Yokl: Stay Competitive — Wring the Last Dollars out of your Supply Chain
Most supply chain professionals don’t think much about their competition down the street or across town, because they think they are miles removed from the…
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Adapting to a post-reform world
Kedrick Adkins, president of integrated services for Trinity Health, the Novi, Mich.-based health system with 46 acute-care hospitals in nine states, shared some insight into…
By the Numbers
2 — It has been two years since St. Peter’s Healthcare Services, Northeast Health and Seton Health announced plans to merge into a regional system…
ACO update: San Francisco
News from the Bay area last week came that San Francisco-based groups were forming two ACOs. The participants include Catholic Healthcare West (San Francisco, CA),…
Yokl: Demand Management — It’s Even More Important than Best Price
We all want to obtain the “best price” for all of the commodities we are buying for our healthcare organization. It’s a matter of pride,…
In the Boardroom: Successful Negotiation Tips
The following is a tip from author and speaker Greg Williams on how to negotiate successfully become proficient at conflict resolution. When it comes to…
RPC Profile: Upper Midwest Consolidated Service Center
The following is an excerpt of a JHC interview with Tom Harvieux, vice president of supply chain management, Sanford Health, one of seven health systems involved…
JHC By the Numbers
4 — Over the past 11 years, health care premium inflation has risen nearly four times as fast as the rest of the economy, says…
Problem Solvers: Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
How does a hospital become an award-winning model? Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital provides an example. The challenge: Going from Good to Great. For the last…
Yokl: What can and will go wrong with suggestion programs
I can’t think of a healthcare organization in the county that doesn’t have a suggestion program, where employees are encouraged to give their bright ideas…