100 Most Influential People in Healthcare – 2007
The 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare awards & recognition program honors individuals in healthcare who are deemed by their peers and the senior editors of Modern Healthcare to be the most influential individuals in the industry, in terms of leadership and impact. This program allows for readers to vote for their top choices and selected honorees will be published in Modern Healthcare's annual ranking.
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Rank 25
Newt Gingrich
Founder (former Speaker of the House (R-Ga.))
Center for Health Transformation
Rank 30
Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark Jr.
U.S. representative (D-Calif.), chairman, House Ways and Means health subcommittee
U.S. House of Representatives
Rank 39
Richard Averill
Senior vice president, clinical and economic research
3M Health Information Systems
Rank 42
Charles "Chuck" Grassley
U.S. senator (R-Iowa), ranking member, Senate Finance Committee
U.S. Senate
Rank 85
Brent James
Executive director
Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare
Rank 96
Regina Herzlinger
Nancy R. McPherson professor of business administration; healthcare researcher
Harvard Business School
Rank 100
H. Stephen "Steve" Lieber
President and CEO
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society