Value Analysis Leadership Interview
Alan Weintraub, Chief Procurement Officer/Director of Support Services Enloe Medical Center, Chico, CA The following interview was conducted by Robert W. Yokl, Managing Editor, Healthcare…
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The Search for Best Practices
It’s not the metrics that count, but how they lead you to superior performance. There is one overlooked fact about benchmarking; that it is the…
Why Utilization Management is More Important than Ever Before!
An Important and Timely Message from Robert T. Yokl When I look at the Affordable Care Act’s new Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Prospective Payment System that…
The Seven-Percent Savings Solution
Why do we continue to pursue 1%, 2% or 3% savings solutions (i.e., price), when a 7% savings solution (i.e., utilization) is just as easily…
Turning Utilization Best Practices Into a Major Advantage
Why best practices need to be understood and investigated
While presenting a supply utilization savings
Control and Verify Your Savings Before, During and After Implementation
Assume nothing, verify everything with your own eyes! Did you know that the word “savings” is the most misunderstood word in our supply chain business?…
Employing Value Analysis Analytics to Get Your Way
Using stats, figures or value analysis analytics to garner support for your supply chain ideas or initiatives should be a first, not a last tactic,…
Benchmarking Still Drives Savings
Industry embraced a simple idea in the 1980s. The idea was that it was possible to search for the best practices that will lead to…
Healthcare Value Analysis Magazine
Look What We Have Done Now! Yes, we have started a new magazine about value analysis!! Why? Because we feel that value analysis is going…
The Key to a Successful and Sustainable Supply Value Analysis Program
Strategic Value Analysis Planning The Key to a Successful and Sustainable Supply Value Analysis Program Thomas Carlyle once said, “Nothing is more terrible than activity…
Strategic Value Analysis Planning Process
Value Analysis Strategies The Strategic Value Analysis Planning process provides the vehicle to obtain this ownership. The SVAP begins with an invitation by your champion,…
Strategic Value Analysis Planning: A Three-Phase Process
Strategic Value Analysis Planning: A Three-Phase Process The SVAP starts with evaluating the strengths and weaknesses, or gaps, in your current supply value analysis program…
Value Analysis Analytics: The Tool of Choice to Identify Your Best Value Analysis Savings Opportunities
Value Analysis Analytics Breakthrough Savings on Demand The promise of value analysis analytics to up your savings game Your healthcare organization is data-rich, but most…