On this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl talks about the importance of “objection busters” for your hospital’s VAT: “One example is a COO who, after a value analysis team meeting where he was their champion, cornered doctors in his hospital’s hallways to discuss why they turned down the opportunity to save…
Read MoreHow do you move beyond price point in large scale negotiations? What level of emphasis should benchmarking have in the process and how should data be leveraged to ensure physician and clinician alignment? How do you identify what the market can bear and prevent an inflated market, especially considering the raw material shortages influencing the…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl shares solutions for the little leaks and big outflows that may be happening around your health system: “No longer can we sit by and watch our hospital’s supply expense leaks get bigger and bigger. We need to plug them now, so we can help…
Read MoreIt’s no secret that the global healthcare supply chain has experienced unprecedented disruption over the past 2 years. While many of the issues are domestic, these same issues also exist in other countries around the world. How does the United States compare to other countries and what trends are emerging such as “near shoring”? On…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl shares some key strategies for creating a sustainable savings pipeline for your health system: “[I]t’s time that we focus our healthcare supply chain efforts on the development, enhancement, or refinement of our supply chain expense management systems to ensure that we are capturing all…
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Coordinating all the internal stakeholders through your healthcare organization can be a daunting task during contract negotiations. Keeping the team engaged and aligned can be difficult enough, but does everyone have clear visibility to the data throughout the process? Preparation is critical to success, but a big piece of that preparation has to do with…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl shares his top 10 best practices for hospital value analysis in the US: “Most value analysis programs focus their efforts on GPO contract and requisition driven offerings, whereas, best-practice hospitals strategically plan their value analysis candidates and target their savings. Results show that strategic…
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These days it seems like you need a crystal ball to write an IT contract that will remain relevant for the next 3-5 years. How could you possibly anticipate the next cyber threat and the corrective action? Could you sit down with your CIO and produce a complete list of vendors who connect to your…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of Power Supply Articles On-the-Go, Bob Yokl takes us on a quick trip through common sense benchmarking in your hospital: “You need to have a system in place to continuously benchmark everything that is important in your supply chain operation’s performance, such as people, projects, and performance, especially when it comes…
Read MoreIt seems like everyone is implementing a new ERP these days, but are you expecting technology to be a simple and easy solution to solve all your problems? What are some common obstacles and objections related to this transformational change in your healthcare organization? A new ERP solution is a significant long-term commitment so sustainability…
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