VHA, a provider of hospital management improvement products and the parent company of the group purchasing organization Novation, has hired Jeff McLaren, 41, as senior vice president of national supply chain services.
McLaren, who took over the newly created position in May, is responsible for developing the VHA field team and guiding more than 200 team members who work with VHA hospitals on supply chain improvement, according to a company news release.
A 1993 graduate of Harvard Business School, McLaren formerly was managing director of the Huron Consulting Group’s healthcare and supply chain consulting practice. -- by Shawn Rhea