Horizon Enterprise Visibility by McKesson Highlights Patient Flow Bottlenecks, Addressing Capacity Problems Without Physical Expansion

I admit that I wasn’t familiar with Awarix until industry expert Jon Phillips told me that McKesson’s acquisition of the company was potentially the most impactful of all the high-profile transactions of 2007. I see why: every hospital has throughput, handoff, and caregiver communications problems that the company’s technology can help solve. The ROI is apparently fast, even without considering what hospitals might otherwise spend to expand physical facilities to address patient backlog problems. We spoke to Paul Gartman of McKesson, who has product responsibilities for what is now called Horizon Enterprise Visibility™.