A vote for fair because the past and present offset each other. If you go back to the Healthquest patient accounting days, their software worked, their development team focused and competent, Then all the COBOL programmers got tired (and rich) after Y2K. McKesson couldn't reinvent itself when the user interface became the "next big thing". Ran the company into the ground through disconnected acquisitions. Sad, even though it's fun to snipe at the big guys.
Jim Rossiter - 8 years ago
Da, Da, Da, Da, Dun, Dun, Dun!!! a.k.a. Another One Bites the Dust!
So many wanna be companies with adjacent competencies have wanted to be the market leader in Healthcare I/T. McK succeeded in committing financial resources to the verge of bankruptcy and remained committed although ineffective for almost two decades. Healthcare I/T is THE business and requires an organic commitment to its success...aka Epic, Cerner, Meditech. Since the original decision that McK made to enter HIT, Siemens, GE, AT&T, IBM, Oracle, etc have all come and gone (and come again...). Maybe a claims clearing house (Change Healthcare) can succeed where a drug distribution firm did not...Da, Da, Da, Da, Dun, Dun, Dun!!!
Its All good - 8 years ago
McKesson has proven is that building a healthcare IT company by acquisition and then failing to execute on the synergies claimed in the acquisition announcement dooms the company to support dozens of aging software titles and fosters internal competing fiefdoms. The fiefdoms drive out many of the talented, innovative people in favor of the mediocre who can tolerate a revolving door environment.
McKesson equally proves that poor execution dooms the company to then sell the heralded assets some years later, at deflated prices. McKesson joins the ranks of others who have tried and are either struggling or failed - Allscripts, Medical Manager/WebMD/Emdeon/Sage/Vitera/Greenway to name just two.
Drew Cobb - 8 years ago
With the exception of their excellent PACS team out of Vancouver. McK proved that IT companies run by sales and not engineering will underdeliver on functionality and performance. Their FAILED concepts on management, integration and execution of offshore development have finally come to a deserved conclusion.
A vote for fair because the past and present offset each other. If you go back to the Healthquest patient accounting days, their software worked, their development team focused and competent, Then all the COBOL programmers got tired (and rich) after Y2K. McKesson couldn't reinvent itself when the user interface became the "next big thing". Ran the company into the ground through disconnected acquisitions. Sad, even though it's fun to snipe at the big guys.
Da, Da, Da, Da, Dun, Dun, Dun!!! a.k.a. Another One Bites the Dust!
So many wanna be companies with adjacent competencies have wanted to be the market leader in Healthcare I/T. McK succeeded in committing financial resources to the verge of bankruptcy and remained committed although ineffective for almost two decades. Healthcare I/T is THE business and requires an organic commitment to its success...aka Epic, Cerner, Meditech. Since the original decision that McK made to enter HIT, Siemens, GE, AT&T, IBM, Oracle, etc have all come and gone (and come again...). Maybe a claims clearing house (Change Healthcare) can succeed where a drug distribution firm did not...Da, Da, Da, Da, Dun, Dun, Dun!!!
McKesson has proven is that building a healthcare IT company by acquisition and then failing to execute on the synergies claimed in the acquisition announcement dooms the company to support dozens of aging software titles and fosters internal competing fiefdoms. The fiefdoms drive out many of the talented, innovative people in favor of the mediocre who can tolerate a revolving door environment.
McKesson equally proves that poor execution dooms the company to then sell the heralded assets some years later, at deflated prices. McKesson joins the ranks of others who have tried and are either struggling or failed - Allscripts, Medical Manager/WebMD/Emdeon/Sage/Vitera/Greenway to name just two.
With the exception of their excellent PACS team out of Vancouver. McK proved that IT companies run by sales and not engineering will underdeliver on functionality and performance. Their FAILED concepts on management, integration and execution of offshore development have finally come to a deserved conclusion.