Transforming Healthcare: The Need for Value-Based Modern Supply Chain Management
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Conrad Emmerich
Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, Atrium Health
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Conrad Emmerich
Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, Atrium Health
Conrad S. Emmerich is the Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Office for Atrium Health, headquartered in Charlotte NC. In addition, Emmerich also serves as the President of the Atrium Health Supply Chain Alliance (AHSCA), a group purchasing organization.
In these roles, Emmerich leads Supply Chain functions as well as Laboratory and Imaging Services for the enterprise, supporting more than 3,500 employees in 46 hospitals across four southeastern states. AHSCA provides contracting services to more than 55 hospitals and manages $3 billion in supply and pharmaceutical spending.
Emmerich has 20 years of leadership in the healthcare supply chain. Prior to joining Atrium Health in November of 2020, he was the SVP of Business Services at Wake Forest Baptist Health where he led Supply Chain, Pharmacy, Lab, and Imaging Services along with Clinical Engineering, Food and Nutritional Services, and other functions supporting daily operations of the health system. Emmerich spent 10 years at Wake Forest Baptist Health with progressively increasing roles of responsibility. He previously worked in the University of Florida supply chain, Advent Health supply chain, and with Evanston Northwestern Healthcare in the greater Chicago area.
Notably, Emmerich led the supply chain implementation of Oracle Cloud across the Atrium Health enterprise, the largest deployment of the ERP product at that time. He was recognized by Modern Healthcare as a top 25 Innovator in 2019. Emmerich's implementation of RTLS at Wake Forest Baptist for asset tracking, temperature monitoring, patient throughput, and other workflow efficiencies continues to lead the industry. Emmerich also oversaw the country’s first unmanned aircraft (drone) delivery of a Covid-19 vaccination.
Emmerich reports to both Atrium Health’s Chief Financial Officer and the Enterprise Executive Vice President & President of the Greater Charlotte Region.
Emmerich holds a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida. Emmerich is highly active in his community of Winston-Salem, NC, sitting on several local boards and supporting not-for-profit organizations. In his personal time, Emmerich finds great joy in sending time with his wife Lisa and their four children.
In these roles, Emmerich leads Supply Chain functions as well as Laboratory and Imaging Services for the enterprise, supporting more than 3,500 employees in 46 hospitals across four southeastern states. AHSCA provides contracting services to more than 55 hospitals and manages $3 billion in supply and pharmaceutical spending.
Emmerich has 20 years of leadership in the healthcare supply chain. Prior to joining Atrium Health in November of 2020, he was the SVP of Business Services at Wake Forest Baptist Health where he led Supply Chain, Pharmacy, Lab, and Imaging Services along with Clinical Engineering, Food and Nutritional Services, and other functions supporting daily operations of the health system. Emmerich spent 10 years at Wake Forest Baptist Health with progressively increasing roles of responsibility. He previously worked in the University of Florida supply chain, Advent Health supply chain, and with Evanston Northwestern Healthcare in the greater Chicago area.
Notably, Emmerich led the supply chain implementation of Oracle Cloud across the Atrium Health enterprise, the largest deployment of the ERP product at that time. He was recognized by Modern Healthcare as a top 25 Innovator in 2019. Emmerich's implementation of RTLS at Wake Forest Baptist for asset tracking, temperature monitoring, patient throughput, and other workflow efficiencies continues to lead the industry. Emmerich also oversaw the country’s first unmanned aircraft (drone) delivery of a Covid-19 vaccination.
Emmerich reports to both Atrium Health’s Chief Financial Officer and the Enterprise Executive Vice President & President of the Greater Charlotte Region.
Emmerich holds a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida. Emmerich is highly active in his community of Winston-Salem, NC, sitting on several local boards and supporting not-for-profit organizations. In his personal time, Emmerich finds great joy in sending time with his wife Lisa and their four children.
Kristen Miles
Senior Director of Healthcare Supply Chain Product Strategy, Oracle
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Kristen Miles
Senior Director of Healthcare Supply Chain Product Strategy, Oracle
Kristen Miles has 15+ years supporting supply chain management transformation within healthcare organizations. Her specialization and expertise involve leveraging technology solutions to create operational efficiencies that drive improved results.
Currently, Kristen is a key team member with Oracle’s healthcare product strategy organization, where she utilizes her knowledge and first-hand experience with supply chain and clinical processes in relation to optimizing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and ancillary technologies for health systems around the globe.
Currently, Kristen is a key team member with Oracle’s healthcare product strategy organization, where she utilizes her knowledge and first-hand experience with supply chain and clinical processes in relation to optimizing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and ancillary technologies for health systems around the globe.
Melanie Reid
Partner - Consulting, Deloitte Australia
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Melanie Reid
Partner - Consulting, Deloitte Australia
Melanie is a Partner in Deloitte's Consulting Enterprise Technology and Performance business, focusing on Oracle technology and leads the SA and VIC Oracle team.
She is a senior IT leader with over twenty years’ experience in Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy, Program/Project Management and People leadership, across the Private and Public sectors.
Melanie has led numerous Oracle transformation projects, including cloud transformations from inception through to implementation and Managed Services across a variety of industries. She also has a breadth of advisory skills focusing on cloud transition strategies and managed services agreements.
She is a senior IT leader with over twenty years’ experience in Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy, Program/Project Management and People leadership, across the Private and Public sectors.
Melanie has led numerous Oracle transformation projects, including cloud transformations from inception through to implementation and Managed Services across a variety of industries. She also has a breadth of advisory skills focusing on cloud transition strategies and managed services agreements.
Peter Williams
Healthcare Advisor, Oracle
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Peter Williams
Healthcare Advisor, Oracle
Peter is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health, Chair of the Institute's Victorian State Committee and a steering committee member of their Precision Medicine Community of Practice. He has had a longstanding engagement with several ISO health informatics working groups and also works closely with several academic institutions and co-chair the Industry Advisory Groups of both the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health and also the Australian Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.
As an industry advisor, Peter maintains points of view on topics as diverse as Connected Care, Precision Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, Value Based Funding and Workforce Transformation, continually researching the field and leveraging Oracle’s global expertise and knowledge in health and in other sectors. This knowledge is then used in working with healthcare organisations to help guide them on their journey of business transformation and digital evolution.
As an industry advisor, Peter maintains points of view on topics as diverse as Connected Care, Precision Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, Value Based Funding and Workforce Transformation, continually researching the field and leveraging Oracle’s global expertise and knowledge in health and in other sectors. This knowledge is then used in working with healthcare organisations to help guide them on their journey of business transformation and digital evolution.
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