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In the News (Fri 11 Dec 09)

  
  McKesson UK: About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
McKesson has been in existence since 1833 and has a turnover in excess of $80 billion making it the 16th largest company in the US.
McKesson is the Prime Contractor for the NHS Wide Clearing Service and for the NHS Electronic Staff Record, implementing an integrated pay and HR system for 1.2 million NHS staff.
McKesson’s IT services support virtually every aspect of healthcare, including patient administration and clinical services delivered at the point-of-care be it in the hospital, community clinic or patient’s home as well as business, HR and financial applications.
www.mckesson.co.uk /company/index.html   (275 words)

  
 iAnywhere.com - Success Story - McKesson
McKesson Corporation is the leading provider of supply, information and care management products and services designed to reduce costs and improve quality across healthcare.
McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 35 corporation, is the world’s largest supply management and healthcare information technology company.
McKesson’s drivers are located all over the country – and many do not have continuous access to a wireless network – so the company elected to implement M-Business Anywhere as an offline application that connects to McKesson’s systems at the beginning and end of each day.
www.ianywhere.com /success_stories/mckesson.html   (1034 words)

  
 Commission Legal Brief: In re McKesson Corporation v. Charles W. McCall and Jay M. Lapine
McKesson had retained the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP ("Skadden") in connection with its own internal investigation of that matter, and the staff met with representatives of Skadden.
If a corporation discloses documents without obtaining a confidentiality agreement from the government, third-parties should be able to obtain the documents because the corporation has not provided evidence of an intent to protect the documents - and has not shown that it was unwilling to disclose the documents without protection from third-party plaintiffs.
McKesson argues, among other things, that no waiver occurred because it was not adverse to the government and it had common interests with the government.
www.sec.gov /litigation/briefs/mckesson.htm   (6144 words)

  
 News: McKesson Corporation Completes Sale of the Acute Care Division of its Medical-Surgical Supply Business. Genetic ...
McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK), the world's leading healthcare services company, today announced that it has completed the sale of the acute care division of its medical-surgical supply business to Owens & Minor, Inc., (NYSE:OMI).
McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK), currently ranked 16th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes and improving the quality and safety of patient care.
Over the course of its 173-year history, McKesson has grown by providing pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management across the spectrum of care; healthcare information technology for hospitals, physicians, homecare and payors; hospital and retail pharmacy automation; and services for manufacturers and payors designed to improve outcomes for patients.
www.genengnews.com /news/bnitem.aspx?name=6388553   (372 words)

  
 RFIDInvesting.com
McKesson is a participant in an industry initiative called JumpStart, which includes a group of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and retailers and is being led by Accenture.
McKesson is the largest healthcare services firm in the world and the leading distributor of pharmaceuticals in North America.
McKesson Corporation, ranked 16 on the Fortune 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes and improving the quality and safety of patient care.
www.investorideas.com /RFID/Stock_News/McKesson_Supports.asp   (405 words)

  
 Palm - McKesson Alliance
Palm and McKesson plan to jointly market and promote their complementary solutions with a series of demand- and awareness-generation campaigns designed to increase physician and clinician use of information technology for clinical decision-making and patient care.
In addition to joint marketing, the companies are collaborating to ensure optimal performance of McKesson applications on the Palm handheld platform and to strategically plan for future technologies based on the needs of the healthcare industry.
McKesson and Palm are working together to ensure that more physicians achieve the proven benefits hospitals have enjoyed by adopting these market-leading mobile and wireless handheld solutions to access information stored in the enterprise information systems of healthcare organizations.
www.pdacortex.com /palm_mckesson.htm   (789 words)

  
 McKesson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) is a large United States-based corporation specialising in the distribution of health care systems, medical supplies and pharmaceutical products.
In the United Kingdom, McKesson (operating as McKesson Information Solutions UK Ltd) is a provider of information technology services to the health care industry.
McKesson's United Kingdom base is in Warwick with data centers in Newcastle upon Tyne and Romford and offices in Sheffield and Vauxhall, South London.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McKesson   (371 words)

  
 McKesson Corporation BusIntell Report: Industry Research Report
McKesson Corporation (McKesson) delivers vital medicines, medical supplies and health information technology solutions that touch the lives of patients in every healthcare setting.
McKesson’s strategy is to create strong, value-based relationships with customers, enabling it to sell additional products and services to these customers over time.
McKesson’s Provider Technologies segment delivers enterprise-wide patient care, clinical, financial, supply chain, managed care and strategic management software solutions, automated pharmaceutical dispensing systems for hospitals, as well as outsourcing and other services, to healthcare organizations throughout North America, the United Kingdom and other European countries.
www.mindbranch.com /McKesson-Corporation-BusIntell-R255-228   (336 words)

