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Double-Barrel Approach to Value Analysis

December 3, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Cutting Costs and Waste While Also Improving Quality The late and great comedian, Rodney Dangerfield, always talked about not getting any respect in his daily life. He once said, “Last week I told my psychiatrist […]

Meeting the Challenges of Reform Through a Stronger Value Analysis-Supply Chain Partnership

March 24, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

By Michael B. Neely, Senior Vice President, Optimé Supply Chain Healthcare reform has placed providers of care under intense pressure to reduce costs and improve operations. Value Analysis teams and Supply Chain are among the […]

Why Are We Ignoring the Common-Sense Solution?

December 3, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Dee Donatelli, RN, BSN, MBA, Sr. Vice President, Provider Services, Hayes, Inc. As clinicians, hospitals, and consumers look ahead to 2014 and the full implementation of healthcare reform, much discussion centers on ways to achieve […]

The Future of Benchmarking

August 5, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Elevate your benchmarking for greater accuracy, reliability, and insight. A recent survey by CAPS Research (co-sponsored by Arizona State University) of supply chain leaders indicated that there is a shift in benchmarking for greater accuracy, […]

5 Building Blocks of World-Class Value Analysis

February 6, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Understanding the key underlying concepts to propel you forward

Value analysis has its roots in World War II, when

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