Supply LifeCycle Cost Management TM
As this issue of HVAM suggests, the new healthcare economy is all about saving time, controlling costs, improving quality, and expanding the scope (population management)…
Healthcare
Connecting the Dots: Time, Cost, and Quality
It’s important to master all three cost drivers. Value analysis is an interconnected process centering on time, cost, and quality. If you aren’t focusing on…
Double-Barrel Approach to Value Analysis
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…
Lack of Training Is Holding Back Big Gains in Value Analysis
Training your VA teams is the magic bullet for your VAT’s success. The late Zig Ziglar, great speaker, author, and trainer, once said, “If you…
Value Analysis Leadership Interview
Dee Donatelli, Sr. Vice President, Provider Services, Hayes, Inc. Dee Donatelli is the current President of the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Association. She is…
Evidence is One Key to Your Success in Healthcare Value Analysis
We are a skeptical group in healthcare! This attitude is brought about by the medical and scientific training we have received in our schooling. We…
FDA Finalizes UDI System
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a final rule for the unique device identification system (UDI) to give an exclusive identifier for all medical…
The Future of Supply Chain Expense Management is Now!
“Every so often an idea, innovation, invention, and revolution appear in the marketplace that changes the game forever. We call these breakthroughs ‘Game Changers’ or…
How Do You Define Evidence-Based Value Analysis In a World Of Many Truths?
Let the facts correlate with your own experience and observations. Evidence-Based Value Analysis is a hot topic in supply chain circles, but what does it…
Isn’t It Time We Let Employees and Staff Know How Much of Your Hospital’s Money They Are Wasting?
No one at your healthcare organization will admit that they are wasting money, but that’s just what happens every day of every week of the year….
Top 5 Missed Savings Opportunities in the Hospital Supply Chain Today
1. Utilization Savings – The big savings are there but they are outside the comfort zone of many in our industry. We are still very price focused…
Who Should Be Your Value Analysis Team Leaders?
Individuals need to be selected for their expertise and leadership qualities. We are seeing more and more healthcare organizations that are selecting their department heads…
The New End Game!
Life cycle cost is the forgotten goal of all our cost and quality challenges. Every day we hear about all the latest and greatest new…