Prof. Joseph Pliskin

Prof. Joseph Pliskin Profile

Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. 1974

Professor Emeritus

Department : Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Department of Health Systems Management
Health Systems Management
Room : 158
בנין המחלקה להנדסת תעשייה וניהול - 16
Phone : 972-8-6472219
Email : jpliskin@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Office Hours :  
cost effectiveness, health care management

Education

  • 1974 Ph.D., Applied Mathematics (Operations Research), Harvard University Thesis: The Management of Patients with End? Stage Renal Failure: A Decision Theoretic Approach 1970 S.M., Applied Mathematics, Harvard University 1969 B.Sc., Mathematics Statistics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Research Interests

  • Decision analysis. Utility theory.
  • Operations research applications to health care and medicine.
  • Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis in health care.
  • Health services research.
  • Clinical decision-making processes.
  • Technology Assessment.
  • Operations management in health care organizations.
  • Focused management.

Research Topics

  • Cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Operations management
  • Influenza vaccination
  • Second medical opinions

Major expertise and techniques in the lab

  • Decision analysis
  • Operations research
  • Operations management

Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants

  • Vashitz , G., Pliskin , J.S., Parmet , Y., Kosashvili , Y., Ifergane , G., Wientroub , S. and Davidovitch N., “Do first opinions affect second opinions?,” Journal of General Internal Medicine (In press, 2012).
  • Keren , B. and Pliskin , J.S “Optimal Timing of Joint Replacement using Mathematical Programming and Stochastic Programming Models”, Health Care Management Science, DOI 10.1007/s10729-011-9172-9, 2011.
  • Zuker , A., Heart, T., Parmet , Y., Pliskin , N. and Pliskin , J.S., "Electronic Notification about Drug Substitutes can Change Physician Prescription Habits,“ Medical Decision Making, Vol. 31, No. 3:395-404, 2011.

Existing collaborations

  • Geva Vashitz
  • Dan Yamin

Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics

  • Influenza vaccination
  • Improving operations in health care organizations