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Speaker Highlights

Opening Session - Sunday, August 22, 1:00pm

Graham King
President, Information Technology Business

Graham King is president of McKessonHBOC's Information Technology Business. King is responsible for overall leadership of initiatives across a broad range of enterprise customer activities: sales and sales support, strategic product planning and marketing, product development, product support, implementation services and integration efforts.

King brings to this position more than 27 years of experience in various segments of the technology and services industries. During his career, he has presided over three companies. He successfully grew one of the companies post-IPO, and implemented repositioning and restructuring programs at the other two companies to facilitate growth. Prior to his appointment as president of the Information Technology Business, King was president of the company's Outsourcing Services Group and Connect Technology Group.

Before joining McKessonHBOC, King was the chairman and chief executive officer of US Servis, Inc., a leading provider of outsourcing services to hospitals and physician groups. Under King's direction, US Servis implemented a strategy to restructure and reposition the company, resulting in a return to profitability and the company's sale to McKessonHBOC.

Before joining US Servis, King was president of Shared Medical Systems (SMS), leading provider of software and outsourcing services to hospitals, clinics and physician groups. Prior to SMS, King held top leadership positions at two other companies: Daseke and Company, a real estate syndication and property management company, and Autotrol Technology Corporation.

King graduated in 1961 with a bachelor of arts degree in history and economics from the Virginia Military Institute. He earned a master's of business administration at Indiana University.

Keynote Address - "The Future of Healthcare"
Monday, August 23, 8:30am 		    
Joe Flower
Healthcare Industry Analyst 		    
In July, healthcare industry analyst Joe Flower addressed McKessonHBOC Executive Retreat attendees, to rave reviews. Here's your chance to hear his unique perspective on the amazing technology changes coming our way. As Flower explains, in the past, the healthcare community has adopted new technologies and added them to existing technology. The result is a broad array of technology, much of which can be disruptive, requiring changes to processes and business models that challenge current practices.

Two broad technologies that will profoundly affect the way healthcare is delivered in the next five to 10 years are biological technology advances and computer-based technologies, including information and medical technology. For example, a study has shown that 70 percent of operations are done in ambulatory settings, and that technology advances should allow 40 percent of those to be performed in doctors' offices. This shift will have a significant impact on acute and ambulatory providers.

A prolific author, Flowers is a contributing editor at The Healthcare Forum Journal, Wired magazine, New Scientist and Physician Executive, as well as a columnist for the American Planning Association. Currently he is working with The Healthcare Forum, the Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities and the International Healthy Cities Foundation. He is a system host for The Well (bbear@well.com) and was a founding member of the International Health Futures Network. Flowers holds a Master's degree from San Francisco State University with post-graduate work in education at the University of California, Berkeley.