2005 - Top 25 Women in Healthcare
Modern Healthcare published its first-ever list of the most powerful women in healthcare in its April 18, 2005 issue. The feature highlights female executives whose work has led to significant improvements in the healthcare industry and its ability to care for patients.
The list included Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, member of the Senate's Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Linda Aiken, director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania;
Mary Brainerd, president and CEO of HealthPartners; Trish Riley, director of Maine's Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance; and Diane Rowland, executive director of Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
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April 18, 2005
Linda AikenLinda Aiken, 61, director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania, has conducted and published landmark research focusing on nursing retention strategies, connecting nurse satisfaction and appropriate staffing with improved outcomes and patient satisfaction.Mary Brainerd ... FULL STORY
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By Alison Szot
April 18, 2005
Last month, researchers completed the first analysis of the sequence of the female X chromosome, which comprises more than 1,000 genes and 160 million base pairs of DNA. This breakthrough may provide a biological basis for explaining differences between the sexes.While the unraveling of the Y chromosome in 2003 gave males a laboratory lead over women, this recent advance has allowed women to catch up.Women are catching up to -- and some would say surpassing -- men in the healthcare industry, too, as more and more climb the ladder to lead some of the industry's largest and most... ... FULL STORY
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