Through the recent acquisition of Per-Se Technologies, McKesson continues to demonstrate its commitment to customer success by providing the most advanced products and services.

Key Milestones

• 3PM founded in Southfield, MI. The company specialized in hard copy claims processing. The name was derived from 3rd Party Marketing.

• Online processing of third-party claims replaces hard copy claims reconciliation.

• 3PM moves to current location in Livonia, MI (suburban Detroit).
• National Data Corporation (NDC) enters the pharmacy systems business through acquisition of the DataStat product.

• DataStat time sharing pharmacy management system introduced across the country.

• DataStat reintroduced on the micro PC platform as a distributed management system.

• Pharmaserv debuts, as a pharmacy management system on a Digital Micro/PDP11 operating system.
• 3PM is acquired by McKesson Corp.

• NDC introduces the first true multi-user/multi-tasking PC-based pharmacy system specially designed for nursing homes.

• Pharmaserv moves to the TSX operating system.

• Pharmaserv II debuts on the MS-DOS operating system on an IBM platform.
• Pharmaserv II software introduces Claims Adjunction Module to handle eletronic third-party claims.
• Point-of-Sale system introduced to integrate pharmacy front end.
• DataStat Home Office (chain functionality) introduced.
• DataStat Point-of-Sale system introduced to integrate pharmacy front end.

• Pharmaserv introduces a Xenix^®-based pharmacy management system.

• Chain Host system released on DOS operating system for chain pharmacy management.

• Pharmaserv offers first rental system to customers.
• First public standards-based EDI ordering and price update system — AIM — introduced

• NDC acquires Zadall Pharmacy System.

• Company name changed from 3PM McKesson to McKesson Pharmacy Systems.
• Point-of-Sale system released on Microsoft^® Windows^® operating system to integrate front end and pharmacy.
• Advanced Information Management (AIM) module for EDI ordering and price updates, eventually certified with more than 30 wholesalers, introduced to users of NDC Pharmacy System.

• Pharmaserv for Windows^® debuts as one of the first pharmacy management systems to use Microsoft^® Windows^® operating system.
  
• NDC introduces NDC Pharmacy System as a major advancement for both Zadall APS and DataStat clients.

• Total Point-of-Sale product released. Integration of high-performance UNIX-based server with DOS-based cash registers.
  
• Industry's first high-speed Internet claim service introduced to DataStat and NDC pharmacy clients.

• Chain Host system released on Microsoft^® Windows^® operating system for chain pharmacy management.
  
• NDCHealth, now Relay Health, invents and deploys industry's first pre and post editing claim service.

• Condor, DataStat and NDC pharmacy products become part of TechRx Inc.

• T-Rex One v1 introduced as first Internet-deployed ASP pharmacy management system.

• High-speed claims processing debuts for third-party claims processing introduced.
  
• T-Rex One v2 introduced as first truly robust network-centric ASP-based pharmacy system.
• Renlar becomes part of TechRx.

• Long-term Care debuts for pharmacies serving long-term care facilities.

• e-Prescribing released to enable electronic two-way communications with physicians.
• TechRx acquired by NDCHealth.
• T-Rex One product renamed PharmacyRx.

• PharmacyRx celebrates milestone of 500 installed clients.

• Per-Se Technologies acquires NDCHealth Corporation.
• EnterpriseRx, the next-generation chain solution, is launched.

• McKesson acquires Per-Se Technologies and integrates their pharmacy systems business, including PharmacyRx and EnterpriseRx.
• Next generation workflow system, Pharmacy Navigator, debuts at McKesson Trade Show

• EnterpriseRx version for Independent Pharmacy introduced at McKesson Trade show; and in August surpasses 500 active pharmacy clients milestone