\r\n\t \r\n\tAnd while independent pharmacy owners also got perspective on key legislation that could have a profound and lasting impact both on their businesses and the profession of pharmacy, that message was perhaps the most important takeaway from the McKesson ideaShare Public Policy Forum last month in Chicago — advocacy matters. \r\n\t \r","showSummary":null,"url":"/news/mckesson-public-policy-forum-urges-advocacy-briefs-independents-key-pharmacy-issues-congress","date":"2016-07-08T00:00:00","author":{"email":null,"uname":"Anonymous","firstName":null,"lastName":null,"bio":null,"title":null,"picture":null,"phone":null,"contactForm":null},"digitalEdition":null,"sponsored":false,"taggedPro":null,"teaserImage":{"id":58025,"url":"https://assets1.drugstorenews.com/styles/secondary_articles_short/s3/teaser_image_385308.jpg?itok=2UVCYulJ","width":300,"height":326,"alt":null},"topics":[{"name":"News","url":"/news"},{"name":"McKesson","url":"/mckesson"}],"attachedFiles":[]},{"title":"RxOwnership luncheon emphasizes efforts to ‘keep independents independent’","id":28227,"bundle":"article","summary":"
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McKesson ideaShare 2016 wrapped up Tuesday and Wednesday, June 28 to 29, with more CE sessions, Sunrise Sessions, peer networking events, the RxOwnership luncheon and the Public Policy Forum. The event ended with a historic bang for owner/operators and their families at the Final Night Party at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History.
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McKesson’s Health Mart pharmacy network hosted its Annual Meeting in Chicago Tuesday morning, at McKesson ideaShare 2016, unveiling an important new program — the Health Mart Pathway to Better Performance and Profit(SM), which provides a strategic roadmap to help independent pharmacies shift the way they approach their clinical and financial performance and pharmacy operations, and demonstrates the value they can contribute to the local healthcare ecosystem. \r\n\t \r","showSummary":null,"url":"/news/executives-unveil-new-pathway-program-during-health-mart-annual-meeting","date":"2016-06-29T00:00:00","author":{"email":null,"uname":"Anonymous","firstName":null,"lastName":null,"bio":null,"title":null,"picture":null,"phone":null,"contactForm":null},"digitalEdition":null,"sponsored":false,"taggedPro":null,"teaserImage":{"id":57896,"url":"https://assets1.drugstorenews.com/styles/secondary_articles_short/s3/teaser_image_385153.jpg?itok=CPFgunvs","width":767,"height":221,"alt":null},"topics":[{"name":"News","url":"/news"},{"name":"McKesson","url":"/mckesson"}],"attachedFiles":[]},{"title":"McKesson Pharmacy of the Year winners put patient care, community first","id":28364,"bundle":"article","summary":"
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McKesson’s AccessHealth, a market leader in managed care solutions, is showcasing a number of enhancements at McKesson ideaShare 2016 designed to help enable independent pharmacies to gain access to — and compete in — the right preferred networks. \r\n\t \r","showSummary":null,"url":"/news/accesshealth-demos-new-suite-tools-help-optimize-managed-care-performance","date":"2016-06-28T00:00:00","author":{"email":null,"uname":"Anonymous","firstName":null,"lastName":null,"bio":null,"title":null,"picture":null,"phone":null,"contactForm":null},"digitalEdition":null,"sponsored":false,"taggedPro":null,"teaserImage":{"id":57889,"url":"https://assets1.drugstorenews.com/styles/secondary_articles_short/s3/teaser_image_385142.jpg?itok=v6FjNLFS","width":767,"height":575,"alt":null},"topics":[{"name":"News","url":"/news"},{"name":"McKesson","url":"/mckesson"}],"attachedFiles":[]},{"title":"SLIDESHOW: Live from McKesson ideaShare 2016","id":28366,"bundle":"article","summary":"
McKesson ideaShare 2016 kicked off this year at the McCormick Place in Chicago, June 26 to 30, with continuing education sessions, a packed Exhibit Floor and a dymanic Opening General Session, where Rex Pharmacy was named the Pharmacy of the Year. On Tuesday, executives announced the launch of MyHealthMart at the Health Mart Annual Meeting.
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McKesson ideaShare 2016 wrapped up Tuesday and Wednesday, June 28 to 29, with more CE sessions, Sunrise Sessions, peer networking events, the RxOwnership luncheon and the Public Policy Forum. The event ended with a historic bang for owner/operators and their families at the Final Night Party at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History.
McKesson’s Health Mart pharmacy network hosted its Annual Meeting in Chicago Tuesday morning, at McKesson ideaShare 2016, unveiling an important new program — the Health Mart Pathway to Better Performance and Profit(SM), which provides a strategic roadmap to help independent pharmacies shift the way they approach their clinical and financial performance and pharmacy operations, and demonstrates the value they can contribute to the local healthcare ecosystem.
McKesson’s AccessHealth, a market leader in managed care solutions, is showcasing a number of enhancements at McKesson ideaShare 2016 designed to help enable independent pharmacies to gain access to — and compete in — the right preferred networks.
McKesson ideaShare 2016 kicked off this year at the McCormick Place in Chicago, June 26 to 30, with continuing education sessions, a packed Exhibit Floor and a dymanic Opening General Session, where Rex Pharmacy was named the Pharmacy of the Year. On Tuesday, executives announced the launch of MyHealthMart at the Health Mart Annual Meeting.
McKesson ideaShare 2016 may have officially kicked off Monday afternoon with the conference’s Opening General Session, but even before McKesson executives took the stage and this year’s Pharmacy of the Year award winners were announced, many attendees already had been busy in continuing education sessions, lea