President's Message

Dear InSight Members,

The InSight 2009 Annual Conference is fast approaching being only five weeks away. I am looking forward to interacting and participating with all of you at our annual event where networking and sharing of educational knowledge is our key focus.

Our organization is built on volunteerism, which allows us to be the leading independent user group of McKesson Provider Technology solutions. As such, its important we recognize those outstanding volunteers who through time, commitment and notable contributions continue to shape and grow our organization, and inevitably improve the quality of patient care.

Every year at the InSight Annual Conference, InSight bestows two awards to deserving volunteers: The Tom Utley and Member Achievement Awards. Both awards, with slightly scaled criteria, are given in recognition of members who have 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.

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.

Read the President's Message in it's entirety.

Register for a Pre Conference Workshop at the InSight 2009 Annual Conference

Optimize your InSight investment by attending a half-day or full-day Pre Conference Workshop Wednesday, September 9 at the InSight 2009 Annual Conference. Seats are still available for all Pre Conference Workshops. Don't miss your opportunity to attend these valuable sessions - visit the registration site and register today.

Half-Day Pre Conference Workshops
Wednesday, September 9, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm

• 101: Horizon Portal Foundation Development Kit 101
• 103: Advanced Horizon Performance Manager/Horizon Business Insight Applications
• 104: Horizon Business Insight 14.0 and SQL Server 2005 New Tools and Features
• 105: STAR Vista SQL: Accessing the STAR Database with ODBC Applications

Full-Day Pre Conference Workshops
Wednesday, September 9, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

• 102: Horizon Clinicals Reporting: Structure, Creation, Tips and Tricks
• 106: Writing for Publication Tutorial

CIO Forum at the InSight 2009 Annual Conference

The CIO Forum at the InSight 2009 Annual Conference is an invitation-only event for CIOs to connect with McKesson leaders and fellow IT executives, and will take place September 9-10. Education at this year's Forum will cover topics that are critical to CIOs and will have a heavy focus on stimulus related issues. Download the recently released CIO Forum schedules for the Horizon and Paragon Tracks.

CIOs interested in attending should visit the conference registration site and use the priority code provided in previous CIO Forum communications to register. If you do not have your CIO priority code available, contact insight@insight-net.org.

Nominate a Member for the 2009 InSight Awards

The deadline to nominate a member for the Tom Utley and Member Achievement Awards has been extended to Friday, August 7. To view the criteria for each award and to submit a nomination, visit the InSight Awards page. As only InSight members can submit a nomination, you must first be logged in to the InSight Web site to view the forms. Submit your nomination form to InSight Headquarters via fax at 312.673.6721 or email to insight@insight-net.org.

2010 Board of Directors

InSight would like to congratulate the recently elected 2010 Board of Directors and Nominations Committee who are taking office January 1, 2010. Visit the 2010 InSight Board of Directors page to view the new elects.

Five Hospitals Recognized for IT Achievements with McKesson 2009 VIP Award

Five healthcare organizations have been named recipients of McKesson's 2009 VIP Award for their accomplishments in using healthcare information technology (IT) to improve quality, safety and efficiency. The winning organizations achieved significant results in a variety of areas, including medication and laboratory safety, use of electronic health records, care team connectivity across facilities and states, and tobacco cessation. This year's winners are:

• Affinity Health System, Menasha, Wis.
• Baptist Healthcare System, Louisville, Ky.
• Bloomington Hospital, Bloomington, Ind.
• OhioHealth, Columbus, Ohio
• Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, Wheaton, Ill.

Now in its ninth year, McKesson's annual VIP Award recognizes organizations that demonstrate vision and innovation in the use of IT to improve healthcare performance. An independent panel of judges scored the customer applications and selected the winners. Each winning organization receives a $10,000 grant from McKesson for its foundation or charity of choice. Read the press release.

Performance Strategies: Increase Physician Alignment Using Benefits of IT

With today's economic environment, the availability of HITECH stimulus funds and the relaxation of Stark regulations, there is great opportunity for customers to increase physician alignment. Customers can use a range of approaches that leverage information technology (IT) to attract and retain employed physicians and independent physicians, and to provide connectivity services to the community of physicians. The July issue of Performance Strategies features customer strategies for using the benefits of IT to increase alignment. The customers use McKessons breadth of solutions to meet the range of physician needs as well as address their health systems unique market environment.

Customers featured are Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare's CEO John Oliverio; Atlantic Health's VP of IS and CIO, Linda Reed; and Methodist Medical Center's CEO Michael Bryant. The industry expert is Dr. William Bria, president of the Board of Directors of the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems. The McKesson strategist is David Henriksen, VP and GM, Physician Practice solutions.

Read this issue or browse previous issues at www.StrategiestoPerform.com.

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