Conference Papers & Talks

Conference Proceedings

1. S. Eftekhari, J. Tacheva, C. Senot. “Political Affiliation and Mental Health During Crises: Insights from Online Communication.” HICSS 2025, Big Island, HI.
2. S. Eftekhari, N. Yaraghi, R. Gopal, R. Ramesh. “Incentive Schemes for Health Information Exchanges.” AMCIS 2018, New Orleans, LA.
3. S. Eftekhari, N. Yaraghi, R. Gopal, R. Ramesh. “The Impact of Health Information Exchanges on Physicians Centrality in the Referral Network.” AMCIS 2017, Boston, MA.
4. S. Eftekhari, R. Gopal, R. Ramesh. “The Impact of Participating in Health Information Exchange on Physicians Referral Behavior.” AMCIS 2016, San Diego, CA.

Selected Presentations

• “An IT Artifact for Monitoring Depressive Symptom Trajectories During a Prolonged Crisis.” CHITA 2026, Washington, DC.
• “Political Affiliation and Mental Health During Crises: Insights from Online Communication.” POMS 2024, Istanbul, Turkey.
• “Health Information Exchanges and Continuity of Care.” CIST 2023, Phoenix, AZ.
• “Spinoff from Health Information Exchanges: Doctor Shopping.” CIST 2022, Indianapolis, IN.
• “Consideration Set-induced Utility Choice Model for Physicians’ Referral Decisions.” CIST 2020, Virtual Event.
• “Drivers of the Referral Network.” DSI 2019, New Orleans, LA.
• “Utility Maximization in Physicians’ Referral Networks: Model and Methodology.” WITS 2018, Santa Clara, CA.
• “Designing Incentive-Pricing Mechanisms to Promote Health Information Exchange.” WITS 2017, Seoul, Korea.

Selected Invited Talks

• “Follow the Leader? Message Framing and the Lifecycle of Mobilization of Online Armies in the Social Media Age.” POMS 2025, Atlanta, GA.
• “Political Affiliation and Mental Health During Crises: Insights from Online Communication.” INFORMS Annual Meeting 2024, Seattle, WA.
• “Patient Flux at Primary Care: Impact of Health Information Exchanges.” INFORMS Healthcare Conference 2023, Toronto, ON.
• “Health Information Exchanges and Continuity of Care.” INFORMS Annual Meeting 2023, Phoenix, AZ.
• “Drivers of the Physicians Referral Networks.” INFORMS Annual Meeting 2021, Virtual Event.