The Georgia CIO Leadership Association is pleased to announce that McKesson Corporation has signed on as a silver level sponsor for the upcoming Georgia CIO of the Year® Awards event. 

McKesson's vision is to help create a healthcare system where quality is higher, mistakes are fewer and costs are lower. As the nation's leading healthcare services company, McKesson provides pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and healthcare information technologies that make health care safer while reducing costs.   More than 2 million clinicians in North America rely on McKesson products to deliver healthcare, and its medication safety bar-code scanning solutions are used to prevent more than 700,000 potential errors each week. The company’s technology reaches to 20% of all physicians in the United States and all of the top 25 commercial health plans. Its RelayHealth connectivity business processes more than 70% of the nation’s retail pharmacy transactions and more than $1 trillion in financial transactions each year. For more about McKesson, visit www.mckesson.com

 All corporate sponsors of this prestigious annual event are invited to attend the award ceremony and will receive acknowledgement of their support in print, video, Internet and a variety of media outlets

The Georgia CIO of the Year® Award Event recognizes excellence among C-level executives in the IT/ IS space.  Nominations are gathered from within the IT community and are judged by a panel of senior executives; nominees represent a range of Atlanta-based businesses that meet specific criteria for revenue and number of employees.

There are just a few Bronze and Silver level sponsorship opportunities left.  Visit the official Georgia CIO of the Year® Event website at www.cioawards.com for more information, downloadable sponsorship enrollment forms, and updates as the nominee finalists are selected in October.

About the Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA)

The GCLA is the preeminent professional organization for Georgia’s information technology leaders. Founded in 2003, its membership is comprised exclusively of chief information officers or individuals in equivalent positions at companies and organizations throughout the state. The GCLA is a non-profit, noncommercial organization led by an Advisory Board of Georgia CIOs.

The Georgia CIO of the Year® Awards is brought to you by the Georgia CIO Leadership Association, www.georgiacio.org and recognizes TechLINKS as the official event management partner.