Year: 2017

Supply Chain

The Triple Aim…The Ultimate Challenge

July 27, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off on The Triple Aim…The Ultimate Challenge
Robert W. Yokl, Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions I have a love-hate relationship with the newest mantra of our healthcare supply chain industry which is Cost, Quality, and Outcomes. I love that we have a mantra […]
Utilization Management

Why You Need to Stop Wasting Time and Money by Starting a Successful Supply Utilization Management Program Now

July 27, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Why You Need to Stop Wasting Time and Money by Starting a Successful Supply Utilization Management Program Now
Robert W. Yokl, Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions Do you believe that Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) save big dollars for hospitals, systems, and IDNs across the country? That is a crazy question to ask but believe […]
Value Analysis Leadership

Value Analysis Leadership Interview

July 27, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Value Analysis Leadership Interview
James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, UW Health, WI James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, is the Value Analysis Program Director at UW Health (the University of Wisconsin). Jim has three decades of nursing […]
Utilization Management

Clinical Supply Utilization Management Isn’t a Sometime Thing

April 18, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Clinical Supply Utilization Management Isn’t a Sometime Thing
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions We congratulate the supply chain/value analysis practitioners that are attacking their utilization misalignments (i.e., the wasteful and inefficient consumption, misuse, misapplication, and value mismatches in your supply streams) when […]
Value Analysis

Why Surgical Value Analysis is More Important than Ever Before

April 18, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Why Surgical Value Analysis is More Important than Ever Before
Robert W. Yokl, Senior Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions Historically, surgical value analysis (SVA) teams focused on evaluating the newest technologies that surgeons and clinical leaders believed would improve patient outcomes for their respective procedures/cases. While this remains a […]
Value Analysis

How is Your Value Analysis Pipeline?

April 18, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off on How is Your Value Analysis Pipeline?
Robert W. Yokl, Sr. Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions There are so many different methods, strategies, and configurations of value analysis teams/committees around the country, but there is one underlying element that every team must have in order […]