Math and Healthcare - Optimizing and Coordinating Healthcare Networks and Markets

Explore the application of optimization models in healthcare management and delivery through an insightful talk by Dr. Retsef Levi from MIT Sloan School of Management. Delve into the challenges and importance of efficient resource utilization in healthcare networks and markets. Learn about the industry's slow adoption of optimization techniques, the significance of design and performance analysis, and the motivations behind implementing these models. Gain valuable insights from this 24-minute conference presentation given at the SIAM Conference on Optimization in May 2014, followed by an in-depth discussion with SIAM Public Awareness Officer Karthika Muthukumaraswamy.

Introduction
Why has the healthcare industry been slow in adopting these techniques
Importance of design and performance analysis
Challenges to optimization
Motivation