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Incorporating Supply Utilization Management (SUM) Into Your Value Analysis Program

February 8, 2016 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Sum Will Help You Overcome the Three Biggest Challenges Value Analysis Teams Face Robert W. Yokl As value analysis professionals we would like to think that we can stick strictly to our set disciplines, methodologies, […]

PPI Value Analysis and Standardization Success Through Vendor Partnering: A Case Study of Hernia Mesh Savings and Quality Improvement at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

February 8, 2016 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Miller, Susan G.1 MN, RN, CMRP and Bourque, Megan2 PhD 1Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 2Cornerstone Research Group, Burlington, ON Why Standardization was Important At Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJU), reducing supply costs […]

FREE Webinar Thursday March 10, 2016 1:00 pm EST

February 8, 2016 Robert Yokl Comments Off

FREE Webinar Thursday March 10, 2016 — 1:00 pm EST Supply Utilization Management (SUM) Business Intelligence for Healthcare Supply Chain and Value Analysis Professionals How to Get More, Better, and Longer Lasting Supply Expense Savings […]

Value Analysis Checklists Can Make Your VA Job Easier

February 8, 2016 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert T. Yokl Checklists have long been used by pilots, astronauts, and architects to avoid costly and life threating mistakes. Now, even surgeons worldwide are using checklists to eliminate their mistakes and errors. The conclusion: […]

Why You Need to Focus on Supply Utilization Management

September 21, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, Strategic Value Analysis in Healthcare We know that value analysis practitioners are hungry for big savings to justify their existence in their healthcare organization. Since new GPO contracts and departmental requests usually cost […]

Healthcare Value Analysis, Collaboration, and an IV Fluid Shortage

September 21, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

James Russell, RN-BC, Value Analysis Facilitator, VCU Health System, Richmond, VA A robust Value Analysis department will collaborate with many other divisions within a hospital on a routine basis. These can include, but are certainly not […]

Are Your Suppliers Considered Your Value Analysis Advisors™?

September 21, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

It is our opinion that a wealth of untapped knowledge and expertise exists within your supplier organizations, but isn’t being regularly tapped into by value analysis professionals in a systematic way. If only value analysis […]

It’s Time to Stack the Deck in Your Favor

September 21, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

The other day I completed a new SMART Success Value Analysis Model for a major product group for one of our large IDN customers. This new SMART Model is intended to highlight all of the areas […]

Standardization: Time for a New Model

September 21, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Alan Weintraub, FABC, Chief Procurement Officer, Enloe Medical Center, Chico, CA I heard it again the other day. I was reading an application from a job candidate and there it was on the application – “chaired […]

A Strategic Approach to Cost Containment In Hospitals

May 18, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

How Many C’s Are In Success? Maureen Hazen, RN, MHA, Associate Director, Berkley Research Group’s Healthcare Practice and Robert Andrzejewski, MS, Associate, Berkley Research Group’s Healthcare In today’s economic environment, hospitals are being forced to make […]

Transparent Processes Use Data

May 18, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

James Russell, RN-BC, Value Analysis Facilitator, UF Health at Jacksonville VCU Health System, Richmond, VA Value Analysis Facilitators frequently find themselves estimating the impact of a project prior to implementing a change, or even evaluating […]

How to Select Your Value Analysis Projects

May 18, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

The Key to Value Analysis Success is Having the Right Items On Your Agenda Every Time How are you selecting your value analysis projects? Is it organized, systematic, and foolproof or is it left to […]

What Does Value Analysis Mean to You?

May 18, 2015 Robert Yokl Comments Off

When you think of the term “value analysis” (VA) as it relates to the healthcare supply chain, what does this mean to you? I have heard hundreds of different definitions of value analysis in articles, […]