Karla Barber Email and Phone Number

Experienced System Director with a demonstrated accomplishments in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Healthcare Consulting, Healthcare Industry, Project Management, Physician Relations, Team Building, and Patient Safety. Strong business development professional with a MHA, BSN, RN and CVAHP certification.Karla is joining the workforce as an independent senior clinical and operational consultant. She most recently worked in the supply chain department for Centura Health in Denver Colorado as a system director of clinical resource operations developing a mature value analytics program reporting to the Vice President of Operations and Shared Services Accomplishments include:• Completion of a six-year project leading a team in the development of an automated databased for supply chain/purchased service dashboard for predictive analytics for the management of supply chain spend, strategic purchased service spends management and data-driven budgeting of the second largest expense in healthcare. Including auto-assignment of taxable status, FDA product code assignment, CDM assignment, financial account/subaccount assignment, implant status, and multiple other automated assignments including categorization of spend for contract negotiations and comparative analytics in the form of internal benchmarks.• Provision of leadership, oversight and accountability in appropriate medical device/technology acquisition, clinical utilization, and expense management in alignment with enterprise overall strategic plans.• Member of: o SIGMA THETA TAU (362 Omicron Chapters, Nursing Honor Society)o HONORS SOCIETY - Golden Key, Delta Mu Deltao AHRMM – Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Managemento AHVAP – Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionalso ACHE - American College of Healthcare Executiveso PMI – Project Management Institute