  
 McKesson Canada
McKesson Canada was founded by 16 Canadian wholesale companies, which were incorporated in 1905 as the National Drug and Chemical Company.
McKesson Canada's roots date back to long before the Confederation and spans all regions of the country, starting as a wholesaler, distributor and manufacturer of chemicals, elixirs, and other pharmaceutical products.
Today, McKesson Canada is not only the largest national pharmaceutical distributor, but also a leading provider of automated pharmacy dispensing systems, hospital software solutions, third-party logistics as well as specialty, consulting and clinical trial solutions.
www.mckesson.ca   (129 words)

  
 VisiBroker Case Study: McKesson Corp.
McKesson Corp., the largest health care supply management company in North America, has turned to a Web-based, distributed-object computing model to provide database access to its more than 500 field sales personnel and thousands of other customer staff.
Likewise, McKesson customers, from corner pharmacies to chain stores to hospitals to nationwide health networks, will be able to simply open a browser, key in a password and review the current status of their business with McKesson, down to the invoice level.
McKesson is using Borland's VisiBroker for Java ORBs to provide thousands of sales personnel and customers with immediate access to the information they require.
info.borland.com /about/cases/studies/mckesson.html   (1255 words)

  
 McKesson Corporation Announces Launch of Rebranded Corporate Website - Zoomedia Inc.
McKesson Corporation is the world's largest pharmaceutical supply management and healthcare information technology company.
McKesson is the leading provider of innovative solutions in supply, information and care management through advanced technologies and services that deliver greater return on investment and better patient outcomes for providers, payors, employers and manufacturers.
McKesson’s new and dynamic web presence combines the most recent corporate and industry news with quick access to McKesson Business Unit websites, streamed videos, robust investor information and access to employment opportunities at McKesson across the nation.
www.zoomedia.com /wt/page/pr_1004138814   (349 words)

  
 ::::: McKesson Employees Federal Credit Union :::::
We serve two employee groups, the employees of McKesson Corporation and its subsidiaries and employees of DS Waters of North America working in the United States.
Employees of McKesson Corporation or DS Waters, LP or any of their subsidiaries in the U.S. or if you are a family member of an existing member.
McKesson Employees' Federal Credit Union is committed to being the primary financial institution for its owner-members by providing personalized, comprehensive, competitive services consistent with sound business practice.
www.mckessonefcu.org /aboutus.htm   (498 words)

  
 PCS for Business | Get Technical
Since 1833, McKesson Corporation has been committed to empowering healthcare professionals with the tools they need to deliver effective patient care.
McKesson is consistently seeking out new and improved technologies to help them help their customers, and continually relies on its relationship with Sprint for wireless support and technical expertise.
McKesson was already supporting PCS Voice Applications when their Sprint representative stopped by to talk about the PCS Wireless Web Modem™.
www.sprint.com /pcsbusiness/gettechnical/case_studies/mckesson.html   (330 words)

  
 McKesson Partnership
McKesson Corporation is the world's largest healthcare services company and the leader in integrated technologies for the industry.
McKesson's reach of capabilities, coupled with one of the largest customer bases in the industry, enables them to reduce costs and optimize products and services.
McKesson has been OEMing Select's NOMAD and associated products and, more recently UltraQuest, to provide state-of-the-art reporting solutions for their healthcare products.
www.selectbs.com /partners/technology/mckesson.htm   (142 words)

  
 US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
In a group of 75 hospitals that use McKesson’s bedside bar-coding technology, 400,000 “alerts” are triggered weekly to nurses or other healthcare professionals to advise them that the wrong medication or incorrect dosage is about to be administered.
McKesson applauds the leadership shown and initiatives undertaken by the Congress and this Administration.
McKesson believes our healthcare system must adopt and deploy proven technologies today that reduce medical errors in order to save lives, improve the quality of care, and reduce costs.
www.ehealthinitiative.org /assets/documents/Pure-McKesson.htm   (2310 words)

  
 McKesson Corporation
McKesson Corporation is a Fortune 16 healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes and improving the quality and safety of patient care.
Over the course of its 170-year history, McKesson has grown by providing pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management across the spectrum of care; healthcare information technology for hospitals, physicians, homecare and payors; hospital and retail pharmacy automation; and services for manufacturers and payors designed to improve outcomes for patients.
A business within McKesson Corporation, McKesson Provider Technologies is the leader in software, hardware, automation, services and consulting to hospitals, physician offices and home health.
www.cio-chime.org /foundation/member/mckesson.asp   (170 words)

  
 McKesson Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
McKesson is the largest pharmaceuticals distributor in the United States.
In the words of McKesson’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John Hammergren, “McKesson is helping transform healthcare into a modern, efficient, and quality-driven system.” One way they are accomplishing this is through their corporate-wide, customer-focused Six Sigma initiative that began early in 1999.
FDA inspections at McKesson distribution centers prove that the new recall notification process meets or exceeds federal requirements.
www.sixsigmacompanies.com /archive/mckesson_corporation.html   (559 words)

