In anticipation of the InSight 2008 Annual Conference, I’m sure we’re all undergoing the usual preparation to ready ourselves for this once a year event. As we get budgets approved and solidify reservations, let’s not forget to acknowledge those that continue to make significant contributions that help shape and grow this organization.

InSight bestows two awards each year to deserving members at the InSight Annual Conference: the Tom Utley and Member Achievement awards. Each award is given in recognition of a member who has demonstrated outstanding service to both sustain and improve the member experience at InSight.

The Tom Utley award recognizes the best of our many volunteers who contribute their time and talents to make InSight the premier user group for McKesson customers.

Additionally, the Member Achievement award recognizes the noteworthy accomplishments of a member on behalf of the user community, including participation in InSight SIGs, Discussion Forums, the Enhancement Process and a host of other member offerings.

As with any volunteer award, the community needs to be involved. That’s where we as members come in.

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

Dr. Albert Esser, vice president of data center infrastructure at Dell, shares his perspective on the momentum that is building behind green data center design. Plus: How IT organizations can put unused capacity to work and leverage tactics for fast, flexible growth that helps maximize the bottom line.

Get ready for a major shift in the way data centers operate. To help meet growing performance demands, there is a move toward high-density equipment such as blade servers. However, most data centers do not have the power or cooling capacity to support this change. In addition, growing awareness about the environmental impact of excessive energy usage is driving business leaders to explore ways to make IT infrastructure more efficient than they are now.

There's a common misconception that going green means buying lots of new, more energy-efficient equipment. The key thing for CIOs to remember is that they can make their company's IT greener on their own schedule and with their own IT people. In fact, in many cases, the easiest way to be more environmentally friendly is to consolidate the infrastructure onto fewer servers. Most data centers are not even near capacity and there is an enormous potential savings there - a whole "hidden data center."

Dr. Esser explores how efficient server utilization helps save energy, the role that virtualization can play in helping make data centers greener, the effect that green initiatives have on data center performance, how cooling impacts efficiency and Dell's flexible approach to creating an environmentally friendly infrastructure.

To read Dr. Esser's article in its entirety, click here.

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Excerpted with permission from Dell Power Solutions, February 2008.

Congratulations to the recently elected members of the 2009 InSight Board of Directors and Nominating Committee:

President Elect – George Vallillee, Spectrum Health
Vice President Finance – Diane Watkins, Saint Luke's Shawnee Mission Health System
Director Education – Helen Williston, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance
Director Enhancements – Laurie Hallmark, Mercy Health System
Director Membership – Mark Watts, Provena Health
Nominating Committee – Jennifer Ball, Saint Luke's Health System; Mark Cook, Providence St. Peter Hospital; Laura Galvan, Mercy Hospital of Tiffin; Mary Money, Mount Carmel Health System

InSight is happy to announce the 2009 Board of Directors and Nominations Committee (effective January 1, 2026)

President – Eileen Donnelly, Solaris Health System
President Elect - George Vallillee, Spectrum Health
Vice President of Finance - Diane Watkins, Saint Luke's Shawnee Mission Health System
Secretary – Carla Hopkins, St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers
Vice President of Education – Bernie Porter, Baptist Healthcare System, Inc.
Director of Education - Helen Williston, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance
Vice President of Enhancements – Pam Rodriguez, Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
Director of Enhancements - Laurie Hallmark, Mercy Health System
Vice President of Membership – Amy Thorpe, St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, Corp
Director of Membership - Mark Watts, Provena Health
Past President – Janet Stanek, Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center

Nominations Committee
Jennifer Ball, Saint Luke's Health System
Kevin Buchanan, Lexington Memorial Hospital
Mark Cook, Providence St. Peter Hospital
Lisa Engle, Texoma Medical Center
Laura Galvan, Mercy Hospital of Tiffin
Todd Hatton, Saint Luke's Health System
Kris Iorio, Solaris Health System
Mary Money, Mount Carmel Health System

Thank you to all the members who contributed by casting their votes.

Early bird registration has closed, but that doesn't mean you can't still attend the conference at a discounted rate. Register with five or more colleagues and you save $340 per individual registration.

While you're registering for conference, take a look at the available pre conference workshops taking place on Wednesday, September 24 from 8:30 am - 12:00 pm.

The InSight Web Site Committee is currently working to roll out a Dynamic Searchable Member Directory to be available this fall. The new Member Directory will allow members to connect with one another based on demographic information.

In addition, the Member Directory will also include a survey capability that allows members to ask one another questions. Stay on the lookout for more information.

This is a reminder to participate in your SIG monthly calls. All InSight members are encouraged to participate in these monthly meetings. Please view the SIG Conference Call Schedule and Information for a list of SIGs and call times. If you have any questions, please send an email to npalluzzi@insight-net.org.

SIG Elections

SIGs must hold elections at the InSight 2008 Annual Conference. If your SIG has not confirmed its election session and time, please send this information to npalluzzi@insight-net.org.

Microsoft HealthVault and RelayHealth, McKesson's connectivity business, have formed a strategic collaboration. Microsoft HealthVault is recommending that the RelayHealth® connectivity platform be used by health systems and physicians who want to enable the physician-patient online experience and ultimately connect that interaction to HealthVault for patient storage of their personal health information.

HealthVault is a free Web-based platform designed by Microsoft to put people in control of their health data, helping them to collect, store and share health information with family members and participating healthcare providers. And, it provides people with a choice of third-party applications and devices to help them manage things such as fitness, diet and health.

Microsoft HealthVault recognized RelayHealth's proven ability to provide the means for hospitals, physicians and other affiliated providers to connect with patients and insurers, and collaborate with each other, in a safe and secure mode. RelayHealth's secure online messaging includes webVisit® consultations, prescription refills and renewals, results delivery, requests for appointment scheduling and referrals, health education information and more. The RelayHealth service makes it easy for physicians to electronically prescribe, review clinical data and share appropriate information with their patients or other clinicians efficiently, improving the quality and efficiency of care.

By offering provider connectivity to personal health record (PHR) companies who are "direct to consumer" experts such as Microsoft, RelayHealth will enable consumers to have increased access to information and improved abilities to manage their own PHR, in consultation with their local hospital and physician providers. Read the press release.

Are you receiving McKesson's Performance Strategies e-magazine? A new issue of McKesson's topical e-magazine, which focuses on how to address issues of challenge to healthcare organizations, is now available at MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "lists.insight-net.org" claiming to be http://www.strategiestoperform.com.

This issue highlights customer strategies for automating medication safety from the dockside to the bedside, and discusses the framework for patient safety overall. Featured customers are: Mississippi Baptist Health, Presbyterian Health Services and St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center. Also featured is industry expert Michael Cohen, president of the Institute of Safe Medication Practices and McKesson's Patient Safety Officer, Mary Beth Navarra-Sirio, RN, MBA.

If you would like to receive this bi-monthly e-magazine, send an email to PerformanceStrategies@McKesson.com.

As part of McKesson’s ongoing effort to enhance the services provided to its customers, the McKesson Customer Portal™ was launched in July. The new site replaces the For Customers Web site, improving the look and feel and providing improved ease of navigation. Visitors will find a new registration and log-on process.

Users will create a profile that identifies the products they work with most often, enabling the portal to deliver the relevant product, services and support contact information for the products selected. The portal will be developed in phases with more robust functionality added over time, such as single sign-on to McKesson support applications. Visitors to the current For Customers Web site automatically will be redirected to the McKesson Customer Portal.

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