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Entrepreneurship in Medical Education: Evaluation of the Entrepreneurship in Healthcare Seminar Series
Abstract Background: Innovation and entrepreneurship are central to healthcare. Physicians are ideally positioned to create sustainable...
Aazad Abbas
Mar 181 min read
Development of a mobile application to increase motivation, engagement & teaching activity of clinical faculty using gamification principles
Abstract Background Clinician teachers (CT) have historically felt undervalued and underappreciated. One technology used to increase...
Aazad Abbas
Mar 181 min read
Machine Learning to Predict-Then-Optimize Elective Orthopaedic Surgery Scheduling Improves Operating Room
Abstract Objective To determine the potential for improving elective surgery scheduling for total knee and hip arthroplasty (TKA and...
Aazad Abbas
Mar 181 min read
Simulation Optimization of Operating Room Schedules for Elective Surgeries
Abstract Our specific problem is to create daily schedules of elective surgeries in a multiple operating room setting with the goals of...
Aazad Abbas
Mar 181 min read
Intraoperative scrub nurse turnover in orthopaedic surgery procedures: An opportunity for improved operating room efficiency
Abstract Background: Scrub nurses play a crucial role in facilitating orthopaedic surgeries, and thus intraoperative scrub nurse turnover...
Aazad Abbas
Mar 181 min read


A comparison of financial and operational efficiency between smart and traditional insufflation for
A comparison of financial and operational efficiency between smart and traditional insufflation for laparoscopic surgery: A granular...
Aazad Abbas
Nov 20, 20232 min read


In-office needle arthroscopy is a cost-effective alternative for operating room diversion in medial
In-office needle arthroscopy (IONA) has been described as a diagnostic alternative to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for intra-articular p
OPT Group
Jun 15, 20232 min read


Improving Resource Utilization for Arthroplasty Care by Leveraging Machine Learning and Optimization
There is a growing demand for total joint arthroplasty (TJA) surgery. The applications of machine learning (ML), mathematical optimization,
OPT Group
Mar 9, 20232 min read


Optimizing spine surgery instrument trays to immediately increase efficiency and reduce costs in the
Over-crowded surgical trays result in perioperative inefficiency and unnecessary costs. While methodologies to reduce the size of surgical t
OPT Group
Feb 25, 20232 min read


An automated, web-based triage tool may optimise referral pathways in elective orthopaedic surgery:
Artificial intelligence (AI) enables powerful models for establishment of clinical diagnostic and prognostic tools for hip fractures; howeve
OPT Group
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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