Clinical Supply Utilization Management: The Gift that Keeps Giving Big Savings
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…
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Value Analysis Does Not Hate You… Just Your New Product Request Submission
“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…
Preparing Your Value Analysis Teams for the Generational Shift
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…
Working Together to Combat Inflation in the Healthcare Supply Chain
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…
12 Reasons Why You Should Have a Valid Benchmarking/KPI System to Point You in the Right Direction
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…
Establishing a Pathway to Professional Accountability for the Specialty of Healthcare Value Analysis
“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…
Value Analysis Leadership Interview: Leading by Example
“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…
Automate to Innovate Your Value Analysis Program
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…
Savings Beyond Price – You Control the Faucet with Consumption Management
“Consumption management is an opportunity to fine tune contracting, vendor service levels, and clinicians’ use patterns to best practice levels.” Where to Find an Abundance…
Value Analysis is Not Just About Value Analysis
Most seasoned value analysis professionals have come to the realization that value analysis is not just about value analysis in our healthcare systems. Value analysis…
Value Analysis Professionals: What Should Your Priorities Be Going Into 2024?
If you are a healthcare value analysis professional, what should your priorities be going into the new year? A new year is just around the…
How Should KPIs Be Employed to Increase Your Healthcare Organization’s Non-Salary Savings, Quality, and Outcomes?
Targeted Savings While Improving Quality and Outcomes Can Be a Reality We are all looking for the “magic bullet” that will generate more non-salary savings…
Value Analysis Roundtable Discussion: Clinical Supply Utilization Opening Up Invisible Supply and Quality Optimization Opportunities
We are all looking for new supply chain expense savings beyond price and standardization to help our healthcare organizations weather this perfect storm (high inflation,…