Algorithmic matching of personal protective equipment donations with healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract GetUsPPE.org has built a centralized platform to facilitate matches for PPE donations, with an active role in matching donors with the appropriate recipients. A manual match process was limited by volunteer hours, thus we developed an open-access matching algorithm using a linear programmin...

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Autores principales:	Ram Bala, Charlotte Lee, Benjamin Pallant, Maahika Srinivasan, Daniel Lurie, Rohit Jacob, Neeraj Bhagchandani, Megan Ranney, Shuhan He
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:80e930fd80f842b5a506a648308e908e2021-12-02T15:59:52ZAlgorithmic matching of personal protective equipment donations with healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic10.1038/s41746-020-00375-32398-6352https://doaj.org/article/80e930fd80f842b5a506a648308e908e2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-00375-3https://doaj.org/toc/2398-6352Abstract GetUsPPE.org has built a centralized platform to facilitate matches for PPE donations, with an active role in matching donors with the appropriate recipients. A manual match process was limited by volunteer hours, thus we developed an open-access matching algorithm using a linear programming-based transportation model. From April 14, 2020 to April 27, 2020, the algorithm was used to match 83,136 items of PPE to 135 healthcare facilities in need across the United States with a median of 214.3 miles traveled, 100% of available donations matched, met the full quantity of requested PPE for 67% of recipients matched, and with 46% matches under 30 miles traveled. Compared with the period April 1, 2020 to April 13, 2020, when PPE matching was manual, the algorithm resulted in a 280% increase in matches/day. This publicly available automated algorithm could be deployed in future situations when the healthcare supply chain is insufficient.Ram BalaCharlotte LeeBenjamin PallantMaahika SrinivasanDaniel LurieRohit JacobNeeraj BhagchandaniMegan RanneyShuhan HeNature PortfolioarticleComputer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsR858-859.7ENnpj Digital Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7 Ram Bala Charlotte Lee Benjamin Pallant Maahika Srinivasan Daniel Lurie Rohit Jacob Neeraj Bhagchandani Megan Ranney Shuhan He Algorithmic matching of personal protective equipment donations with healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
description	Abstract GetUsPPE.org has built a centralized platform to facilitate matches for PPE donations, with an active role in matching donors with the appropriate recipients. A manual match process was limited by volunteer hours, thus we developed an open-access matching algorithm using a linear programming-based transportation model. From April 14, 2020 to April 27, 2020, the algorithm was used to match 83,136 items of PPE to 135 healthcare facilities in need across the United States with a median of 214.3 miles traveled, 100% of available donations matched, met the full quantity of requested PPE for 67% of recipients matched, and with 46% matches under 30 miles traveled. Compared with the period April 1, 2020 to April 13, 2020, when PPE matching was manual, the algorithm resulted in a 280% increase in matches/day. This publicly available automated algorithm could be deployed in future situations when the healthcare supply chain is insufficient.
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author	Ram Bala Charlotte Lee Benjamin Pallant Maahika Srinivasan Daniel Lurie Rohit Jacob Neeraj Bhagchandani Megan Ranney Shuhan He
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title	Algorithmic matching of personal protective equipment donations with healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short	Algorithmic matching of personal protective equipment donations with healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full	Algorithmic matching of personal protective equipment donations with healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr	Algorithmic matching of personal protective equipment donations with healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed	Algorithmic matching of personal protective equipment donations with healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort	algorithmic matching of personal protective equipment donations with healthcare facilities during the covid-19 pandemic
publisher	Nature Portfolio
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Algorithmic matching of personal protective equipment donations with healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic

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