  
 Business Services Management Software Solutions - ProactiveNet McKesson Customer Profile
McKesson customers are in the healthcare industry, and the delivery of McKesson products is very important and often time-critical.
Because performance monitoring was not being used to provide McKesson with the appropriate alerts to manage their system, they would not know about a problem until after it had already negatively impacted the customer.
In the McKesson case, ProactiveNet was able to devise a method to predict performance problems related to components that are not being directly monitored by ProactiveNet.
www.proactivenet.com /customers/profiles.asp?pro=mckesson   (903 words)

  
 McKesson
Likewise, McKesson customers, pharmacies, chain stores, to hospitals to nationwide health networks, will be able to simply open a browser, key in a password and review the current status of their business with McKesson, down to the invoice level.
McKesson's Web Development Team worked with Broadway Technologies Group, a San Francisco-based consulting organization, to build and implement this distributed-object application.
In the McKesson object model, nearly 100 Java objects serve roles ranging from HTML page formatting and Java code generation to transporting the data from server to server.
www.corba.org /industries/healthins/mckesson.html   (981 words)

  
 McKesson's Booster Shot
McKesson Corp. holds the unenviable distinction of being one of the world's biggest yet least profitable companies.
McKesson's move started inauspiciously: In 1999, the company acquired software maker HBO and Co. for $12 billion, and then discovered that its previous management team had artificially inflated revenues.
Last year, McKesson paid $960 million to settle a securities class action that was filed as its stock plunged.
www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/06_32/b3996061.htm   (850 words)

  
 McKesson Corporation Agrees to Sell J. Knipper & Company Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers
McKesson Corporation Agrees to Sell J. Knipper & Company Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2002--McKesson Corporation announced today that it has agreed to sell J. Knipper & Company, Inc. to James J. Knipper, former owner of the company.
"We have highly appreciated our time that we were a part of the McKesson Corporation and look forward to a long term relationship in providing marketing services for their business units, as well as our other valued customers," said James J. Knipper, President and CEO of J. Knipper & Company.
McKesson solutions empower healthcare professionals with the tools they need to deliver care more effectively and efficiently.
www.knipper.com /pressreleases_mckessonjknipper02.htm   (635 words)

  
 Pharmacy Choice - Pharmaceutical News - McKesson Corporation Announces Parata Systems to Acquire Assets of Its ...
McKesson APS provides automation solutions and software that enable retail pharmacies to increase their efficiency and enhance patient safety.
The transaction is expected to close in McKesson's first fiscal quarter and is subject to customary conditions.
Adoption of automation technologies is on the rise, however, as pharmacies strive to ensure patient safety in the face of 10 to 15 percent annual prescription growth and a nationwide shortage of pharmacists.
www.pharmacychoice.com /News/article.cfm?Article_ID=28497   (858 words)

  
 News: McKesson Corporation Statement Regarding First DataBank Settlement. Genetic Engineering News - Biotechnology from ...
McKesson Corporation is aware of the proposed settlement between database publisher First DataBank and plaintiffs in the litigation discussed in today's Wall Street Journal.
In the period covered by the litigation, McKesson believed it was one of three national wholesalers that First DataBank surveyed to derive its published average wholesale prices.
In fact, First DataBank has affirmed in an earlier lawsuit involving other parties that it never told McKesson that at times McKesson was the only wholesaler being surveyed.
www.genengnews.com /news/bnitem.aspx?name=6602967   (241 words)

  
 McKesson Corporation, from Six Sigma Academy - Business White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies - BNET.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Overview: McKesson Corporation is the leading provider of supply, information and care management products and services designed to reduce costs and improve quality across healthcare.
Customer satisfaction is a top priority and McKesson continually invests in process improvements in order to meet this important goal.
McKesson began implementing Six Sigma in May 1999 with Six Sigma Academy.
jobfunctions.bnet.com /casestudy.aspx?docid=60208   (360 words)

  
 Mckesson Lawsuit Attorney | Lawyer Drug Distributor Settles Consolidated Accounting Fraud Claims for 960 Million
McKesson Corporation, a drug distributor embroiled in an accounting-fraud case since 1999, announced on January 12, 2005 that it has agreed to pay $960 million to settle a class-action shareholder lawsuit.
A Justice Department probe of the accounting case resulted in criminal charges against seven former executives of McKesson and HBOC, including Charles McCall, who was McKesson's chairman when the fraud was exposed.
The case against Richard Hawkins, former chief financial officer at McKesson, is scheduled to go to trial this month.
www.lawcash.com /attorney/4179/mckesson-lawsuit.asp   (763 words)

  
 TZA's strategic distribution solution honored with McKesson's award
TZA was the partner of choice for McKesson to introduce and implement Engineered Standards into the company’s 28 distribution centers – one of the most aggressive and financially important productivity programs in McKesson’s history.
TZA was also involved with detailed analysis in helping McKesson shape their distribution strategic direction, in order to remain a step in front of the competition.
Their partnership and dedication to McKesson success is second to none”.
www.tzaconsulting.com /archives/pressreleases/04-10-22_McKesson.cfm   (385 words)

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