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Just Published Nov 2020- Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Management Magazine
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Are You Going in the Right Direction with Your Savings?
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and consortiums have been a powerful force in controlling healthcare organizations’ labor and non-labor costs for decades. Yet, no one seems to question whether these […]
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What Do I Say to Supply Chain Professionals Who Don’t Believe in Savings Beyond Price?
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Supply Chain & Value Analysis — SVAH Solutions What do I say to supply chain professionals who don’t believe in savings beyond price? I think the best way to […]
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What Value Analysis Leaders Need to Know About Mattress Contamination
Bruce Rippe, Chairman, CEO, Trinity Guardion Edmond Hooker, MD, Ph.D., Trinity Guardion Many hospital leaders don’t know that what might be hidden under the covers could be making their patients sick and costing them money. […]
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You Need Champions for Your Value Analysis Program to Excel
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the 1960s, was a champion (i.e., spoke up in favor of and supported the initiative) for value analysis in the defense department. Bob […]
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Generating Even More Savings from Your Price, Standardization, and Value Analysis Initiatives
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions Let’s face it, we live in a GPO-centric healthcare supply chain world and that isn’t going to change much in the near to distant future. […]
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4 Ideas On How to Deal With Radio Silence
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions I bet there isn’t one sales representative that doesn’t deal with radio silence (i.e., customer doesn’t return your calls or e-mails after a presentation or proposal has been delivered) […]
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There is Always a New Way
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions “There is always a new way: A new way to solve a problem, a new way of climbing the mountain. The ability to identify that […]
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Featured Articles Featured Article – Utilizing Guidewire Peripheral IV Technology to Improve Care for Patients with Difficult Venous Access at an Acute-Care Hospital – Cheryl Campos, DNP, RN-BC, CEN, CPHQ, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Francie Moehring, PhD, Boston […]
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Just Published – Latest Issue of Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Management Magazine
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Cost Optimization Isn’t About Price Savings Any Longer
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions I would assume that we would all like to be more cost efficient, functional, and effective with our value analysis programs. So, what’s holding us back? In my opinion, […]
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Why Early Prevention is Better Than the Cure with Healthcare Supply Utilization Management
Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Supply Chain & Value Analysis — SVAH Solutions We all get excited when we identify a nice big utilization and/or value analysis savings opportunity. We get even more excited when […]
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5 Tips to Better Visualize Data You Want to Present to Get More Yeses on Your Proposals
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions One little known secret of persuasion is to help your customers visualize, with charts, graphs or graphics, the data you want to present to them to get more yeses. […]