A New Year will traditionally bring the sense of a fresh start where we can set goals for ourselves on a personal and a professional level. We tend to feel a bit more inspired at this time of year as the new calendar can represent a clean slate for those very goals to be achieved. The good fortune we’ve had with warm January weather can only be adding to our reenergized attitude as well.

But for this first NewsLink of the year, I’d like to ask that one of your goals be related to InSight, where you can dedicate efforts to peer to peer communications via the Discussion Forums on the Web site. This is an invaluable tool we have at our disposal. Through these forums we can communicate on a direct level as the capability exists to pose new questions by starting “threads” or building off existing threads with new postings.

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

NEW in 2007 NewsLink will feature a profile of an InSight volunteer. This month we will focus on Nancy Goessler, Lead Business System’s Analyst from St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

Nancy most recently served 4 years on the InSight Board of Directors as Director and VP of Education. During this time she was heavily involved in the InSight Annual Conference. After serving 6 years as a Volunteer she came on the board as InSight was looking for a new management company, and took on the challenge of ensuring the transition was smooth. Nancy has enjoyed working with McKesson Liaisons and sharing with them the customers’ perspective.

Previously, she had hands on development of sessions as a SIG Education Chair, and then facilitated the STAR Council (10 SIGS) with their Education session development.

Her advice to new volunteers would be to anticipate that the first year will always be the hardest. She offered that it takes a while to get used to the process and the tools. However, once new volunteers have learned the “ropes,” things are much easier. Also, she adds they get to meet so many great people, both other customers and McKesson employees. It is very satisfying. She stressed that the work is returned ten fold in contacts and information.

Nancy says, “I enjoyed every minute of my 10+ years as a volunteer working in Education. It is almost like saying goodbye to my family because you get close to those with whom you work.”

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InSight would like to welcome Janice Snow, Director of Patient Financial Services at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, OH to the Director of Enhancements position for the 2007 InSight Board of Directors. This position was held in 2006 by Eileen Donnelly, Director Information System, Application Integration, Solaris Health System in Edison, NJ. Eileen has now moved into the Vice President of Enhancements position for the 2007. We look forward to their continued work on the Enhancements process!

InSight and McKesson will soon be releasing the long awaited White Paper from the STAR Tune-Up.

Visit www.insight-net.org in the coming weeks to read all about it.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the December Discussion Phase. To date, 841 CSE’s have been discussed and given final categories with the new Strategic Product Change Model. InSight counts on you, our members to help make the process a success. Insight and the McKesson IAC will now start the pilot process for reviewing identified Integration issues. Stay tuned for more details.

All CSE’s submitted and categorized now through February 20, 2025 will be included in the Mach 2007 Discussion Phase. Visit your Dashboard Page to view your SIGs and the CSE’s in your area of interest.

Visit your dashboard page to view the Strategic Product Change Model calendar for 2007! Please contact InSight HQ with any questions!