Value Analysis Leadership Interview
James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, UW Health, WI James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, is the Value Analysis Program Director at UW Health…
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How is Your Value Analysis Pipeline?
Robert W. Yokl, Sr. Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions There are so many different methods, strategies, and configurations of value analysis teams/committees around the country, but there…
Stumbling Around Vs. Targeting Your Clinical Supply Utilization Savings
David Hinkle, Independent Supply Chain Consultant, Issaquah, Washington When I first started out in supply chain management we didn’t use a lot of metrics to analyze…
Knowledge is Power if You Enhance Your Supply Chain Expense Data to Produce Meaningful Metrics
Robert T. Yokl Data in and of itself is useless, but if enhanced with clinical, financial and supply chain information to produce meaningful metrics it…
A Blueprint for Greater Performance and Focus In Value Analysis and Supply Utilization Management
Robert T. Yokl, President, SVAH Solutions We know from experience that any system as a whole is greater than its parts. It’s the same with…
What’s Your Value Analysis Onboarding Process?
James Russell, RN-BC, Value Analysis Facilitator, UF Health at Jacksonville “What’s your value analysis onboarding process?” During an interview for a Value Analysis Facilitator (VAF),…
Incorporating Supply Utilization Management (SUM) Into Your Value Analysis Program
Sum Will Help You Overcome the Three Biggest Challenges Value Analysis Teams Face Robert W. Yokl As value analysis professionals we would like to think…
PPI Value Analysis and Standardization Success Through Vendor Partnering: A Case Study of Hernia Mesh Savings and Quality Improvement at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Miller, Susan G.1 MN, RN, CMRP and Bourque, Megan2 PhD 1Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 2Cornerstone Research Group, Burlington, ON Why Standardization was…
Re-Energizing Your Value Analysis Program
Robert W. Yokl As we begin this New Year of 2016, I thought I would offer my view on how to get unstuck from the…
Why You Need to Focus on Supply Utilization Management
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, Strategic Value Analysis in Healthcare We know that value analysis practitioners are hungry for big savings to justify their existence in their healthcare…
It’s Time to Stack the Deck in Your Favor
The other day I completed a new SMART Success Value Analysis Model for a major product group for one of our large IDN customers. This new…
A Strategic Approach to Cost Containment In Hospitals
How Many C’s Are In Success? Maureen Hazen, RN, MHA, Associate Director, Berkley Research Group’s Healthcare Practice and Robert Andrzejewski, MS, Associate, Berkley Research Group’s Healthcare …
How to Select Your Value Analysis Projects
The Key to Value Analysis Success is Having the Right Items On Your Agenda Every Time How are you selecting your value analysis projects? Is…