McKesson Corp. news and information

In a series of leadership changes prompted by HCA CEO Richard Bracken's retirement at the end of this year, William Rutherford will become CFO and executive VP. Rutherford, 49, joined Nashville-based HCA in 1986 as a staff auditor and has served in a variety of roles, most recently as...
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McKesson Health Solutions, part of healthcare services and information technology company McKesson Corp., named Ian Gordon senior VP and general manager for its Decision Management business, effective Sept. 26.
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McKesson Corp. hired Symantec Corp. executive James Beer as executive VP and chief financial officer.
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Hospital systems, especially those that are purchasing physician practices and expanding outpatient clinics to pursue greater care coordination, face a pressing need to track patients no matter where they receive care. Interoperability between EHRs has...
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McKesson Specialty Health and the US Oncology Network in the Woodlands, Texas, have named Dr. Michael Seiden chief medical officer, effective Sept. 22.
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Two key directors of McKesson Corp. face a tough re-election challenge following complaints that the company has overpaid its chief executive and won't heed a call to split his chairman and CEO roles.
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Healthcare information technology company Socrates Analytics has hired Jim Evans as its first CEO.
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McKesson Corp. CFO Jeffrey Campbell is leaving the healthcare services and information technology company for American Express.
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A burst of products and services are encouraging supply chain leaders to look to a centralized computer cloud.
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The usability of electronic health-record systems varies widely, and developers of EHRs that do a lot of handholding after the sale score highest on usability ratings, according to a report by health information technology market researcher KLAS Enterprises.
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