Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Supply Chain & Value Analysis — SVAH Solutions I want to thank all our hard working and dedicated physicians,…
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Get Better and More Sustainable Results
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions It is rare that a value analysis or utilization management savings or quality and safety improvements are sustainable in…
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…
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…
The HC Supply Chain’s Untouchable: The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
By Chase Johanson, Executive Search Consultant, Gibson Consultants Pharmaceutical Costs Continue To Climb One of the most difficult challenges that hospitals and health systems all…
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…
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…
How Triangulating Your Supply Value Analysis Studies Destroys Speculation, Lip Service and All Other Push-Backs You Encounter
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions I was working with a client’s value analysis team and one of their value analysis…
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…
Value Analysis and Utilization Tools: Healthcare Can’t Afford to Not Look at Inappropriate Utilization
Gina Thomas—Chief Development Officer, Lumere The January 13 New York Times article titled “Can Your Hip Replacement Kill You?” might seem dramatic, but it’s not…
Successful Green Value Analysis
Robert W. Yokl, Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions Not that we want to add any more complexity or responsibilities to our busy supply value analysis programs,…
How Leading Hospitals Gain the Best Value From Optimized Inventory Management and Supply Spend
How the Right Metrics, Combined with the Right Inventory Management Technologies, Ensure Accurate Data Collection and Analytics that Enable Providers to Optimize Their Inventory and…