Full Name
Barbara Strain
Title
Principal
Organization
Barbara Strain Consulting LLC
Speaker Bio
Barbara Strain is the Principal of Barbara Strain Consulting. Her extensive healthcare experience delivers insights to assist providers and suppliers in reaching their value driven strategic goals.
Previously, Barbara was the Director of Value Management at University of Virginia Health where she collaborated with executive leadership, physicians, clinicians, and suppliers across the care continuum establishing the value improvement infrastructure. She also directed Supply Chain Operations, Surgical Supply, Equipment and Linen Distribution. Professionally she is a founding member, past president of AHVAP- Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals and active in AHRMM- Association of Healthcare Resource & Material Management.
She is a 2021 Honoree of the Bellwether League Foundation’s Hall of Fame for Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership and serves on its Board of Directors. Barbara frequently shares her insights on healthcare value, supply chain and the med tech industry on panels and podcasts.
Barbara Strain