His voice trailed off.

Published: 19 August 2016