supply chain

Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions We all have a goal for our hospital value analysis programs to be the best they can be in the eyes of our senior management and peers. Yet, too often we […]

Michael Bohon, Managing Director—Healthcare Solutions Bureau How many times have you heard someone say the above statement as to why ideas, concepts and practices from other industries will not work in healthcare? Personally, I cannot […]

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 […]

James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, UW Health, WI Whenever I tell people what I do for a living, about half just nod and smile (having no idea, or interest in, what […]

By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations – SVAH Solutions For most healthcare supply chain organizations, value analysis has become mission critical to the success of savings and quality improvement goals. The concept of value analysis […]

Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions The Healthcare Financial Management Association tells us that that your free-standing hospital, multi-hospital system, or IDN’s payment systems are evolving from fee-for-performance to value-based purchasing, readmission restrictions, and bundled […]

A Recruiter’s Perspective Chase Johanson, Hospital Supply Recruiter, Gibson Consultants The Value Analysis Professional Vs. the Rising Cost of Healthcare According to projections, “Under current law, national health spending is predicted to grow at an  average […]

Robert W. Yokl – Sr., VP Operations, SVAH Solutions Benchmarking is nothing new to the healthcare supply chain and clearly you are thinking right now that, “We Benchmark at Our Hospital/System!”   So, you know the […]

Robert W. Yokl, Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions Having worked in the healthcare supply chain for over 25 years, I have seen how sales representatives could be viewed as the evil empire but also how they […]

Diana Berkland, PhD, RN—Vice President, Nursing & Clinical Services, Sanford Health; Erica DeBoer, MA, RN, CCRN-K, CNL- Clinical Nurse Leader, Sanford Health; Tom Harvieux, MSc—Senior Executive Director, Corporate Supply Chain Management, Sanford Health; Andrew Hogan, BSc – Associate […]

James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, UW Health, WI I have been thinking a lot lately about not only what value analysis is (definition) and how value analysis is done (process), but […]