With the growth of McKesson comes the growth of InSight, and from that, support and growth of our profession and industry.

As you all know, the InSight 2007 Annual Conference is fast approaching and there is no better representation of our continued growth and sharing than this event. October will be here sooner than you know and once again members will be able to exchange information and knowledge in a way that's unparalleled in our industry.

The success of past conferences is a benchmark for future conferences and I have no doubt this year's will not only meet, but exceed expectations. It is truly a sight to watch various SIGs, CIOs, clinicians, IT professionals and physicians sharing best practices, dialoging about what works and what doesnt, and learning about future developments in McKesson software solutions.

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For the June 1 - June 15 Discussion Phase, 261 CSEs were submitted and 177 CSEs were moved into discussion by the SIG Volunteers and McKesson Liaisons. These CSEs are currently being reviewed by the SIG Enhancement Chair and the McKesson Liaison for final categories. Please log into the web site and review final categorizations after June 30. Click here for instructions on how to submit, view, or discuss a CSE.

To view the SIGs and the CSEs in your interest areas, visit your Dashboard Page. The next Discussion Period will run from September 1 - September 15. All CSEs submitted by August 20 will be included.

Please contact InSight HQ with any questions.

Now McKesson customers can use a new automated imaging transmission system to help eliminate lost orders and reduce the time pharmacists spend processing medication orders from the nursing station. Preliminary tests have shown the Horizon MedComm-Rx™ system can cut processing time by up to 90 percent and can dramatically cut medication-order turnaround time to less than 5 minutes.

Using Horizon MedComm-Rx™, nurses can scan or fax physician orders directly into the pharmacy work queue. Using bar-code recognition, the system automatically associates an incoming order with a patient profile. Pharmacists are able to view the order images and process them according to priority. If clarification is needed, annotation tools, routing and the ability to return orders will allow for efficient and documented follow-up.

Horizon MedComm-Rx™ has the scalability and workflow to meet the order entry needs of single and multi-hospital installations. The system has been shown to support more than 10,000 orders per day. Shannon Medical Center, a 400-bed facility in San Angelo, Texas, recently completed a beta evaluation of the technology. For more details, read the press release.

The Nomination schedule for InSight Board of Directors is as follows:

7/9/2025- Final slate is presented and online voting begins

8/8/2025- Voting commences

8/29/2007- Election results are presented

1/1-2008- Positions take effect

McKesson was recently honored by Red Hat, its business partner for Linux. McKesson received the award in the Ecosystem category for innovative use of Red Hat open source technologies in the deployment of its Horizon Clinicals® solutions. Red Hat announced the awards prior to the third annual Red Hat Summit users' conference. Michael Simpson, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Horizon Clinicals®, presented at the conference and accepted the award.

McKesson and Red Hat jointly announced in February the Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform, a packaging of the open source Linux operating system (OS) by Red Hat. The Platform includes a certified version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) that is designed to minimize required OS upgrades. Visit the Red Hat Web site for details on the awards.

Online registration for the InSight 2007 Annual Conference is now available. This year the Conference takes place October 17-20, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. There will be more than 300 educational sessions, including pre-conference sessions taking place on October 17, that provide unique learning opportunities no matter the industry, area of need or interest. Educational sessions include (but are not limited to): Clinical Management, Infrastructure, International, Resource Management and Revenue Cycle Management.

For more event details, or to register, visit www.insight-net.org.

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