ST. PAUL, MINN. – January 5, 2023 – Health system pharmacy consulting firm Visante announces that Hanh Chu has joined the firm as a Senior Director.
Visante has experienced tremendous growth over the past year, and its Pharmacy Informatics and Technology division has become increasingly important to provide analytics, informatics, automation and technology expansion for its hospital and health system clients. Chu brings experience and expertise in informatics, medication safety, and health system pharmacy administration and leadership, which will support the firm’s continued development.
Joe Lassiter, Visante Managing Director and Chief Pharmacy Informatics Officer, says, “Hanh’s deep expertise in pharmacy informatics and operations in health systems is of tremendous value to our clients. Her strategic approach to the organization’s technology needs will position our clients for success in their initiatives.”
Chu was most recently the Interim Chief Pharmacy Officer at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. Previously, she served as Assistant Director of Pharmacy – Informatics where she established a system team to cover the span of informatics across clinical and operational realms. Additionally, Hanh held roles as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Informatics and Medication Safety at Mount Auburn Hospital. Having served as the pharmacy leader at various times in her career, Chu has developed a depth of knowledge across all aspects of health system pharmacy. “Hanh’s successful leadership and innovation positions her well for helping advance the growth of our technology services,” added Lassiter.
“Informatics and technology expertise are key to our expanded services in infusion strategies, specialty pharmacy, 340B program performance and consolidated service centers,” explained Phil Brummond, Visante Managing Partner. “Hanh Chu will help us further develop our services in this area.”
Chu completed a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and completed a PGY-1 in Pharmacy Practice and PGY-2 in Medication Use Safety at UMass Memorial Medical Center. She received an MBA from the University of Massachusetts and BS from Tufts University.
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Media Contact: Kirsten Galloway kgalloway@visanteinc.com