11 Ways to Fast Track Non-Salary Savings After Covid-19
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Supply Chain & Value Analysis — SVAH Solutions Since hospitals have been asked to temporarily shut down primary revenue…
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Sell Concepts, Ideas, and Results – Not Services or Things
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions All companies tend to train their sales reps to sell services or things, when they should be training them…
Are Spreadsheets Holding Back Your Value Analysis Performance?
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions It is my estimate that sixty-four percent of all hospital, system, and IDN’s value analysis practitioners (VAP) are still…
December 2019 – Featured Articles – Healthcare Value Analysis and Utilization Management Magazine
Featured Articles Featured Article – Maureen Hazen-Fritsky, RN, MHA, Independent Healthcare Consultant; Amy Carroll, RN, MBA, CVAHP, Nuvance Health; Robert Andrzejewski, MSE, Independent Management Consultant…
Pursuit of Value Analysis Best Practice: Are We There Yet?
Maureen Hazen-Fritsky, RN, MHA, Independent Healthcare Consultant Amy Carroll, RN, MBA, CVAHP, Nuvance Health Robert Andrzejewski, MSE, Independent Management Consultant Introduction How do we merge…
“The Investment in Knowledge Pays the Best Interest.” Benjamin Franklin
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Too often, I see value analysis practitioners “winging it” as opposed to investing in value analysis education so that…
What Are We Missing if We Are to Secure All Loose Ends in Our Supply Chain Costs?
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions I am very happy to see all sorts of focused value analysis teams in our…
“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation…” Aristotle
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions We all have a goal for our hospital value analysis programs to be the best they can be in the…
What is Your Single-Minded Purpose in the Healthcare Value Analysis World?
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations – SVAH Solutions This may seem like a rhetorical question given we all have our defined titles, job…
But the Healthcare Supply Chain is Different!
Michael Bohon, Managing Director—Healthcare Solutions Bureau How many times have you heard someone say the above statement as to why ideas, concepts and practices from…
Applying a Value Analysis Approach to Purchased Services: Case Studies in Clinical Engineering
Mike Maguire, Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer at PartsSource The U.S. healthcare system is the most costly across the globe. Seeking to…
Where Do Value Analysis Professionals Come From?
James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, UW Health, WI Whenever I tell people what I do for a living, about half just…
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…