Savings and Quality Aren’t Mutually Exclusive
We have all heard the criticism that any value analysis initiative can and will eventually create quality issues for patients, or some variation of this…
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Nursing Impact Analysis Program: Raising Up the Voice of Nursing
Karen E. Bry, RN, BA, CPHQ, System Director for Nursing Education and Professional Practice, Sinai Health System, Chicago Illinois. Historically the rank and file, front…
Lack of Training Is Holding Back Big Gains in Value Analysis
Training your VA teams is the magic bullet for your VAT’s success. The late Zig Ziglar, great speaker, author, and trainer, once said, “If you…
2 Tactics to Help You Negotiate with Your VA Customers
Your customers don’t need everything they are requesting. One thing I have observed over the last 20 years as a value analysis trainer and practitioner…
A Long-View On Value Analysis
CEO Jamie C. Kowalski, Consulting, LLC, Milwaukee, WI Back in the day, as many say, could anyone even imagine that Value Analysis would be what…
Keeping Hospital Value Analysis Analytics Simple
Less is more when it comes to telling a story with your healthcare value analysis analytics reports. I cannot tell you how many meetings I…
Evidence is One Key to Your Success in Healthcare Value Analysis
We are a skeptical group in healthcare! This attitude is brought about by the medical and scientific training we have received in our schooling. We…
How Do You Define Evidence-Based Value Analysis In a World Of Many Truths?
Let the facts correlate with your own experience and observations. Evidence-Based Value Analysis is a hot topic in supply chain circles, but what does it…
Why Do We Need VA Teams To Be Successful?
Gennifer Baker, Director of Nursing Practice & Laurie Wilson, Value Analysis Coordinator Although most healthcare organizations have value analysis teams or committees, did you ever…
Who Should Be Your Value Analysis Team Leaders?
Individuals need to be selected for their expertise and leadership qualities. We are seeing more and more healthcare organizations that are selecting their department heads…
Functional Matrix Can Make Your VA Job Much Easier
You need to know what your customer is looking for in new products. We might not realize it, but value analysis has a 70-year history…
None of Us Are As Smart As All of Us
James Russell, RN-BC, Value Analysis Facilitator VCU Health System, Richmond, VA One of the best things about being a Value Analysis Facilitator is the ability…
#1 Ingredient to Improve Your Value Analysis Teams
Michael E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee, in a recent Harvard Review article, put it this way, “Teams improve and excel by tracking progress over…