Greetings,

It's evident we all work in a challenging industry. It's our job to make the most of our McKesson technologies. We make tough decisions, look for ways to create efficiencies and improve processes in high- pressure environments. Thanks to InSight, we can lean on one another for help.

That's why I am truly proud of the great strides InSight has made alongside McKesson in program and community growth.

Through recent McKesson acquisitions, RelayHealth, ANSOS One-Staff and ORSOS One-Call customers have been welcomed to our community. So that InSight and McKesson continue to partner to provide us with not only the technologies but the tools and channels to maximize these solutions,

InSight has created programming that focuses specifically on these customers' specific needs.

For this year's conference in October, the InSight Annual Conference team, led by Amy Thorpe, Vice President Education, and Jasmine Holloway, Director Education, has built tracks around RelayHealth, ANSO One-Staff and ORSOS One-Call products. I look forward to exchanging with customers of these newest product/service groups to see where their viewpoints and questions can reinforce the educational return I'm getting at this year's event and beyond.

To read the President's Message in its entirety, click here

Early-bird registration has closed but there are still savings to be found if you register as a group for the InSight 2007 Annual Conference. When you and five or more of your colleagues register together, you can save up to $20 per registrant- it is a $340 savings per registrant now that the early-bird deadline has passed ($555 vs. $895). Register now.

Visit the Travel & Housing Web page for hotel information and be sure to secure a room at the discounted conference rate by referring to the InSight 2007 Annual Conference when you make your reservation. The hotel cut-off date is September 7, 2025. Reservations received after September 7 are subject to the hotel's room availability.

InSight and McKesson are partnering to offer ANSOS One-Staff and ORSOS One-Call customers educational sessions to increase your knowledge in the ever-changing healthcare arena. Customer-driven, customer-delivered, this year's Annual Conference includes educational and networking opportunities unique to this community. For more information on the sessions offered at conference, visit the Per Se Web page.

InSight also welcomes RelayHealth customers to the community. More than 3,500 members connect through InSight for ideas and solutions, providing a tremendous networking opportunity for professionals who use RelayHealth solutions. By joining InSight, RelayHealth customers can learn more about improving their business and delivery of care through the use of technology. This year, the InSight 2007 Annual Conference features a track of seven sessions presented by customers and product managers, especially for RelayHealth users. Visit the RelayHealth Web page for more information on the sessions offered at conference.

CIO Forum at the Annual Conference
Designed specifically for CIOs, by CIOs, this unique event-within-an-event provides CIOs and top IT executives access to one another and McKesson leaders for the betterment of their businesses and professions.

Where some education tends to be more technical, the CIO Forum is designed to inspire critical strategic thinking between CIOs and top IT executives sharing similar roles and experiences. It also brings McKesson top executives into the fold so that companies stay tapped into the direction of McKesson and can better leverage their technology investments.

CIO Forum Web Series
Following a successful CIO Forum Webcast launch, held on July 26, with more than 50 CIOs signed up for the first event, McKesson, in partnership with InSight is presenting the August CIO Forum Webcast: Simplifying the Delivery of Hospital Test Results to Your Physician, Practices and Patients.

Through this Webcast, CIOs and top IT executives will learn and exchange on ways RelayHealth Results Distribution Service can:

• Strengthen physician relationships
• Protect revenue streams
• Minimize further IT investments
  

Additionally, CIOs will engage in discussion around how RelayHealth's innovative Results Distribution Service creates a simplified experience for both enterprise hospitals in sending test results and affiliated physicians offices in receiving lab, transcription and radiology results electronically - whether they have an EMR or not.

Whether you're a CIO and/or top IT executive or whether you think your CIO would be interested in participating in either of these events, send a note to ciopeers@insight-net.org for details.

*This program is designed for and offered only to CIOs and top IT executives within a company.

If capacity management and patient throughput are priorities for your organization, you'll be interested in the latest addition to McKesson's solution portfolio. McKesson has acquired Birmingham, Ala.-based Awarix, Inc., one of the first companies to offer an enterprise patient care visibility system. This innovative solution helps to eliminate the bottlenecks that delay treatment and extend the patient stay by providing better management of capacity and patient throughput. To highlight activity and patient status, the system provides color-coded, at-a-glance views of the full hospital's floor plan mounted throughout the facility.

According to a recent Institute of Medicine report, 91 percent of the nation's emergency departments report overcrowding as a problem, with 73 percent of surveyed hospitals diverting at least two patients per day to a different hospital due to capacity issues. The Awarix system is designed to alleviate these problems by driving workflow and wait-time improvements, which are particularly important in the emergency room. For more information, read the press release or visit the Awarix Website.

The deadline for Tom Utley Award nominations has been extended to Saturday, September 1. The deadline for Member Achievement Award nominations is also Saturday, September 1. For more information on the awards and to nominate an InSight member, click here.

InSight would like to congratulate those InSight members who were recently elected by you, the membership, to the 2008 InSight Board of Directors (term beginning January 1, 2026):

President-Elect
Eileen Donnelly, Director Information Systems, Solaris Health Systems, Edison, New Jersey

Secretary
Carla Hopkins, RN, BSN, Document Imaging System Manager, St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers, Beach Grove, Indiana

Director of Education
Bernie Porter, Corporate Director of Decision Support, Baptist Healthcare System, Louisville, Kentucky

Director of Enhancements
Pam Rodriquez, IT Senior Analyst, Methodist Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois

Director of Membership
Amy W. Thorpe, Director of Information Management, St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, Corp, Houston, Texas

InSight also congratulates the 2008 InSight Nominations Committee:

Kevin Buchanan, CIO, Lexington Memorial Hospital, Lexington, North Carolina

Mark Cook, Surgery Systems Specialist, Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, Washington

Lisa Engle, IS Project Manager, Texoma Medical Center, Denison, Texas

Todd Hatton, Corporate Director Application Solutions Group, St. Luke's Health System, Kansas City, Missouri

Kris Iorio, Director of Information Systems, Solaris Health Systems, Edison, New Jersey

InSight would like to recognize the 2008 InSight Board of Directors (January 1 – December 31, 2008):

President
Janet Stanek
Vice-President, Support Services & CIO
Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center

President-Elect
Eileen Donnelly
Director Information Systems
Solaris Health Systems

Immediate Past President
Deborah Gash
VP/CIO
St. Luke's Health System

Secretary
Carla Hopkins
RN, BSN, Document Imaging System Manager
St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers

VP of Finance
Nancy Macken
Vice President, Finance/Info Resources
Southlake Regional Health Centre

VP of Education
Jasmine Holloway
Director, IT
Methodist Medical Center of Illinois

Director of Education
Bernie Porter
Corporate Director of Decision Support
Baptist Healthcare System

VP of Enhancements
Janice B. Snow
Director of Patient Financial Services
Robinson Memorial Hospital

Director of Enhancements
Pam Rodriquez
IT Senior Analyst
Methodist Medical Center

VP of Membership*
Tammy Inglis-Drew
PACS Administrator
McKenzie Willamette Medical Center

Director of Membership*
Amy W. Thorpe
Director of Information Management
St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, Corp

* The Director of Membership and VP of Membership positions will not be official until the meeting of the membership at the InSight 2007 Annual Conference to approve the revised bylaws to allow for the new VP of Membership position.

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