Bjorn Berg, PhD

My research is focused on applying operations research methods and analytic approaches within health care delivery settings. I am interested in understanding the inherent uncertainty in complex health care systems and developing strategies to mitigate its effects. My research interests are in the decisions surrounding health care operations, planning, and scheduling and what their implications are in developing policies, evaluating quality measures, and measuring outcomes. 

Associate Editor, IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering
Associate Editor, Health Care Management Science

2019-2022, AHRQ/PCORI/MHealth Fairview, K12 Scholar, Minnesota Learning Health System, “Clinic as Curriculum: Modeling, Implementation, and Evaluation”

See a full list of my publications on Google Scholar

Recent Publications
Bai, Y., & Berg, B. P. (2021). Mitigating Nonattendance Using Clinic-Resourced Incentives Can Be Mutually Beneficial: A Contingency Management-Inspired Partially Observable Markov Decision Process Model. Value in Health, 24(8), 1102-1110.

Bansal, A., Berg, B. P., & Huang, Y. L. (2021). A distributionally robust optimization approach for coordinating clinical and surgical appointments. IISE Transactions, 1-83.

Bansal, A., Berg, B. P., & Huang, Y. L. (2021). A value function-based approach for robust surgery planning. Computers & Operations Research, 132.

Berg, B. P., Erdogan, S. A., Lobo, J. M., & Pendleton, K. (2020). A Method for Balancing Provider Schedules in Outpatient Specialty Clinics. MDM Policy & Practice, 5(2).