Price

Supply Utilization Management

Value Analysis and Utilization Tools: Healthcare Can’t Afford to Not Look at Inappropriate Utilization

April 15, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off on 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 an overstatement. If we don’t take a deeper dive into […]
Value Analysis

Moving Beyond Standardization and Best Price

November 21, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Moving Beyond Standardization and Best Price
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Twenty-five or more years ago, hospitals and health systems (that’s all there was at that time) had committees called Standardization Committees that evaluated and approved the new products, services, and technologies for their hospital or […]
Cost Management

The New End Game!

March 24, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off on 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 strategies, software, tools, and contracting methods that overwhelm us in […]
Benchmarking

The Future of Benchmarking

August 5, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on The Future of Benchmarking
Elevate your benchmarking for greater accuracy, reliability, and insight. A recent survey by CAPS Research (co-sponsored by Arizona State University) of supply chain leaders indicated that there is a shift in benchmarking for greater accuracy, […]