Year: 2018

Supply Utilization Management

Value Analysis and Utilization Tools: Healthcare Can’t Afford to Not Look at Inappropriate Utilization

April 15, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Value Analysis and Utilization Tools: Healthcare Can’t Afford to Not Look at Inappropriate Utilization
Gina Thomas—Chief Development Officer, Lumere The January 13 New York Times article titled “Can Your Hip Replacement Kill You?” might seem dramatic, but it’s not an overstatement. If we don’t take a deeper dive into […]
VA

Value Analysis Tools

April 15, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Value Analysis Tools
James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, UW Health, WI As I get more experienced in the field of healthcare value analysis, I get more and more exposed to various tools and techniques […]
Value Analysis

Gaining Recognition for Value Analysis

February 1, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Gaining Recognition for Value Analysis
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions “If You’ve Seen One VA Program, You’ve Seen One VA Program.” James Russell One challenge value analysis practitioners face in 2018 is the nonuniformity of their value analysis programs. […]
Supply Chain

Nursing and Supply Chain Partnership to Reduce Variation in Urology Catheter Management at Sanford Health

February 1, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Nursing and Supply Chain Partnership to Reduce Variation in Urology Catheter Management at Sanford Health
Diana Berkland, PhD, RN—Vice President, Nursing & Clinical Services, Sanford Health; Erica DeBoer, MA, RN, CCRN-K, CNL- Clinical Nurse Leader, Sanford Health; Tom Harvieux, MSc—Senior Executive Director, Corporate Supply Chain Management, Sanford Health; Andrew Hogan, BSc – Associate […]
Value Analysis

The Progression of Value Analysis

February 1, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off on The Progression of Value Analysis
James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, UW Health, WI I have been thinking a lot lately about not only what value analysis is (definition) and how value analysis is done (process), but […]