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Podcast 97 – Clinically Integrated Supply Chain: The Future of Savings and Total Cost of Ownership

January 5, 2026 Robert Yokl Comments Off

In this podcast we are joined by Angelique Beslic who is the Executive Consultant and Principal of Bridge Ventures, LLC, a Supply Chain Leadership and Education Organization. Angelique is also the Sr. Director of Supply […]

Featured Articles November 2025 – Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Management Magazine

November 5, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Just Released November 2025 Healthcare Value Analysis and Utilization Management Magazine Featured Articles Article Title/Link Article By: Link FEATURED ARTICLE – VALUE ANALYIS LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW – Value Analysis Beyond the IFU Alice Brewer, MPH, CIC, […]

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Just Published – Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Management Magazine

November 3, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

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Is Your Value Analysis Program at a Critical Fork in the Road?

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Envision the Future of Your Value Analysis Program It is incredible the progress that value analysis has made in our healthcare industry as an accepted methodology for optimizing costs, quality, and functionality of the products, […]

Breakthrough Healthcare Supply Chain Savings Require More Than Just Incremental Change

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Incremental savings have their place — but if your healthcare organization is serious about achieving breakthrough, triple-digit savings, you need a structured cost management system. No healthcare organization can continue doing things the same way […]

Aligning Value Analysis with Strategic Priorities: Driving Quality, Outcomes, and Cost Stewardship

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, the stakes have never been higher. Organizations face mounting pressures to improve patient outcomes, reduce preventable harm, control costs, and demonstrate measurable value. At the center of these challenges […]

The Critical Role of Robust Instructions for Use in Healthcare Value Analysis

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

When evaluating medical devices and products, Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals often focus on evidence, outcomes, and costs. Yet one critical factor that directly influences all three is sometimes overlooked: the quality of a device’s Instructions […]

Value Analysis Leadership Interview: Value Analysis Beyond the IFU

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Value Analysis Professionals have a daunting task as they must manage so many areas in the healthcare supply chain like new product request evaluations, resilience product alternatives, solving product problems such as increasing infection rates, […]

Clinical Value Analysis Strategies for Getting the Most Out of Your Contracting

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

In healthcare, conversations around cost saving measures in value analysis, contracting, or supply chain meetings often default to “price at the pump” strategies that include chasing the lowest cost or best tier. On the surface, […]

Building a Resilient Supply Chain Model Through Partnership with Reliable Secondary Suppliers

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Supply Chain Challenges Beginning with the global COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, health systems have faced recurring supply chain disruptions that put pressure on both operations and patient care. These included: Frequent backorders and limited […]

Making a Difference with Savings Beyond Price Optimization

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Producing a Major Impact on Savings Beyond Price Optimization There are many different views about how Value Analysis is making a difference in our healthcare world, but I believe the biggest difference that Value Analysis […]

One Multi-Site Health System’s Transformative Journey to Optimize Their Inventory with Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL)

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Hospitals today typically contain hundreds of storage rooms and thousands of supply bins across multiple, geographically dispersed facilities in their health system. This translates to hundreds of thousands of paper labels that need to be […]

Don’t Ignore the Value in Value Analysis Mentors

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Everyone likes to feel that because they run a Value Analysis Program for a certain period of time, they know everything they need to know. I find it great that most that feel this way […]