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What If Your Group Purchasing Savings Suddenly Dried Up?

August 1, 2021 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions I often asked the attendees at seminars I have conducted what they would they do if their group purchasing savings suddenly dried up. Some of the attendees’ answers were […]

You Will Only Reap What You Sow with Clinical Supply Utilization Management

February 9, 2021 Robert Yokl Comments Off

By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions “Future consequences are inevitably shaped by present actions.” This old proverb becomes a reality for healthcare supply chain organizations in that you must first plan, […]

11 Ways to Fast Track Non-Salary Savings After Covid-19

April 15, 2020 Robert Yokl Comments Off

By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Supply Chain & Value Analysis — SVAH Solutions Since hospitals have been asked to temporarily shut down primary revenue sources of their operations, such as major elective surgeries, they […]

Applying a Value Analysis Approach to Purchased Services: Case Studies in Clinical Engineering

May 8, 2019 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Mike Maguire, Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer at PartsSource The U.S. healthcare system is the most costly across the globe. Seeking to cut waste from the system, American healthcare organizations are under […]

Hands Down the Best Tool In Healthcare Supply Chain…Continual Benchmarking!

April 16, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Benchmarking is nothing new to the healthcare supply chain and you are probably thinking, “We benchmark at our hospital/system!” So, you know the value of benchmarking from one level or another, but do we apply […]

Meeting the Challenges of Reform Through a Stronger Value Analysis-Supply Chain Partnership

March 24, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

By Michael B. Neely, Senior Vice President, Optimé Supply Chain Healthcare reform has placed providers of care under intense pressure to reduce costs and improve operations. Value Analysis teams and Supply Chain are among the […]