Savings Beyond Price Blog » Robert W. Yokl http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog Healthcare Supply Chain Savings Ideas, Knowledge and Resources Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:24:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 The 26 Things You Didn’t Know about SVAH http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/the-26-things-you-didn%e2%80%99t-know-about-svah/ http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/the-26-things-you-didn%e2%80%99t-know-about-svah/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:40:39 +0000 Robert Yokl http://savingsbeyondprice.com/savingsblog/?p=143
  • 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.
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