Team Member Selection and Team Building
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions “Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, and working together is success.” Henry Ford All winning teams…
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How Do You Speed Up the Value Analysis Process?
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions The one thing that every one of us has that is equal is the amount…
Utilization Management: The Devil Is In the Details
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions The major contributor to cost is in your in-use (or consumption) cost! If you think you have nailed down…
What Top Skills Are Required to Make You Successful in Healthcare Value Analysis?
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations – SVAH Solutions For most healthcare supply chain organizations, value analysis has become mission critical to the success of…
If Value Analysis Needs an Overhaul, What Should Clinical Decisions Look Like?
Gina Thomas, RN, MBA, Procured Health, Chief Development Officer Applying More Agility I wanted to follow up from my last interview and provide some context…
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…
We Don’t Need Everything We Are Buying Now!
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions The fastest, easiest, and most effective way to save money in value analysis is to stop approving so many…
Measuring Value in Value Analysis Can Be Easier Than You Think
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Price can be measured quickly, but value measurements take some time. Yet, that’s what value analysis is all about:…
Clinical Supply Utilization Management Isn’t a Sometime Thing
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions We congratulate the supply chain/value analysis practitioners that are attacking their utilization misalignments (i.e., the wasteful and inefficient consumption,…
How to Keep Everyone Motivated in the Value Analysis Game
Robert W. Yokl, Senior Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions Let’s face it, we need everyone involved in our value analysis program to stay positive, stay the course,…
Find Champions Who Will Guarantee Your VA Team’s Success
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions There is one common thread that I have observed with ultra-successful value analysis teams; they all have champions – at…
Supply Chain Education Is Not an Expense. It Is an Investment.
Michael Bohon, CPSM, C.P.M., CMRP, Managing Director of HealthCare Solutions Bureau In the healthcare environment there are so many opportunities for us to spend money in…
Knowledge is Power if You Enhance Your Supply Chain Expense Data to Produce Meaningful Metrics
Robert T. Yokl Data in and of itself is useless, but if enhanced with clinical, financial and supply chain information to produce meaningful metrics it…