Barbara Strain practices as an independent healthcare value consultant assisting a wide range of clients from new, emerging, and disruptive technology, Fortune 500 companies, and medical innovation centers in developing relevant value messaging. She also engages providers as a “thought partner” to assess, reimagine and operationalize value program governance structures and practices for speed to implementation.

Before becoming an independent healthcare value consultant, Barbara had a distinguished 40- 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 management 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), she actively participates in the Association of Healthcare Resource & Material Management (AHRMM) and serves on the Advisory Council of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute. 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 of Directors.