Value Analysis Leadership

Value Analysis Leadership Interview

April 9, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Value Analysis Leadership Interview
Alan Weintraub, Chief Procurement Officer/Director of Support Services Enloe Medical Center, Chico, CA The following interview was conducted by Robert W. Yokl, Managing Editor, Healthcare Value Analysis Magazine Allan Weintraub is a 30-year supply chain […]
Utilization Management

Good Evidence: The Missing Link

April 8, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Good Evidence: The Missing Link
Dee Donatelli, RN, BSN, MBA, Sr. Vice President, Provider Services, Hayes, Inc. There’s no question that great advances in medicine have been made over the last century. Still, not every medical technology, service, and intervention […]
Benchmarking

The Search for Best Practices

April 5, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on The Search for Best Practices
It’s not the metrics that count, but how they lead you to superior performance. There is one overlooked fact about benchmarking; that it is the search for best practices that leads to superior performance.  This […]
Value Analysis

The Evolution of Value Analysis

April 2, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on The Evolution of Value Analysis
Michael Bohon, Founding Principle, Healthcare Solutions Bureau Twenty-seven years ago, I unexpectedly found myself working in the supply chain sector of the healthcare industry in Arizona. For nineteen years prior to that I was also […]
Expense Reduction

The Seven-Percent Savings Solution

February 13, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on The Seven-Percent Savings Solution
Why do we continue to pursue 1%, 2% or 3% savings solutions (i.e., price), when a 7% savings solution (i.e., utilization) is just as easily obtainable? For instance, I know of healthcare organizations that have […]
Value Analysis Leadership

Value Analysis Leadership Interview

February 7, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Value Analysis Leadership Interview
Nila Getter, President, Association for Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals The following is an edited excerpt of an interview conducted by Robert W. Yokl,  Managing Editor, Healthcare Value Analysis Magazine, with  Nila Getter, President, Association for […]