Featured
There is Always a New Way
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions “There is always a new way: A new way to solve a problem, a new way of climbing the mountain. The ability to identify that […]
Utilization
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Winning with the Successful Value Analysis and Supply Utilization Mindset
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions There are hundreds of supply chain articles that are written on various change models, strategies, and techniques to reduce costs while maintaining or improving quality […]
Featured
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 sources of their operations, such as major elective surgeries, they […]
Featured
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 using paper and Excel spreadsheet systems to manage their value […]
Magazine
December 2019 – Featured Articles – Healthcare Value Analysis and Utilization Management Magazine
Featured Articles Featured Article – Maureen Hazen-Fritsky, RN, MHA, Independent Healthcare Consultant; Amy Carroll, RN, MBA, CVAHP, Nuvance Health; Robert Andrzejewski, MSE, Independent Management Consultant – Pursuit of Value Analysis Best Practice: Are We There […]
Supply Utilization Management
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 project managers came back and reported that after further review […]
Utilization Management
Utilization Management: The Devil Is In the Details
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions The major contributor to cost is in your in-use (or consumption) cost! If you think you have nailed down all of your supply chain expenses with your GPO and […]
Value Analysis
Where Do Value Analysis Professionals Come From?
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 […]
Utilization Management
Purchase Cost is the Tip of the Iceberg!
What Happens After the Right Product, at the Right Price, at the Right Time is Delivered to the Right Person? Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions We all assume that when we buy a product, […]
Utilization Management
Hands Down the Best Tool In Healthcare Supply Chain…Continual Benchmarking!
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 […]
Value Analysis
Gaining Recognition for Value Analysis
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions “If You’ve Seen One VA Program, You’ve Seen One VA Program.” James Russell One challenge value analysis practitioners face in 2018 is the nonuniformity of their value analysis programs. […]
Supply Chain
Nursing and Supply Chain Partnership to Reduce Variation in Urology Catheter Management at Sanford Health
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 […]
Value Analysis
The Progression of Value Analysis
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 […]