MedPower Announces Strategic Partnership with McKesson Technology Solutions

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- MedPower, LLC, a cloud-hosted, custom SaaS e-learning solution provider, announced today that it will partner with McKesson Technology Solutions, part of McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 11 healthcare services and information technology company, to launch eLearning Services. The service will offer healthcare providers access to custom educational materials.

This self-paced learning solution helps meet the needs of the 'on-the-go' clinician by providing anytime, anywhere education materials than can be consumed in short intervals between seeing patients or during breaks. The service is delivered as a SaaS-based subscription model, which provides each customer with a hospital-branded learning management portal. The portal is accessible by mobile and PC, and LMS administrators can track completion status, send push notifications, and communicate with end users about coursework.

MedPower CEO Brian Haggerty, said, "We are very excited to partner with one of the worlds leading healthcare technology companies.  We believe this solution is a perfect fit for customers looking to adopt a more efficient and effective way to train physicians, nurses and hospital staff on EHR technology." 

McKesson Director of Education and Quality, Christina Page said, "MedPower makes it possible to offer our McKesson customers affordable, hospital specific workflow education in a sleek and modern learning management portal.  By providing anytime, anywhere access to custom micro-learning, we are able to help our customers increase product adoption, productivity and satisfaction. Their mobile app is one of the most intuitive I've seen on the market and has the potential to change the game for elearning in healthcare."

eLearning promotes continuous learning by providing access to education material exactly when it is needed. This helps support long-term success, improve adoption, and increase the productivity of clinical staff.

About MedPower
MedPower, LLC is a provider of cloud-hosted, custom SaaS e-learning solutions for the Healthcare industry.  The company is helping hospitals, physicians and nurses by offering on-demand custom developed training programs for Electronic Medical Records (EMR) adoption, medical ERP systems, hospital and practice workflow management, and administrative functions. MedPower's customers are able to realize cost savings and significant performance efficiencies through these e-learning services. For more information, visit www.medpower.org.

About McKesson Corporation
McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 11th on the Fortune 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to making the business of healthcare run better. We partner with payers, hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies and others across the spectrum of care to build healthier organizations that deliver better care to patients in every setting. McKesson helps its customers improve their financial, operational, and clinical performance with solutions that include pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management, healthcare information technology, and business and clinical services. For more information, visit www.mckesson.com.

Media Relations Contacts
MedPower, LLC     
Name:  Kristen Hoffman
Phone: (516)509-5597 
Email: khoffman@medpower.org

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