Barbara Strain is an independent healthcare value consultant assisting in developing relevant value messaging to a wide range of medical technologies companies. She engages as a provider “thought partner” assessing, reimagining and operationalizing value program governance and practices.

Prior to her consultancy, Barbara had a distinguished 41-year career as a healthcare provider leader across multiple specialties including clinical microbiology, safety, supply chain and value analysis. She spent 20+ years establishing a highly mature, value analysis, data driven program in collaboration with executive leadership. 

Professionally Barbara is a founding member and past president of the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP), member Association of Healthcare Resource & Material Management (AHRMM) and serves on the Advisory Council of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute and ISSA Healthcare.  In 2021 she was inducted into the Bellwether League Foundation’s Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership Hall of Fame and currently serves as Chairman of its Board.