Can Zhang

Journal Article Manufacturing and Service Operations Management · July 1, 2020 Problem definition: We analyze a resource allocation problem faced by medical surplus recovery organizations (MSROs) that recover medical surplus products to fulfill the needs of underserved healthcare facilities in developing countries. The objective of t ... Full text Cite

Analysis and improvement of blood collection operations

Journal Article Manufacturing and Service Operations Management · January 1, 2019 Because of the importance, limited supply, and perishable nature of blood products, effective management of blood collection is critical for high-quality healthcare delivery. In this paper, working closely with the American Red Cross (ARC), we study a bloo ... Full text Cite

Prioritizing hepatitis C treatment in U.S. Prisons

Journal Article Operations Research · January 1, 2019 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 epidemic. New HCV treatment drugs are very effective, but providing treatment to ... Full text Cite

American Red Cross Uses Analytics-Based Methods to Improve Blood-Collection Operations

Journal Article Interfaces · February 2018 In this study, we describe a regional-level cryoprecipitate (cryo)-collection project at the American Red Cross Southern Region, one of the 36 Red Cross regions in the United States, which serves more than 120 hospitals in the Southern part of the ... Full text Cite

Effective Medical Surplus Recovery

Journal Article Production and Operations Management · June 2017 We analyze not‐for‐profit Medical Surplus Recovery Organizations (MSROs) that manage the recovery of surplus (unused or donated) medical products to fulfill the needs of underserved healthcare facilities in the developing world. Our work is inspir ... Full text Cite