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What Can Value Analysis Do to Improve the Process?

June 10, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Doctors and nurses are confused by your process. Can you help? We have a problem in healthcare. Doctors and nurses are a bit frustrated. And the Value Analysis process has caused some of it. I’ve […]

Preparing Your Value Analysis Teams for the Generational Shift: Part 2

June 10, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Looking back at the last four months, how many webinars, articles, and conversations about AI have you received in your inbox? How about DEI and health equity segments through your news outlets? Clean energy and […]

6 Crucial Dynamics that Nobody Mentions that Will Make or Break Your Value Analysis and Cost Management Projects

February 15, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“You have to prove that a value analysis/cost management review is necessary and need buy-in from department heads and managers.” How do you know when to start, stop, or continue with a value analysis review? […]

Enhancing Healthcare Outcomes Through Value Analysis: Speed, Competency, Process Reliability, and Innovation

February 15, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“In an era marked by rising healthcare costs and ever-increasing patient demands, value analysis helps organizations focus on interventions that offer the highest return on investment—not only financially, but also in terms of patient safety […]

The Critical Role of a Clinical Value Analysis Dashboard: Empowering You and Your Organization

February 15, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“An effective value analysis dashboard will not only visualize data but also provide a roadmap with actionable insights.” In today’s healthcare environment, value analysis (VA) teams face mounting pressure to balance ever-increasing costs with maintaining […]

Value Analysis Interviewing Skills Can Make or Break Your VA Projects

February 15, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Value analysis begins and ends with the customer, and it is ever more important to learn as much as possible from our customers, stakeholders, and experts on our VA projects. You must be a good […]

Value Analysis Does Not Hate You… Just Your New Product Request Submission

February 15, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“There are big benefits to thinking of value analysis committee less like the enemy and more like me when I get a brochure in the mail.” I hear an underlying current of frustration and anger […]

Preparing Your Value Analysis Teams for the Generational Shift

February 15, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

When Bob Yokl reached out to me to write this article for HCVA&UM Magazine, he challenged me to write a forward-thinking article that truly has the vision for the future of healthcare value analysis teams. […]

The Value of Incorporating Operational Efficiencies and Clinical Standardization into Healthcare Value Analysis

November 18, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Healthcare value analysis is an essential process that enables organizations to evaluate the cost, quality, and clinical outcomes associated with medical products, technologies, and services. As healthcare systems evolve, value analysis professionals must look beyond […]

Improvement Strategies for Your Value Analysis Program for 2025 and Beyond

November 15, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

I often hear Value Analysis and Supply Chain professionals talk about how “mature” their VA/Supply Chain programs are. This is great to know but I am a firm believer that VA and Supply Chain are still […]

Achieving Clinical Value Objectives for a Complex Value Analysis Initiative

November 13, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

In a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, achieving clinical value through value analysis (VA) is more crucial than ever. Complex VA initiatives, often involving multiple stakeholders and intricate decision-making, require a strategic and collaborative approach. The […]

12 Reasons Why You Should Have a Valid Benchmarking/KPI System to Point You in the Right Direction

November 13, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Supply chain and value analysis seem like an endless world of projects, initiatives, conversions, problems, recalls, and new product request evaluations that just go on and on. Once you think you have everything taken care […]

The Dos and Don’ts of Running a Value Analysis Team Meeting

November 13, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Running a value analysis team or multiple teams can be very challenging to handle but not impossible. Meeting management is an art and science and when you add the element of value analysis into the […]