The 26 Things You Didn’t Know about SVAH
- Robert W. Yokl(7-years) and Robert T. Yokl (34-years) are both members of Lions Club International (Skippack Lions Club).
- Robert T. Yokl was once the Director of Purchasing for St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.
- Robert T. Yokl established value analysis teams in all of his hospitals and systems where he worked before forming Strategic Value Analysis® in Healthcare in 1987.
- SVAH has trained over 5,426 healthcare professionals in value analysis and supply savings methodologies.
- SVAH Produces the #1 Healthcare Supply Chain Podcast with Over 50,000 downloads/listens to date
- SVAH coined the term “Savings Beyond Price™” in 2000.
- Strategic Value Analysis® in Healthcare was originally named The HCP Group, Ltd. (The Healthcare Professionals Group, Ltd) and is still our corporate parent’s name.
- Robert W. Yokl began his financial and IT career for six years with ADP, the leading provider of payroll, HR and business financial services, before joining SVAH in 1992.
- SVAH is constantly researching and developing new ways for our clients to save more money in less time with less effort.
- Robert T. Yokl was a Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Navy.
- SVAH published the Healthcare Strategic Value Analysis - #1 Guide to Driving Out Costs Healthcare Supply Value Analysis in 2001
- SVAH introduced the first Value Analysis software to the healthcare industry in 1997 (ValueWare® now web based ValueNetCentral)
- Robert W. Yokl has developed three software programs for Supply Value Analysis (ValueNet), Supply Utilization (Utilizer) and Productivity Management (Perform).
- Robert T. Yokl is a Melvin Jones Fellow for dedicated humanitarian services presented by the Lions International Foundation.
- SVAH was a regional firm until it went national in 1998.
- Robert T. Yokl is a frequent speaker at Local, regional and state-wide AHRMM Chapter Meetings and other healthcare associations.
- Robert W. Yokl is the Immediate Past President of the Skippack Lions Club in Pennsylvania.
- SVAH has clients in 35 States in the United States.
- SVAH has worked with over 456 Hospitals and Health Systems in the U.S.
- SVAH’s Weekly Tip of the Week has been published since July 2001 (going on 9th year).
- Robert T. Yokl was a consultant for 7 years for a national for-profit hospital management company.
- Robert T. Yokl was a contributing editor for Aspens 1986 book, “Product Standardization and Evaluation” book (Edited by Charles Housley).
- Robert T. Yokl was a founding member of the New Jersey Hospital Association Group Purchasing Program.
- SVAH has saved over $413 million for our healthcare organizations.
- Robert T. Yokl was the Director of Materials Management for Huntingdon Medical Center in Flemington, NJ.
- Robert T. Yokl has written over 600 published articles specific to the Healthcare Supply Chain.
A Time for Action…Not Rumination!
Your management will be asking you to ratchet down your supply expenses even further this year due to the high cost of energy which affects almost everything your hospital buys. And still another reason is the slowing economy that could have an effect on your hospital’s revenues.
These challenging times call for action…not rumination. As leadership guru John C. Maxell tells us “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails” to catch a favorable wind. This is the attitude you need to keep your supply chain ship righted in these turbulent times.
Here are some questions I would like you to ponder to keep your boat afloat in this perfect storm. Are you adjusting the way you do business to weather this squall? Are you looking beyond price to uncover new savings for your healthcare organization? Are you re-specifying everything you buy to trim your sails?
The reason I’m asking you these three questions is that price savings alone won’t keep you from running aground. Only by attacking your utilization misalignments and value mismatches can you right your ship, and get wind in your sails. If you continue to pursue price savings alone you won’t have enough fuel to ignite your savings fire.
I see more and more supply chain professionals becoming believers in this new way of doing business, since they now realize that price isn’t king any longer. Isn’t it time you take massive action to alter your course and right your supply chain ship before the winds become too strong to change course?
