An App for Navigating Patient Transportation and Acute Stroke Care in Northwestern Ontario Using Machine Learning: Retrospective Study

Ayman Hassan   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , MD ;   Rachid Benlamri   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Trina Diner   ^{1 *} , MMSc ;   Keli Cristofaro   ^{1 *} , Dip RL ;   Lucas Dillistone   ^{5 *} , BEng ;   Hajar Khallouki   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Mahvareh Ahghari   ^{6 *} , BSc, MEng ;   Shalyn Littlefield   ^{2 *} , MSc ;   Rabail Siddiqui   ^{2 *} , MPH, MHSc ;   Russell MacDonald   ⁶ , MD, MPH, FRCPC, DRCPSC ;   David W Savage   ^{1, 3 *} , MD, CCFP, PhD

¹ Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

² Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

³ Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

⁴ University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar

⁵ Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

⁶ Ornge, Mississauga, ON, Canada

*these authors contributed equally