7th annual reader poll ranks the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare CHICAGO, Aug. 25
CHICAGO, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve Case, co-founder of America Online
and founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Revolution Health Group,
was voted the most powerful person in healthcare by readers of Modern
Healthcare magazine, the nation's leading healthcare business publication.
"The future of healthcare is patient empowerment, and the key to that
empowerment is access to information," said David Burda, editor of Modern
Healthcare. "Our readers recognized that with their choice of Steve Case as
well as other executives on this year's list."
Ranked No. 2 and No. 3 on the list are Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of
Google, and Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., respectively. Like
Revolution Health, both Google and Microsoft are moving heavily into the
healthcare information technology market. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the
presumptive Democratic nominee for president, ranked No. 5 on the list. His
expected opponent on the Nov. 4 ballot, U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.),
finished No. 9 in the annual reader poll.
Modern Healthcare's ranking of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare
is based on a reader poll conducted on the magazine's Web site, Modern
Healthcare Online at modernhealthcare.com, from May 26 through June 27.
Readers cast nearly 500,000 votes in this year's poll.
The complete ranking of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare appears
in the Aug. 25 issue of the magazine. Readers also can view the ranking on
Modern Healthcare Online at modernhealthcare.com.
For more information on this year's 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare
program, contact Editor David Burda at 312-649-5439 or dburda@crain.com.
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SOURCE Modern Healthcare
