Healthcare Archives - Healthcare Value Analysis and Utilization Management Magazine

Building a Resilient Supply Chain Model Through Partnership with Reliable Secondary Suppliers

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Supply Chain Challenges Beginning with the global COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, health systems have faced recurring supply chain disruptions that put pressure on both operations and patient care. These included: Frequent backorders and limited […]

Making a Difference with Savings Beyond Price Optimization

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Producing a Major Impact on Savings Beyond Price Optimization There are many different views about how Value Analysis is making a difference in our healthcare world, but I believe the biggest difference that Value Analysis […]

One Multi-Site Health System’s Transformative Journey to Optimize Their Inventory with Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL)

October 28, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Hospitals today typically contain hundreds of storage rooms and thousands of supply bins across multiple, geographically dispersed facilities in their health system. This translates to hundreds of thousands of paper labels that need to be […]

Speed to Safety: Finding the Best Practices, Best Outcomes, and Best Value in Recall Management

June 10, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Round Table Discussion with RMIG Cherie Bragg, Performance Improvement Coordinator, Recall Administrator, Six Sigma Black Belt, Corporate Supply Chain, Yale New Haven Health Emily Funk, Project Coordinator, Yale New Haven Health Anna Cerilli, Value and […]

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 Does Not Hate You… Just Your New Product Request Submission

February 15, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“There are big benefits to thinking of value analysis committee less like the enemy and more like me when I get a brochure in the mail.” I hear an underlying current of frustration and anger […]

Preparing Your Value Analysis Teams for the Generational Shift

February 15, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

When Bob Yokl reached out to me to write this article for HCVA&UM Magazine, he challenged me to write a forward-thinking article that truly has the vision for the future of healthcare value analysis teams. […]

Working Together to Combat Inflation in the Healthcare Supply Chain

November 13, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Inflation poses a significant challenge for industries across the board, and healthcare is no exception. Hospitals are particularly vulnerable due to their reliance on complex supply chains that deliver essential medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and personal […]

12 Reasons Why You Should Have a Valid Benchmarking/KPI System to Point You in the Right Direction

November 13, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Supply chain and value analysis seem like an endless world of projects, initiatives, conversions, problems, recalls, and new product request evaluations that just go on and on. Once you think you have everything taken care […]

Unlocking Healthcare Efficiency: Optimizing Equipment Lifecycle Management in Hospitals and Surgery Centers

November 13, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Hospitals and surgery centers operate in a complex environment where delivering exceptional patient care must be balanced with stringent financial constraints. A crucial factor impacting both, which is often overlooked, is the effective management of […]

Establishing a Pathway to Professional Accountability for the Specialty of Healthcare Value Analysis

April 2, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“The value of professional accountability in the realm of healthcare value analysis cannot be overstated. It is a fundamental principle that guides Healthcare Value Analysis Leaders in their mission to balance cost, quality, and outcomes […]

Value Analysis Leadership Interview: Leading by Example

April 2, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“Today’s value analysis committees must be prepared to look beyond price parity, product utilization, and supply standardization on to clinical practice variation and facility contribution margins.” HVAUMM: Tell us a little about your background and […]

Automate to Innovate Your Value Analysis Program

April 2, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Most value analysis programs have a different level of maturity when it comes to automation. Too often, the use of spreadsheets is a substitute for real innovation because spreadsheets are easy to learn and use. […]