President's Message — Liz's Letter

Dear AHVAP Members and Affiliates,

Hello summertime!! Can you believe that it is June already? Many of you have a fiscal year July thru June and have been working extremely diligently throughout the year to achieve or exceed your organization’s Value Analysis and Performance Improvement goals. Whatever budgetary period you follow, I know you have been working hard to make up for increased expenses incurred during allocation, backorders, raw material shortages, and using outside labor to support the Great Resignation. Health systems across the country are cutting back on Pediatric, Women’s Health, Rehab, and other outpatient services to attempt to mitigate the enormous loss in revenue, coupled with massive cost increases. During these tough times, use data to be creative in operational changes, minimize overutilization of premium products, remove unwanted waste at the point of care, use lean processes, and continue collaborating with each other and sharing innovative ways to get through it.

There has already been a flurry of work happening with all the AHVAP Committees, and the Region Directors have been meeting and networking with their members at the District level. Committees and Regions are on target for meeting their goals for the year. So exciting to see the networking and ideas flowing at each of the committees.

Registration is open! Time to register for the annual conference and supplier showcase in Dallas! Our keynote Susan DeVore, the schedule of events, and the entire educational program is impressive this year. Go onto the website and register today!

The Podcast Series and Webinars are scheduled in June, so be on the lookout for those upcoming event registrations. We are planning a very exciting Value Analysis week from July 18 to July 22, and I hope your teams are planning to celebrate your successes. Thank you for all the AHVAP committee work being performed by these teams. We appreciate your dedication, commitment, and continued support of AHVAP.

Please feel free to contact me with recommendations on how we can increase the value of the organization for our members, requests to share experiences or resources, or just to talk. You can reach me by email at Eisenberg.Elizabeth@scrippshealth.org. Thank you for all that you do.

Enjoy the sunshine!

Kind Regards,

Elizabeth Eisenberg MSN, RN CVAHP

2022 AHVAP President