Why Savings Validation is Mission Critical
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Every value analysis practitioner can tell you that they save money for their healthcare organization, but can they prove…
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Hemostat Product Changeover at Huntsville Health: High-Volume Low-Cost Physician Preference Items Can Lead to Significant Cost Savings
Jackie Kraft, RN, Value Analysis Manager & Clinical Resource Manager, Huntsville Health Gina Holcombe RN, BSN, Director of Surgery Main, Third & GMT, Huntsville Health Halit…
How to Select a Candidate for a Value Analysis Study
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions First, I would like to explain the difference between a study and a project. A value analysis study is…
The #1 Critical Success Factor to Saving Big in the Healthcare Supply Chain
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions The most important first few hours you can spend on any value analysis, supply utilization,…
Turbocharge Your Value Analysis and Utilization Management Savings in 2021
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions I was just asked today by the editor of HPN Magazine to comment on the trend that most healthcare…
Best Practices for Your Bottom Line in 2021
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions Hello 2021! I think most of us are happy to see 2020 pass us by…
Featured Articles November 2020 – Healthcare VA & SUM Magazine
Featured Articles Featured Article – What Value Analysis Leaders Need to Know About Mattress Contamination – Bruce Rippe, Chairman, CEO, Trinity Guardion, Edmond Hooker, MD, Ph.D., Trinity…
Are You Going in the Right Direction with Your Savings?
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and consortiums have been a powerful force in controlling healthcare organizations’ labor and non-labor costs…
What Value Analysis Leaders Need to Know About Mattress Contamination
Bruce Rippe, Chairman, CEO, Trinity Guardion Edmond Hooker, MD, Ph.D., Trinity Guardion Many hospital leaders don’t know that what might be hidden under the covers…
You Need Champions for Your Value Analysis Program to Excel
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the 1960s, was a champion (i.e., spoke up in favor of and supported…
Generating Even More Savings from Your Price, Standardization, and Value Analysis Initiatives
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions Let’s face it, we live in a GPO-centric healthcare supply chain world and that isn’t…
The Myth About Standardization
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Standardization Vs. Customization Conventional thinking would tell you that standardization is a good thing because it cuts down on…
Nursing and Supply Chain Partnership to Reduce Variation in Urology Catheter Management at Sanford Health: Part II, Sustainability
Erica DeBoer, MA, RN, CCRN-K, Sanford Health Kimberly Alsbrooks, BSN, RN, RT (R), VA-BC, BD Halit O. Yapici, MD, MBA, MPH, Boston Strategic Partners Importance…