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CSUM is the Strategic Advantage You Don’t Realize is Missing

May 29, 2026 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Clinical supply utilization management (CSUM) is rapidly emerging as a critical capability for healthcare supply chain and value analysis professionals seeking to move beyond traditional cost-saving methods. While many organizations have already captured the majority […]

Incorporating Clinical Supply Utilization Management Into Value Analysis

February 15, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Pricing strategies alone are becoming less effective in managing healthcare supply chain costs, and healthcare organizations will need to explore other avenues for savings to fill the gaps. Supply utilization management is a key approach […]

Clinical Supply Utilization Management: The Gift that Keeps Giving Big Savings

February 15, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Clinical supply utilization management (CSUM) is not a one-time event but instead is a fluid and ever-changing system to track everything in your supply chain using patient volume centric metrics to ascertain where savings, problems, […]

Value Analysis Roundtable Discussion: Clinical Supply Utilization Opening Up Invisible Supply and Quality Optimization Opportunities

September 21, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

We are all looking for new supply chain expense savings beyond price and standardization to help our healthcare organizations weather this perfect storm (high inflation, high labor costs, and shrinking bottom line) we all are […]