Four Essential Productivity Tips for Value Analysis Practitioners
Robert T. Yok, President, SVAH Solutions No longer can value analysis practitioners just evaluate new products for their appropriateness, quality, and their safety features. VA…
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What’s Your Value Analysis Onboarding Process?
James Russell, RN-BC, Value Analysis Facilitator, UF Health at Jacksonville “What’s your value analysis onboarding process?” During an interview for a Value Analysis Facilitator (VAF),…
Products or Outcomes: What Are You Buying?
Lynn Everard, Managing Director, Valumatrix, LLC In today's healthcare world there are only two things for sale: products and outcomes. In the hospital supply chain…
Gaining the Next Level
Tim Ingram, MBA/HCM, CMRP Over the years, we have all experienced many of the mainstream process improvement methodologies, such as, TQM, ISO, Value Analysis, Six…
PPI: How About Patient Preference Items?
James Russell, RN-BC, Value Analysis Facilitator, UF Health at Jacksonville VCU Health System, Richmond, VA The concept of Physician Preference Items (PPI) has been a…
Incorporating Supply Utilization Management (SUM) Into Your Value Analysis Program
Sum Will Help You Overcome the Three Biggest Challenges Value Analysis Teams Face Robert W. Yokl As value analysis professionals we would like to think…
PPI Value Analysis and Standardization Success Through Vendor Partnering: A Case Study of Hernia Mesh Savings and Quality Improvement at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Miller, Susan G.1 MN, RN, CMRP and Bourque, Megan2 PhD 1Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 2Cornerstone Research Group, Burlington, ON Why Standardization was…
Re-Energizing Your Value Analysis Program
Robert W. Yokl As we begin this New Year of 2016, I thought I would offer my view on how to get unstuck from the…
FREE Webinar Thursday March 10, 2016 1:00 pm EST
FREE Webinar Thursday March 10, 2016 — 1:00 pm EST Supply Utilization Management (SUM) Business Intelligence for Healthcare Supply Chain and Value Analysis Professionals How…
Value Analysis Checklists Can Make Your VA Job Easier
Robert T. Yokl Checklists have long been used by pilots, astronauts, and architects to avoid costly and life threating mistakes. Now, even surgeons worldwide are…
Why You Need to Focus on Supply Utilization Management
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, Strategic Value Analysis in Healthcare We know that value analysis practitioners are hungry for big savings to justify their existence in their healthcare…
Broadening Our Perspectives
Robert W. Yokl, Sr. Vice President/COO, Strategic Value Analysis in Healthcare This issue, I am writing about what I consider to be one of the most important…
Healthcare Value Analysis, Collaboration, and an IV Fluid Shortage
James Russell, RN-BC, Value Analysis Facilitator, VCU Health System, Richmond, VA A robust Value Analysis department will collaborate with many other divisions within a hospital on…