Talk:IMS Health/Archives/2015

Updates on outdated content
Hi Jytdog, Blue Rasberry, and Formerly 98,

I'm an employee of IMS Health; I'd like to suggest some edits to the page (mainly from the perspective of updating information). In accordance with WP:COI, I'm not updating the page directly; please let me know your thoughts on the below edits and whether you'd be comfortable with including this information.

Protein3EFN (talk) 14:46, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Company Infobox

Number of employees: To be changed from 9300 to 10,000+ Under products: Add "Technology Services"

[Sources: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ims-health, http://www.imshealth.com/portal/site/imshealth/menuitem.051a1939316f851e170417041ad8c22a/?vgnextoid=7311e590cb4dc310VgnVCM100000a48d2ca2RCRD]
 * When it comes to employee count in the infobox, this changes each year and I encourage you to update it directly, using the company's annual reports or other official data (not linkedin) CorporateM (Talk) 05:10, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

First paragraph of the Business Model section:

Original Text

IMS Health Holdings Inc. reported earning $2.5 billion in 2013, with $1.5 billion in information sales and $1 billion in technology services.

Proposed Text

IMS Health Holdings Inc. reported earning $2.6 billion in 2014, with $1.5 billion from information sales and $1.1 billion from technology services.


 * I just removed it. I prefer to avoid redundancies with the infobox. Like above, you should feel free to keep the infobox data for revenue up to date each year CorporateM (Talk) 05:13, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Article lead:

Original Text

In 2010, IMS Health was taken private by TPG Capital, CPP Investment Board and Leonard Green & Partners. Ari Bousbib is IMS Health’s Chairman and CEO. Bousbib, formerly a longtime senior executive at United Technologies Corporation, joined the company in September 2010.

Proposed Text

In 2010, IMS Health was taken private by TPG Capital, CPP Investment Board and Leonard Green & Partners. The company went public on April 4th, 2014 and it began trading on the NYSE under the symbol IMS. Ari Bousbib is IMS Health’s Chairman and CEO. Bousbib, formerly a longtime senior executive at United Technologies Corporation, joined the company in September 2010.


 * The proposed text appears to be in the article now already. CorporateM (Talk) 05:14, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Second paragraph of the Business Model section:

Original Text

IMS Health is best known for its collection of healthcare information spanning sales, de-identified prescription data, medical claims, electronic medical records and social media. IMS Health’s products and services are used by companies to develop commercialization plans and portfolio strategies, to select patient and physician populations for specific therapies, and to measure the effectiveness of pharmaceutical marketing and sales resources.

Proposed Text

IMS Health is best known for its collection of healthcare information spanning sales, de-identified prescription data, medical claims, electronic medical records and social media. The company made a series of acquisitions in 2013 and 2014 as a part of its transformation into a technology services company. IMS Health’s products and services are used by companies to develop commercialization plans and portfolio strategies, to select patient and physician populations for specific therapies, and to measure the effectiveness of pharmaceutical marketing and sales resources.

[Sources: List of acquisitions in the History and Acquisitions section]


 * No source provided and the text belongs under corporate history CorporateM (Talk) 05:15, 25 July 2015 (UTC)