McKesson 2015 Annual Report Download - page 13

McKESSON CORPORATION
products and services geared towards the supply chain, our Medical-Surgical Distribution business is focused on
helping its customers operate more efficiently while providing one of the industry’s most extensive product
offerings, including our own private label line.
Technology Solutions Segment
Our Technology Solutions segment provides a comprehensive portfolio of software and services to help
healthcare organizations improve quality and patient safety, reduce the cost and variability of care and better
manage their resources and revenue stream. The Technology Solutions segment markets its products and services
to integrated delivery networks, hospitals, physician practices, home healthcare providers, retail pharmacies and
payers.
The product portfolio for the Technology Solutions segment is designed to address a wide array of
healthcare clinical and business performance needs ranging from medication safety and information access to
revenue cycle management, resource utilization and physician adoption of electronic health records (“EHR”).
Analytics software enables organizations to measure progress as they automate care processes for optimal
clinical outcomes, business and operating results and regulatory compliance. To ensure that organizations
achieve the maximum value for their information technology investment, we also offer a wide range of services
to support the implementation and use of solutions as well as assist with business and clinical redesign, process
re-engineering and staffing (both information technology and back-office).
Technology Solutions consists of the following businesses: McKesson Health Solutions, Connected Care
and Analytics, Imaging and Workflow Solutions, Business Performance Services and Enterprise Information
Solutions. The workforce business within our International Technology business will transition to another service
provider during the first quarter of 2016.
McKesson Health Solutions: This suite of services and software products is designed to manage the cost and
quality of care for payers, providers, hospitals and government organizations. Solution sets include:
• InterQual®Criteria for clinical decision support and utilization management;
• Clear CoverageTM for point-of-care utilization management, coverage determination and network
compliance;
• Claims payment solutions to facilitate accurate and efficient medical claim payments;
• Business intelligence tools for measuring, reporting and improving clinical and financial performance;
• Network management tools to enable health plans to transform the performance of their networks; and
• RelayHealth®financial solutions to facilitate communication between healthcare providers and
patients, and to aggregate data for claims management and trend analysis, and optimize revenue cycle
management processes.
Connected Care and Analytics: Through our vendor-neutral RelayHealth®and its intelligent network, the
Company provides health information exchange solutions that streamline clinical and administrative
communication between patients, providers, payers, pharmacies, manufacturers, government entities and
financial institutions. RelayHealth®helps to accelerate the delivery of high-quality care and improve financial
performance through online consultation of physicians by patients, electronic prescribing by physicians, and
point-of-service resolution of pharmacy claims by payers. We provide disease management programs to improve
the health status and health outcomes of patients with chronic conditions, nurse advice services to provide health
information and recommend appropriate levels of care, and clinical and analytical software to support utilization,
case and disease management workflows and a comprehensive solution for homecare. We also provide
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