Improvement Strategies for Your Value Analysis Program for 2025 and Beyond
I often hear Value Analysis and Supply Chain professionals talk about how “mature” their VA/Supply Chain programs are. This is great to know but I am…
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Do Hospital Supply Chains Turn to Subs Too Early Without First Checking for Original OEM Products?
Hospital supply chains often turn to substitute medical products too quickly, primarily due to various pressures and system limitations. Below is an expanded discussion of…
Who is Pulling the Levers Behind the Curtain?
I have worked with several GPOs, attended their conferences, presented, and participated in new technology committees, helping create guidelines and policies for regional and national…
Healthcare Supply Chain Leaders: It’s Important to Figure Out Which Way the Wind is Blowing
“Eighty-five percent of Healthcare Supply Chain Leaders believe that savings are going to come from the almighty price, but think again.” This may sound cliché,…
Hospital Supply Chain Professionals: Keep the Faith!
“These are just a few ideas for when you and your team are feeling the pinch of the everyday pressures of the hospital supply chain/value…
OmniChannel Health: Solving Sourcing Problems and Saving Big
At last month’s Ohio AHRMM conference, I had the pleasure of speaking right after a representative from Henry Schein Medical. I noticed striking similarities between…
The Value Curve: Cost vs. Value and Risk Assessment in Supply Chain Management
We’ve all seen the four Value/Cost and Risk graph quadrants. They are used in decision-making to measure the source of truth within Supply Chain Management….
5 Major Things I Learned from the Value Analysis School of Hard Knocks
“I am glad I could share some of these valuable strategies with you that I had to learn through the value analysis school of hard…
3 Steps to Fast Tracking Clinical Supply Utilization Savings
Every chief financial officer at every health system wants more savings from their supply chain organization and even more so today with the challenge of…
Are You Ready to Join an Elite Group of Value Analysis Professionals?
The Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) has come a long way from it’s grassroots start in the healthcare supply chain world. Started by…
Featured Articles May 2023 – Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Management Magazine
Just Released May 2023 Healthcare Value Analysis and Utilization Management Magazine Featured Articles Article Title/Link Article By: Link FEATURED – Value Analysis Leadership Interview: Winning…
Clinical Supply Integration: Do You Know What It Means?
As a discipline, we have been talking about clinical supply integration (CSI) for a number of years now, but do we really know what this…
Big Savings in Retrospective Value Analysis Reviews
“The bottom line here is that retrospective value analysis reviews are valuable to healthcare organizations who are in dire need of big savings which will…