Supply Chain

Nursing and Supply Chain Partnership to Reduce Variation in Urology Catheter Management at Sanford Health

February 1, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Nursing and Supply Chain Partnership to Reduce Variation in Urology Catheter Management at Sanford Health
Diana Berkland, PhD, RN—Vice President, Nursing & Clinical Services, Sanford Health; Erica DeBoer, MA, RN, CCRN-K, CNL- Clinical Nurse Leader, Sanford Health; Tom Harvieux, MSc—Senior Executive Director, Corporate Supply Chain Management, Sanford Health; Andrew Hogan, BSc – Associate […]
Value Analysis

The Progression of Value Analysis

February 1, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off on The Progression of Value Analysis
James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, UW Health, WI I have been thinking a lot lately about not only what value analysis is (definition) and how value analysis is done (process), but […]
Value Analysis

Successful Green Value Analysis

February 1, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Successful Green Value Analysis
Robert W. Yokl, Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions Not that we want to add any more complexity or responsibilities to our busy supply value analysis programs, but one category of purchasing is becoming ever more present […]
Supply Chain

How Leading Hospitals Gain the Best Value From Optimized Inventory Management and Supply Spend

February 1, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off on How Leading Hospitals Gain the Best Value From Optimized Inventory Management and Supply Spend
How the Right Metrics, Combined with the Right Inventory Management Technologies, Ensure Accurate Data Collection and Analytics that Enable Providers to Optimize Their Inventory and Supply Spend: Case Studies from Leading Hospitals Arnold Chazal, CEO, […]
Magazine

Featured Articles from Latest Issue of  Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Management Magazine

December 4, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Featured Articles from Latest Issue of  Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Management Magazine
FEATURED ARTICLE – That Which We Call Evidence – By James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, University of Wisconsin Health Value Analysis Leadership Interview with Hani Elias, CEO and Gina Thomas, CDO from Procured […]
Value Analysis

Evidence Can Be Found from Many Sources with a High or Low Degree of Reliability. Are You Employing the Right Sources?

November 22, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Evidence Can Be Found from Many Sources with a High or Low Degree of Reliability. Are You Employing the Right Sources?
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions I just reviewed the online poll results on our Healthcare Value Analysis and Utilization Magazine website that asked the question, “What strategy do you believe is the big savings […]
Value Analysis

That Which We Call Evidence

November 22, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off on That Which We Call Evidence
James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, UW Health, WI In our busy, healthcare focused careers, buzzwords, buzz-phrases, and acronyms seem to come and go: Thinking out of the box; TQM (Total Quality […]