Commissioning

Patient Centric Commissioning with McKesson

McKesson works with Healthcare Commissioners and Providers to develop and support evidence based competence in healthcare commissioning and delivery. Placing the patient at the centre of these competencies, our framework promotes Right Care, Right Place, Right Time.

McKesson has responded to the needs identified by the Department of Health and PCT clients with specific product and professional service capability to support your commissioning teams.

Our unequalled expertise and involvement in virtually every aspect of healthcare delivery has made us the industry leader in producing positive clinical and cost outcomes. McKesson empowers organisations with an unparalleled range of solutions.

Supporting comprehensive, collaborative Case and Care Management throughout a patient’s life:

In North America, over 1200 Managed Care Organisations and 3700 hospitals rely on us to help them meet their patient care and financial goals. Our Case and Care Management Solutions help facilitate:

• Cost stabilisation — Processes, technology and people to enhance and streamline performance while maximising productivity and results.
• Reliable measurement and reporting — unrivalled engagement with patients and providers by leveraging superior data and innovative technology applications
• Provider engagement — Helping Clinicians deliver the best care through technology, decision support and initiatives to adhere to evidence based guidelines to provide appropriate care
• Consistent standard of care — our hundreds of Doctors, nurses, case managers and health coaches, and our adherence to internationally approved guidelines, means that our solutions are renowned for outstanding clinical integrity and patient care
• Comprehensive co-ordination of care — Achieved by more than 174 years of innovation, integration and inclusion in addressing all stakeholder needs
• A combination of experience, products and services brought to the UK

McKesson has many years of working within the Managed Care organisations in the United States, and is able to bring innovative approaches to the challenges of UK health care planning and supply. Our full solution set includes:

• Contract Management.
• Disease Management
• Health Promotion programmes
• Telephone led pro-active outreach services
• Internet based services for patients and doctors

McKesson’s North American experience, software tools and associated Professional Services enable us to work collaboratively with Healthcare Commissioners and Providers to deliver pragmatic commissioning processes. This allows us to meet your local needs, for example by using a world class evidence base to support clinical decision making.

Through utilising readily available patient and population data, our solutions will allow you to analyse and plan for both known and unmet demand. Examples include:

• Hospital based tools that can provide retrospective snapshots of admission decision making at Acute Trust and PCT level Care
• Facilitation tools that can contribute to a reduced length of stay, based on the use of clinical evidence
• Referral Management tools helping optimise referral decisions, helping avoid expensive procedures and equipment based on evidence guidelines
• Utilisation tools that enable service planning based on evidence not on assumptions
• The delivery of Right Care, Right Place, Right Time care guidelines
  

McKesson’s wealth of US experience, married with its long standing NHS experience, allows us to bring world-class knowledge and experience, applied with local understanding.