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SLIDESHOW: Wrapping up McKesson ideaShare 2017
McKesson ideaShare 2017, held in New Orleans from July 12 to 16, featured insights from panels of peers, networking opportunities, continuing education sessions, an active show floor and more than 100 theater sessions, small group sessions and workshops.
What’s Next? Act now to improve clinical and business results
Connecting customers with industry experts and peers, McKesson ideaShare 2017 featured 30 CE courses and more than 100 educational sessions on the show floor. Ranging from theater sessions to small group seminars to “Do-it-with-me” workshops, the conference provided a record number of attendees with tangible information and best practices to put into action for immediate results.

First-time attendees share insights learned at ideaShare 2017

McKesson ideaShare achieved record attendance this year with nearly 6,000 attendees, representing nearly 1,900 independent pharmacies across the United States. This year also featured more than 800 first-time attendees.
McKesson kicks off ideaShare 2017 in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — McKesson ideaShare 2017 kicked off Thursday in the Big Easy, providing independent pharmacists a forum to discover new solutions and technology to grow their businesses and make them competitive. The annual conference and exhibition is set to offer attendees access to industry thought leadership, pharmacy programs, continuing education courses and networking opportunities to help improve their pharmacies’ performance.
How to have a successful McKesson ideaShare: Attend, network and take action

For more than 30 years, McKesson ideaShare has focused on giving independent pharmacists and owners the knowledge, tools and resources they need to improve their pharmacy’s performance. This year’s conference comes with a warning label:

“Warning: Attendance may cause extreme success. Common side effects include: greater knowledge, improved performance and higher revenue.”
myHealthMart goes mobile

Many features of the myHealthMart online portal that have been helping Health Mart pharmacists and owners better manage their pharmacy business over the past year have been incorporated into a new mobile app that will be launched at the 2017 McKesson ideaShare meeting. The mobile app will be available for the Apple iOS platform at the conference; an Android app will launch later this fall.
McKesson ideaShare 2017 aligns programming with attendees’ interests

Visiting New Orleans wasn’t the biggest driver of attendance for those registered for McKesson ideaShare 2017 — McKesson knows because it asked. In an effort to better align this year’s program and educational offerings with what its customers’ need, McKesson asked those planning to attend the conference about the biggest draws. Outstripping several days in the Big Easy was the opportunity to learn how to grow their businesses.
First-time attendees look forward to all that McKesson ideaShare offers

McKesson ideaShare is on pace for record attendance this year with customer attendees representing nearly 1,900 independent pharmacies across the United States. Connecting customers with industry experts and peers, McKesson ideaShare will feature more than 124 networking sessions, seminars and workshops, and 30 continuing education sessions. The conference is designed to provide attendees with tangible, information and best practices that are easy to take home and implement in their own stores to improve their performance and profitability.
2017 Pharmacy of the Year grows patient service, business at same time
Marsh Supermarkets to close all of its pharmacies

INDIANAPOLIS — Marsh Supermarkets will close all 37 of its Indiana in-store pharmacies during a three-day period beginning May 3, according to several media reports. All prescription information and inventory will be transferred to CVS Pharmacy.

Terms of the Marsh-CVS transaction were not disclosed.