President's
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Dear InSight Members,
For most, the weather is getting warmer but the
economic climate remains the same. McKesson customers like us, like
all other organizations, are tasked with maximizing our technology
investments to create cost savings and efficiencies; in some cases
with fewer resources and leaner teams.
It’s evident that we’re all feeling the same pains.
Clearly there are common areas that keep us all up at night. That’s
why, more than any other year, I’m thankful this year’s Annual
Conference, taking place September 9-12 in Orlando, Florida is
designed specifically so that we get direction from one another on
optimizing our current McKesson applications and systems for greater
return on our investments.
The event brings customers like you and me together
with McKesson leaders, product managers and solution providers for:
exchange on leading practices across products, technical levels and
business needs; tools that will help us sharpen our skills to stay
marketable, and personal contacts that will help us stay not only
afloat but ahead as the year goes on.
To read the President's Message in its entirety, click
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Renew Your InSight Membership
Today |
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This is the time to really think about how
you and your teams can maximize your use of McKesson products. You
want clear-cut ways to increase efficiencies, create cost savings
and improve productivity within your working environment. Your
dollars may be more restricted this year, but that does not mean
your standards should be. Renew your InSight membership and receive
several member benefits including access to Discussion Forums,
Enhancements, discounted conference rates and other valuable,
relevant member
benefits.
Congratulations to Jim Bell, PACS Administrator at
Provena Health, for renewing his membership by the early-bird
renewal date and winning the iPod Touch in the raffle! |
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InSight 2009 Annual Conference Will Help
You Optimize Your McKesson Investments |
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Plan to attend the InSight 2009 Annual
Conference, September 9-12, to further learn how you can optimize
your McKesson investments for the highest return to keep your
business competitive. InSight is excited about the additional
general session programming on the federal stimulus package and its
support of healthcare technology. This must-attend event is designed
to help you maximize your technologies, create efficiencies within
your hospital or facility environments, and ultimately provide you
with the knowledge to do your job more effectively. Mark your
calendars for registration opening in early May and continue to
visit the InSight Web site for further
information. |
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Nominate Your Future InSight
Leadership |
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You have the chance to be a direct-impact
member of InSight by applying now for open Board and Committee
member positions. In June 2009, the InSight membership will vote on
all nominated members. The following positions are open for
nomination:
- President Elect
- Secretary
- Director - Education
- Director - Enhancements
- Director -
Membership
- Nominating
Committee
For more information on the positions and
how to nominate or apply, visit the 2010
Board and Committee Positions page. |
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InSight Webcast Series
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New to members this year, InSight is
hosting complimentary webcasts every month on a wide variety of
topics to help you use McKesson products more efficiently. Mark you
calendar for Moving to the
Mobile Web, Wednesday, April 8 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CDT,
to learn about the world of mobile Internet browsing and how to set
your organization up for success. We trust you will find value in
the free webcasts,
available only to InSight members. |
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Insight-net.org: Information and
Collaboration at Your Fingertips |
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InSight-net.org continues as a valuable,
reliable, one-stop resource for pertinent and timely information. To
keep us connected and accessible, remember to plug the
links below in your
‘favorites’ folder so you continue to reap the greatest benefit of
this organization…quick and easy access to one
another.
Visit the online
resources page for additional customer-document practices,
approaches and tools, including our soon-to-come improved
Knowledge
Repository. |
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North Kansas City Hospital: Marketing
Online Services Boosts Cash |
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North Kansas City Hospital, MO, (NKCH) used
the PatientCompass quick start marketing kit to promote its online
payment service to its patients, and noticed an immediate jump in
self-pay cash. RelayHealth offers PatientCompass customers marketing
tools customizable with the hospital’s logo and contact information.
Marketing materials and planning guides are at www.patientcompass.com.
NKCH primarily credits the cash increase to the postcard mailing to
patients with balances due. NKCH displays posters and provides
brochures promoting the online business office at all points of
patient access. Business cards with their online Web site are sent
with every detailed bill to encourage patients to use its online
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RelayHealth’s PatientCompass™
Receives HFMA Peer Review Nod for 3rd Year |
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After an extensive review of functionality
and extensive input from many customers, PatientCompass has passed
the stringent HFMA Peer Review requirements for the third year by
demonstrating its ability to meet HFMA’s high standards of the Peer
Review program and to provide value to HFMA members, the Association
and the company. PatientCompass joins RelayHealth’s other Peer
Review solution, ePREMIS®. More about Peer Review at www.hfma.org.
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RelayHealth ePREMIS Reconciliation
Manager Now Available |
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ePREMIS® Reconciliation Manager identifies
claims for which no payor response has been received or those
rejected. This management by exception tool focuses your staff on
your problem claims for prompt reimbursement and increased
productivity. The color-coded dashboard with drill down ability
highlights problem claims at-a-glance. This feature is available at
no additional charge. However, you must attend free webinar training
first. Sign up for a class today by calling your ePREMIS Account
Manager. |
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Annual Report |
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The InSight 2008 Annual Report is now
available on the InSight Web site. Visit the Annual
Report Web page to hear from InSight's past President
Janet Stanek , to
view InSight’s Financial Report and to review other pertinent
information about our year in 2008. |
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Knowledge Repository
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InSight is working on a dynamic Knowledge
Repository for its members in 2009. This tool will allow members to
share best practices, tips, tricks, and other useful documents with
each other. Look for its implementation in the coming
months. |
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Performance Strategies:
Improve Performance through Process and Culture
Change |
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The topic of the
latest issue of McKesson’s Performance Strategies
e-magazine is Improve
Performance through Process and Culture Change.
The issue highlights customers who have
been helped by McKesson’s Clinical Consulting Services team to
improve clinical and financial performance by identifying current
processes, performing a gap analysis against best practices and
implementing improvements. Featured customers are: Northwest
Community Healthcare, OhioHealth and Eisenhower Medical Center. The
issue also features a Joint Commission Resources, Inc. expert and
McKesson strategist Sarah Shillington, Vice President of McKesson’s
Clinical Consulting Services. Read this
issue or browse previous issues at www.StrategiestoPerform.com.
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you'd like to see covered? Feel free to
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