Utilization Management
Turning Utilization Best Practices Into a Major Advantage
Why best practices need to be understood and investigated
While presenting a supply utilization savings
Expense Reduction
Control and Verify Your Savings Before, During and After Implementation
Assume nothing, verify everything with your own eyes! Did you know that the word “savings” is the most misunderstood word in our supply chain business? We use it every day to describe cost reductions and […]
Value Analysis Leadership
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 […]
Value Analysis
5 Building Blocks of World-Class Value Analysis
Understanding the key underlying concepts to propel you forward
Value analysis has its roots in World War II, when
Value Analysis
Why Supply Utilization Management is Significantly Different Than Value Analysis
There is a 500 pound gorilla in our supply chain that represents huge savings we are not addressing because of this misunderstanding. Value Analysis has been around for years, and has evolved into being the […]
Value Analysis
Employing Value Analysis Analytics to Get Your Way
Using stats, figures or value analysis analytics to garner support for your supply chain ideas or initiatives should be a first, not a last tactic, to get your way in the supply chain business. Why? […]
Value Analysis
Show Me The Evidence
Dee Donatelli, RN, BSN, MBA, Sr. Vice President, Provider Services, Hayes, Inc. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results." Whether we should attribute this maxim to Ben Franklin, […]
Benchmarking
Benchmarking Still Drives Savings
Industry embraced a simple idea in the 1980s. The idea was that it was possible to search for the best practices that will lead to superior performance by comparing cost, time or quality of one […]
Podcast
Reining in Your Multimillion Dollar Purchase Services
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:25 PM I would like you to look around your healthcare organization and ask yourself “Who’s in charge of your purchase services?” I can assure you, if you are honest with […]
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Podcast
Comparative Value Analysis Analytics Will Maximize Your Performance
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:28 PM Most healthcare organizations, in some shape or form, are employing value analysis analytics to uncover their hidden supply chain expense savings. Yet, we have found only a few who […]
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How Are You Selecting Your Value Analysis Team Leaders and Members To Ensure Success?
Tuesday, January 08, 2013 3:36 PM Are you selecting your value analysis team leaders and members by chance, by their title or by their influence in your organization? If you are, and most hospitals, system […]
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Utilization Management
Utilizer Dashboard Software
Come join our community of users who are already achieving success with our Utilizer® Dashboard software! Get Ready to Impress Your Boss with Even Better Savings Numbers! Dear Colleague: For more than two decades now, […]
Value Analysis
Healthcare Value Analysis Magazine
Look What We Have Done Now! Yes, we have started a new magazine about value analysis!! Why? Because we feel that value analysis is going to become an even more important component of the financial […]