President's Message - August 2007

Greetings,

It’s evident we all work in a challenging industry.  It’s our job to make the most of our McKesson technologies.  We make tough decisions, look for ways to create efficiencies and improve processes in high- pressure environments.  Thanks to InSight, we can lean on one another for help. 

That’s why I am truly proud of the great strides InSight has made alongside McKesson in program and community growth.

Through recent McKesson acquisitions, RelayHealth, ANSOS One-Staff and ORSOS One-Call customers have been welcomed to our community.  So that InSight and McKesson continue to partner to provide us with not only the technologies but the tools and channels to maximize these solutions, InSight has created programming that focuses specifically on these customers’ specific needs.

For this year’s conference in October, the InSight Annual Conference team, led by Amy Thorpe, Vice President Education, and Jasmine Holloway, Director Education, has built tracks around RelayHealth, ANSO One-Staff and ORSOS One-Call products.  I look forward to exchanging with customers of these newest product/service groups and see where their viewpoints and questions can reinforce the educational return I’m getting at this year’s event and beyond.

As InSight continues to address the needs of our newest customers through product/service-focused content, we continue to build programming that speaks to all levels within our hospitals and facilities.  This year, the InSight CIO Task Force, led by Janet Stanek, InSight President Elect, has built out a unique program designed specifically for CIOs, by CIOs.  It offers CIOs and other top IT executives both virtual and face-to-face access to one another and McKesson leaders for the betterment of their businesses and professions.

I’m excited about this new year-round program.  Officially launched last month, the first in the CIO Forum Webcast Series drew more than 50 CIOs like myself to hear from and ask questions of McKesson leader, Duncan James around McKesson’s strategy.   The remaining Webcasts will take place in August and September, followed by the CIO Forum at the InSight Annual Conference in October.

As we continue to attract these new customers to our community, we’ll continue to see InSight grow as a knowledge resource, leader in best practices and instrument in influencing the direction of McKesson.  

Please join me in welcoming these new customers into our community and encouraging them to join to make the most of InSight.

All the best,

Deborah Gash
2007 InSight President