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  3. About McKesson

    McKesson Corporation (MCK) is a large United States-based corporation specializing in the distribution of health care systems, medical supplies and pharmaceutical products. It is a Fortune Global 500 company, the 18th largest company in the United States and the single largest health care company in the world.

    Founded in New York City as Olcott & McKesson by Charles Olcott and John McKesson in 1833, the business began as an importer and wholesaler of botanical drugs. A third partner, Daniel Robbins joined the enterprise as it grew, and it was renamed McKesson & Robbins following Olcott's death in 1853.

    From the middle of the 20th century, McKesson has derived a continually growing proportion of its income from medical technology rather than pharmaceuticals. This culminated in its purchase of medical information systems firm HBO & Company (HBOC) in 1999; the combined firm was briefly known as McKessonHBOC. Accounting irregularities at HBOC halved the share price and resulted in the dismissal and prosecution of many former HBOC executives, and the firm reassumed its original name in 2001. McKesson Technology Solutions, as the information technology branch of the company is now known, has continued to increase its market share through acquisitions, notably Per Se Technologies, RelayHealth, and Practice Partner.

    In addition to its offices throughout North America, McKesson also has international offices in Australia and Europe (Ireland, France, Netherlands and the United Kingdom). It employs 32,000 people globally. Today, McKesson is one of the oldest continually operating businesses in the United States.

  6. Quotes about McKesson

    1. “ McKesson already has proven to be a valuable resource to the North Texas REC. ”
      In McKesson Partners with Regional Extension Centers to Drive EHR Adoption at Primary Care Practices across the U.S.
    2. “ McKesson has taken a leadership role in helping us define the right approach to achieve success in promoting EHR adoption. ”
      Lisa Rawlins in McKesson Partners with Regional Extension Centers to Drive EHR Adoption at Primary Care Practices across the U.S.
    3. “ McKesson stands firmly aligned with the mission of the Regional Extension Centers in driving the efficient adoption and utilization of electronic health records. ”
      In McKesson Partners with Regional Extension Centers to Drive EHR Adoption at Primary Care Practices across the U.S.

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    2. Bi & Analytics: The Next Big Thing In Healthcare?

      Explore Healthcare Technology Online (Aug 31 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use , Green End User Experience

      ..., and clinical trends and benchmarking in order to thrive,” says Connie Moser, VP of performance analytics at McKesson. “BI and analytics tools will be instrumental at providing this data visibility. Without it, provider... (Read Full Article)

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    3. Can Hospitals Bully Physician Practices to Use their EHR?

      Explore blogs.ajc.com (May 14 2012) EHR Meaningful Use , Meaningful Use

      ...e generally adopted this mindset. They depend on a single system-wide electronic health system (like from a McKesson, EPIC, etc.) to manage the vast majority of the collection, analysis, and sharing of data. They have... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Georgia   EMR   McKesson

    4. Hospitals Make Healthy It Investments [Baseline]

      Explore tmcnet.com (Feb 24 2012) EHR Adoption , Cloud Computing , Meaningful Use

      In fact, EMR adoption is expected to grow from less than 25 percent in 2009 to more than 80 percent by 2016, according to an IDC Health Insights study released last November. To receive the incentive funds from the federal government ...

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    5. ICA Joins Multi-State Workgroup to Develop Connectivity Standards for Health Data

      Explore businesswire.com (Jan 17 2012) Industry News , EHR Adoption

      ...ting vendors include Allscripts, Axolotl, eClinicalWorks, e-MDs, Greenway Medical Technologies, Intersystems, McKesson Physician Practice Solutions, Medicity, NextGen Healthcare, Sage Healthcare Division, and Siemens Hea... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   New York   California   ICA

    6. Cerner, McKesson, athenahealth: CMS issuance of Stage 2 meaningful use rules ...

      Explore Financial Times (Jan 4 2012) Meaningful Use

      ... space is unlikely since the demand is so high, she noted. Holmes noted long-time HIT vendors such as Cerner, McKesson and athenahealth have voiced frustration that Stage 1 MU criteria was not stringent enough; thus comp... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Washington   Congress   Electronic Health Records

