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Four Essential Productivity Tips for Value Analysis Practitioners

April 27, 2016 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert T. Yok, President, SVAH Solutions No longer can value analysis practitioners just evaluate new products for their appropriateness, quality, and their safety features. VA practitioners now need to be more productive in their practices […]

Lack of Training Is Holding Back Big Gains in Value Analysis

December 3, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Training your VA teams is the magic bullet for your VAT’s success. The late Zig Ziglar, great speaker, author, and trainer, once said, “If you think training is costly, just think of the cost of […]

Who Should Be Your Value Analysis Team Leaders?

March 25, 2014 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Individuals need to be selected for their expertise and leadership qualities. We are seeing more and more healthcare organizations that are selecting their department heads and managers to lead their value analysis teams. Why? Because […]

How Many VA Teams Do You Need?

August 15, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

At most healthcare organizations, the answer is — less is more! We are often asked how many value analysis teams a healthcare organization should have to ring the towel dry on savings and improve quality […]

The New Low Hanging Fruit Is Supply Utilization

August 8, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Why Aren’t We Jumping On These Juicy Low Hanging Savings Opportunities? Most healthcare organizations are still operating on a VA model that is strictly focused on group purchasing (GPO) for price savings. Most value analysis teams […]

Healthcare Value Analysis Magazine

January 6, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Look What We Have Done Now! Yes, we have started a new magazine about value analysis!! Why? Because we feel that value analysis is going to become an even more important component of the financial […]

Value Analysis Analytics: Change of Mindset

January 5, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

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 […]