Value Analysis
Just Published – Next Issue of Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Mgt Magazine – April 2021
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Month: April 2021
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Why Savings Validation is Mission Critical
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Every value analysis practitioner can tell you that they save money for their healthcare organization, but can they prove it? This is a crucial question since this is what […]
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Back to Basics – Forward to Big Savings
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions As the major league baseball season has just wrapped up their Spring Training and started their season, this is a good reminder for Value Analysis […]
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Hemostat Product Changeover at Huntsville Health: High-Volume Low-Cost Physician Preference Items Can Lead to Significant Cost Savings
Jackie Kraft, RN, Value Analysis Manager & Clinical Resource Manager, Huntsville Health Gina Holcombe RN, BSN, Director of Surgery Main, Third & GMT, Huntsville Health Halit O. Yapici, MD, MBA, MPH, Senior Consultant, Boston Strategic Partners […]
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How to Select a Candidate for a Value Analysis Study
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions First, I would like to explain the difference between a study and a project. A value analysis study is a detailed investigation and analysis of the functions of a […]
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How Do You Know if Your Supply Costs are Running High, Low, or Right Where They Should Be?
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions At this point in time, it is safe to say that we are well beyond using gut feel as a way of measuring our supply […]
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The #1 Critical Success Factor to Saving Big in the Healthcare Supply Chain
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions The most important first few hours you can spend on any value analysis, supply utilization, or even major organization-wide value initiative is to “plan it […]
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How Much Are You Saving With Your Value Analysis Program?
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions The established purpose of value analysis, created by Larry Miles in the 1940s at GE, was to look for lower cost functional alternatives to the products, services, technologies, and […]