    7. ACS, A Xerox Company, to Increase Physician Use of Electronic Medical Records with Acquisition of The Breakaway Group

      Explore businesswire.com (Nov 29 2011) Industry News , EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...ice, including the way the information is presented by different EMR vendors like Allscripts, Cerner, Epic or McKesson. The Breakaway Group delivers the solution as a service to accommodate regulation and technology chan... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Dallas   EMR   McKesson

    8. Multiple States And Vendors Agree On Standard Health Data Connectivity Specifications

      Explore Healthcare Technology Online (Nov 15 2011) Industry News , EHR Adoption

      ...edical School, Chairman of the New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN) David Henriksen, SVP and GM of McKesson Physician Practice Solutions David Horrocks, President of the Chesapeake Regional Information System ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   New York   California   New Jersey

    9. 50 Billion Market For Hospital Software Solutions According To Deutsche Bank ...

      Explore The Wall Street Transcript Online (Nov 2 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...o you cover? Mr. Cherny: I cover five health IT companies as part of our broader team coverage. We also cover McKesson (MCK), which obviously has a big health IT business. TWST: What are the major themes you're watching ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Obama   Equity Analysts and Money Managers   McKesson

    10. Accuracy of Meaningful Use reports from GE systems in question

      Explore fierceemr.com (Oct 27 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...ment information systems; some of the worst offenders were some of the largest vendors, including Allscripts, McKesson and Meditech. To learn more: - here's a copy of GE's letter - here's GE's executive summary of the pr... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   EMR   McKesson   GE Healthcare

    11. More EHR consolidation with increased innovation?

      Explore fierceemr.com (Oct 6 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...changing EHR systems is expensive. To learn more: - read the Bloomberg Businessweek article Related Articles: McKesson buys Portico to position itself in ACO market Is Aetna, Medicity deal the beginning of the end for in... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Bloomberg   Electronic Health Records   EMR

    12. CPOE adoption up, but most hospitals still lack capability

      Explore fiercehealthit.com (Aug 10 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...in CPOE. Of the orders entered in hospitals that use Epic, 83 percent are going into the computerized system. McKesson's Horizon system rose from 37 to 90 CPOE installations at the end of 2010, with a 45 percent adoption... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Healthcare   Arra   Thomson Reuters

    13. Trends In Hospital And Physician Office EHR Adoption - Jamie Stockton - Morgan ...

      Explore The Wall Street Transcript Online (Jul 5 2011) EHR Adoption

      ...going to stop going after new clients for now, try to repair some of the existing relationships that we have. McKesson (MCK) is - it's really just, at least from my standpoint - focusing on trying to get the existing cus... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Eclipsys   Electronic Health Records   Equity Analysts and Money Managers

    14. 50% of U.S. Physician Groups Plan to Invest in Ambulatory EHR Solutions -- $3B Market Opportunity

      Explore redorbit.com (Jun 18 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...arts, Aprima, athenahealth, Cerner, CPSI, eClinicalWorks, e-MDs, Epic, GE, Greenway Medical, Healthland, HMS, McKesson, MED3000, Meditech / LSS, MicroMD, NextGen, Noteworthy, Practice Fusion, PRAXIS, Sage, Siemens, SOAPw... (Read Full Article)

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    15. Community hospitals stand by their EMRs

      Explore CMIO.net (Apr 8 2011) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...ech customers attribute this confidence to their systems' reliability and robust clinical capabilities, while McKesson customers cited solid partnerships and rapid delivery of new technology, especially CPOE." However, K... (Read Full Article)

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    16. The Buzzword For HIMSS11 — ACOs

      Explore Healthcare Technology Online (Feb 25 2011) Trends in End User Experience , EHR Meaningful Use , Meaningful Use

      ... patterns were still a mixed bag were with some of the larger health IT infrastructure vendors (e.g. Siemens, McKesson, etc.). Representatives from these organizations mentioned that while they did get a good number of m... (Read Full Article)

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