McKesson in the News
Multiple Accountabilities: Whose interests will the new ACO association represent?
If you think accountable care organizations will go away if you just ignore them, you can start worrying about something else that will never happen. Last month, more than 60 ACOs under contract with Medicare announced that they’ve formed their own professional trade association: the National Association of ACOs, or NAACOS. Read more.
Physician Tweet Thyself: Doctors must have an online presence to sustain, grow their practices
Today’s patients expect physicians to have both an online and social media presence. Those that don’t aren’t just losing out on opportunities to grow their practices clinical and financially. They may be setting themselves up for a decline in patient volume and, ultimately, business failure. Read more.
McKesson integrates mobile technology and practice management with new application
McKesson Corporation today announced the launch of Medisoft Mobile, a no-fee application for the iPad® and iPhone® that's now available for download from the Apple App Store. Designed for use on the newly-released Medisoft® V18, Medisoft Mobile offers a seamless integration of mobile computing technology and practice management systems, delivering the flexibility and accessibility today's providers want. Read more.
Thousand Oaks Radiology Selects McKesson for Revenue Management
Thousand Oaks (Calif.) Radiology Practice chose McKesson Revenue Management Solutions to maintain its billing and accounts receivable services, according to Healthcare Finance News.
The practice is looking to reduce costs, improve efficiency and increase compliance, according to the report. Thousand Oaks is an eight-physician practice that provides diagnostic and interventional radiological services. Read more.
Q&A: McKesson and Cerner execs discuss CommonWell Health Alliance
After McKesson, Cerner, Allscripts, Greenway and athenahealth made news at HIMSS13 this past week with the launch of the CommonWell Health Alliance – putting aside their competitive instincts, for a moment, to pledge their common commitment to interoperability and data liquidity – Healthcare IT News spoke with McKesson CEO John Hammergren about the road ahead. Read more.
McKesson Corporation: McKesson’s Better Health 2020 Gains Momentum as Health Systems Prepare for the Future
Covenant Health in Knoxville, Tenn., and Capital Region Health Care in Concord, N.H., have become the latest health systems to choose Paragon®, McKesson's contemporary Microsoft®-based hospital information system (HIS). The top-rated clinical and financial solution has helped hospitals and health systems reduce health IT operational costs and deliver better patient care. With its single database, Paragon is a foundational solution in McKesson's Better Health 2020™ strategy, which focuses on technologies to reduce costs, improve performance and quality, coordinate care and navigate complex payment models. Read more.
Five Health IT Firms Band Together To Create A National System For Identifying Patients And Sharing Medical Records
If you wound up in the emergency room far from home, unconscious, how would a physician find out if you were allergic to certain drugs, or had medical conditions they needed to know about? They probably wouldn’t – and you might die as a result. Read more.
McKesson's Better Health 2020 Gains Momentum as Health Systems Prepare for the Future
Covenant Health in Knoxville, Tenn., and Capital Region Health Care in Concord, N.H., have become the latest health systems to choose Paragon®, McKesson's contemporary Microsoft®-based hospital information system (HIS). The top-rated clinical and financial solution has helped hospitals and health systems reduce health IT operational costs and deliver better patient care. With its single database, Paragon is a foundational solution in McKesson's Better Health 2020™ strategy, which focuses on technologies to reduce costs, improve performance and quality, coordinate care and navigate complex payment models. Read more.
Northeast Georgia Health System Chooses Paragon to Support Quest for Excellence Program
Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) will make the move to McKesson’s Microsoft®-based Paragon® hospital information system (HIS) to support its ambitious Quest for Excellence program, aimed at driving process improvements and achieving better clinical, operational and financial outcomes. The 557-inpatient, 261-skilled nursing bed health system will implement the fully integrated, contemporary Paragon HIS to address the needs of its clinical, physician and financial staff. Read more.
St. Vincent’s Health Partners, Inc. Selects McKesson To Help Reduce Risk and Drive Better Health
St. Vincent’s Health Partners (SVHP), an independent physician-hospital organization (PHO), has chosen two new McKesson solutions to help its organization manage the health of high-risk populations in its southwest Connecticut community. The solutions are part of McKesson’s recent acquisition of MedVentive, a leading provider of population and risk management tools that help drive transparency in healthcare cost and quality. The technology will enable high-quality analytics, real-time feedback at the point-of-care and the ability to coordinate care across settings. Read more.
