Value Analysis Archives - Page 18 of 20 - Healthcare Value Analysis and Utilization Management Magazine

Crucial Conversations and How to Have Them

August 2, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Alan Edwards, Regional Director of Supply Chain, Adventist Health System, Tampa, FL “Today’s supply chain leader faces more day to day pressure than ever before. We’re pressed to identify savings opportunities for our organizations, and […]

If You Think Training is Costly, Just Think of the Cost of Not Training Your Hospital Value Analysis Teams

May 28, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

I can’t count the times I have seen hospital value analysis teams waste time, money, and resources because they haven’t received advanced training in value analysis strategies, tactics, and techniques. Instead of taking less than 90-days to […]

We Are All Teachers and Trainers in Value Analysis

May 24, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

This issue of Healthcare Value Analysis Magazine is focused on value analysis training and teaming, so I thought I would bring up an important point that I have learned over my 21 years in the […]

Value Analysis Begins & Ends with Training

May 17, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

VA training is the foundation for reaching even higher levels of savings There seems to be an aversion by value analysis practitioners to value analysis training in our industry. This is because there is a […]

Value Analysis: It’s All About Data

May 13, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, Value Analysis Facilitator VCU Health System, Richmond, VA After price is whittled down as low as it can go, utilization can offer an avenue for cost savings. However, without good data, […]

Expectations Are Higher for Value Analysis Than Ever Before!

May 9, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

>Bigger Savings Goals >More Accountability >Better Attention to Evidence >Quality Improvements >Reduce Infection Rates >Collaborate with Clinicians How do you take your Value Analysis Program to the whole new level that your senior leadership now […]

How To Avoid “Group Think”!

May 6, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

You need to diversify your VA team’s membership to energize your team. When selecting or replacing your value analysis team membership, you need to consider the diversity of your team’s members. Do they look alike, […]

Guide to Selecting Team Leaders and Team Members Based on Their Core Competencies

May 2, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

All winning teams are a combination of attitudes, talents, and traits matched with tight leadership to give them the needed vision, goals, objectives, and can-do attitude. We need team members and leaders who will take […]

Value Analysis Steering Committee: A Value Analysis Prerequisite

April 29, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

In each issue of HVAM we will provide our readers with the one basic proven and time tested tenet of value analysis to assist you to refine, enhance, and advance your value analysis processes. If […]

Ignoring A Customer In Your Value Analysis Process Can And Will Destroy Your Credibility

April 18, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

When we teach our clients’ value analysis team members in our Lean Value Analysis Program about the “Hierarchy of Customers” (internal and external), we start out by focusing on the obvious customer who is anyone […]

What You Can’t See Will Hurt You

April 11, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

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. […]

The Evolution of Value Analysis

April 2, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Michael Bohon, Founding Principle, Healthcare Solutions Bureau Twenty-seven years ago, I unexpectedly found myself working in the supply chain sector of the healthcare industry in Arizona. For nineteen years prior to that I was also […]

Navigating Uncharted Waters of Supply Utilization Management

February 18, 2013 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Traditionally, the Healthcare Supply Chain saving game has been greatly influenced by the “price” savings opportunities offered by group purchasing contracts, standardization, and capitation. Unfortunately, we are not seeing the ROIs from these major savings […]