Utilization

Value Analysis

What You Can’t See Will Hurt You

April 11, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on What You Can’t See Will Hurt You
Most of your new saving opportunities are below the water line. We like to equate supply chain expense savings to an iceberg! Above the waterline are your price and standardization savings, which are easily identified. […]
Value Analysis Leadership

Value Analysis Leadership Interview

April 9, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Value Analysis Leadership Interview
Alan Weintraub, Chief Procurement Officer/Director of Support Services Enloe Medical Center, Chico, CA The following interview was conducted by Robert W. Yokl, Managing Editor, Healthcare Value Analysis Magazine Allan Weintraub is a 30-year supply chain […]
Utilization Management

Good Evidence: The Missing Link

April 8, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Good Evidence: The Missing Link
Dee Donatelli, RN, BSN, MBA, Sr. Vice President, Provider Services, Hayes, Inc. There’s no question that great advances in medicine have been made over the last century. Still, not every medical technology, service, and intervention […]
Expense Reduction

The Seven-Percent Savings Solution

February 13, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on The Seven-Percent Savings Solution
Why do we continue to pursue 1%, 2% or 3% savings solutions (i.e., price), when a 7% savings solution (i.e., utilization) is just as easily obtainable? For instance, I know of healthcare organizations that have […]
Value Analysis

Show Me The Evidence

January 31, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Show Me The Evidence
Dee Donatelli, RN, BSN, MBA, Sr. Vice President, Provider Services, Hayes, Inc. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results." Whether we should attribute this maxim to Ben Franklin, […]
Best Practices

Value Analysis Analytics: The Tool of Choice to Identify Your Best Value Analysis Savings Opportunities

January 5, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Value Analysis Analytics: The Tool of Choice to Identify Your Best Value Analysis Savings Opportunities
Value Analysis Analytics Breakthrough Savings on Demand The promise of value analysis analytics to up your savings game Your healthcare organization is data-rich, but most supply chain professionals don’t optimize the use of their hospital, […]
Value Analysis

Value Analysis Analytics: Change of Mindset

January 5, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Value Analysis Analytics: Change of Mindset
Value Analysis Analytics Change of Mindset             For decades, supply chain and value analysis professionals have been focusing their savings efforts on reducing their prices and maximizing their standardization of the products, services and technologies […]