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In recognition of Healthcare Supply Chain Week, Inspirity Health Partners is highlighting the people whose expertise and collaboration help healthcare organizations strengthen their supply chains and support patient care.
For Adam, technology is most valuable when it makes the work simpler.
Working across the systems, data, processes and technology that support Inspirity Health Partners, Adam focuses on creating a stronger technology foundation for healthcare supply chain — from EDI and ERP-related processes to automation, reporting and operational support.
“A lot of the work involves connecting the right people, solving practical problems, and making sure our tools and processes can keep up with what our supply chain teams need,” Adam says.
Connecting the technology behind supply chain
Adam’s team works across three primary areas: data and automation, integrations and operations, and delivery and governance.
While the technology can be complex, Adam describes the objective simply: make sure data is accurate, systems are connected, processes are efficient and teams have the information and tools they need.
That foundation supports Inspirity teams and member organizations in their day-to-day work — and ultimately helps create a more effective supply chain for the providers and patients who depend on it.
Taking friction out of the work
Looking ahead, Adam sees significant opportunity in using better data, automation and AI-enabled tools to eliminate unnecessary manual effort.
“There are still too many places where teams have to chase down exceptions, manually validate information, or piece together answers from different systems,” he says.
Reducing that friction can mean improving data and pricing accuracy, connecting information more effectively and giving teams clearer insights to act on.
The goal isn’t technology for technology’s sake. It’s creating tools that allow people to spend less time searching, validating and reconciling information — and more time on work that moves the supply chain forward.
Meeting customers where they are
There is no single technology journey that fits every healthcare organization. That’s why Adam’s work with Inspirity members starts with understanding each customer’s current environment and identifying practical opportunities to improve it.
Recent examples include developing automations that deliver backorder information to customers faster and streamlining requests that require notifications across multiple organizations.
Individually, improvements like these may solve a specific workflow challenge. Collectively, they demonstrate how better systems, data and automation can make supply chain work faster, simpler and more connected.
For Adam, that continuous improvement is central to the work: solve the practical challenge in front of you while building technology that can better support what comes next.
One more mile
Outside of work, there’s one question Adam gets a lot.
At his height, people frequently ask whether he played basketball.
“The answer is no,” he says. “Apparently height and hand-eye coordination are not automatically bundled together.”
Instead, Adam has increasingly gravitated toward outdoor activities and endurance challenges with family and friends. He is currently training for a marathon, an experience that tests both physical and mental endurance.
It has also taught him that “just one more mile” can be both highly motivational — and occasionally a lie.
