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…
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…
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…
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions “There is always a new way: A new way to solve a problem, a new…
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…
Cheryl Campos, DNP, RN-BC, CEN, CPHQ, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Francie Moehring, PhD, Boston Strategic Partners Halit O. Yapici, MD, MBA, MPH, Boston Strategic Partners…
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Value analysis is too often thought of by value analysis practitioners as a vetting tool for new product, service,…
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions There are hundreds of supply chain articles that are written on various change models, strategies,…
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Standardization Vs. Customization Conventional thinking would tell you that standardization is a good thing because it cuts down on…
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions It is often mentioned in the media that the Covid-19 pandemic will change many practices forever. I tend to…
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions There is a Time and a Place for VA Workshops vs. VA Teams Value analysis practitioners are used to…
By Chase Johanson, Executive Search Consultant, Gibson Consultants Pharmaceutical Costs Continue To Climb One of the most difficult challenges that hospitals and health systems all…
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions All companies tend to train their sales reps to sell services or things, when they should be training them…
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions It is my estimate that sixty-four percent of all hospital, system, and IDN’s value analysis practitioners (VAP) are still…