Q&A with the Experts in Healthcare: Instructions for Use (IFU/DFU)

Speakers

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  Barbara Strain Principal, Barbara Strain Consulting LLC
  

  Barbara Strain

  Principal, Barbara Strain Consulting LLC

  Barbara Strain, MA, CVAHP is an independent healthcare value consultant specializing in new, emerging, and disruptive technology and established medical modalities and is often a thought partner for provider hospital organizations to reimagine their value analysis programs. She spent more than 20 years as the Director of Value Management at the University of Virginia Health. Earlier in her 40-year career, she focused on clinical laboratory operations, microbiology, disinfection, sterilization, and infection control in provider hospital organizations. She is a founding member and past president of the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP). Barbara is an inductee of the 2021 Bellwether League Foundation’s Hall of Fame for Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership and currently serves at its Chairman.

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  Jeff Cross ISSA Media Director
  

  Jeff Cross

  ISSA Media Director

  Jeff Cross is the media director for ISSA, with media brands that include ISSA Today, Cleaning & Maintenance Management, and Cleanfax. He is also the host of several video and broadcast programs, including Straight Talk!, Unscripted, and Take 5 With Cleanfax. He can be reached at [email protected] or 740-973-4236.