AI @ McKesson

McKesson reiterated that investments in data infrastructure, automation, and AI significantly contributed to increased sales and operational efficiencies, while actively recruiting AI and automation expertise.

• Digital Commerce 360: McKesson ties AI, automation, specialty tech to Q3 sales growth
• McKesson: Reducing Administrative Burden with AI Tools

McKesson expanded access to quality cancer care by leveraging advanced AI technologies and strategic partnerships to enhance oncology services.

• McKesson: Expanding Access to Quality Cancer Care

Analysis highlighted McKesson’s AI strategic dominance leveraging logistics scale and Rx technology innovation in healthcare supply chain and medication management.

• Klover.ai: McKesson's AI Strategy: Analysis of Dominance in Healthcare AI

McKesson continued AI innovation by launching precision oncology consortium projects, AI integration architect roles, specialty pharmacy solutions, and exploring machine learning to address cost challenges.

• AJMC: Tech Updates: McKesson Launches Precision Oncology Consortium & Financing for RISA Labs PA Platform
• McKesson Careers: AI Integration Architect - Healthcare Provider Solutions

Ontada leveraged Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI Service to process 150 million oncology data points, demonstrating large language models in clinical data extraction and analysis.

• Microsoft: Ontada transforms 150 million unstructured oncology data with Microsoft Azure AI and OpenAI

Ontada partnered with Microsoft and Datavant to transform unstructured oncology data using Azure OpenAI and accelerate oncology insights access, signaling advanced use of generative AI.

• McKesson: Ontada Collaborates with Microsoft to Transform Unstructured Oncology Data with Azure OpenAI Technology
• McKesson: Ontada Collaborates with Datavant to Enable Faster Access to Market Leading Oncology Insights

Scaling AI and predictive analytics helped McKesson anticipate supply chain disruptions and shortages, showing maturity in AI-driven logistics applications.

• HDA: Technological innovations reshaping the healthcare supply chain

The company revolutionized healthcare with innovative AI applications focused on efficiency and improvement in clinical outcomes.

• Pitchgrade: McKesson Corporation: AI Use Cases 2024

McKesson showcased three AI use cases: partnerships, acquisitions, and corporate venture investments to implement AI solutions enhancing healthcare capabilities.

• Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research: Artificial Intelligence at McKesson - Three Use Cases

McKesson's Director of Enterprise Analytics highlighted using supervised and unsupervised machine learning models as the analytics foundation, emphasizing practical application of AI in enterprise data analysis.

• CDO Magazine: VIDEO | McKesson Director of Enterprise Analytics: AI Is Not Going to Replace Humans

AI began automating routine tasks in nuclear medicine, enabling nuclear medicine physicians to concentrate on advanced care through applied AI-driven analytics.

• McKesson Medical-Surgical: The future of nuclear medicine: Artificial intelligence, theranostics & beyond

McKesson adopted AI-powered interactive virtual assistants and chatbots, improving organizational efficiencies, emphasizing AI's role in client communication and operational support.

• Forbes: AI And CCaaS Help Marsh McLennan And McKesson Build Business Efficiencies

Focus on building digital infrastructure and AI investments internally indicated McKesson's strategy to facilitate healthcare AI initiatives for data-driven decision making.

• Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research: Artificial Intelligence at McKesson - AI Initiatives and Infrastructure

McKesson began centralizing data management and implementing AI for healthcare predictions by partnering with Google Cloud, marking initial AI adoption to transform healthcare data infrastructure.

• Google Cloud: McKesson chooses Google Cloud to help it chart a course to the future