The growing importance of IT is reflected in Modem Healthcare's third annual ranking of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare. The person topping the 2004 list is a newcomer who recently vaulted to prominence. Who is he, and what other industry movers and shakers made the ranking.

Health Care Sector↗

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Making the best better.

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Clinical Clerkship↗

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The kids are alright. There's a new brood of children's hospitals being built, and they're seeing higher patient volumes even as general acute-care facilities experience a continuing decline in pediatric cases.

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Child↗

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Partners in preparedness. AMA, CDC team up to coordinate emergency plan.

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American Medical Association↗

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Community crackdown. Focus moves from specialty to ASCs.

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Economic Competition↗

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Stay out of Florida. State bans single-specialty facilities for cardiac, orthopedic, cancer treatment.

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Cancer Care Facilities↗

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Tough enough? Rules about drug firms' gifts get new look from docs.

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Advertising↗

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Specialty hospitals. Exception to the rule. CMS' exemption of specialty hospital good news for other in-progress facilities.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗

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Physicians. Paying the price. Practices consider surcharges to combat high cost of malpractice insurance.

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American Medical Association↗

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Taking a closer look. AMA studying impact of specialty hospitals.

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American Medical Association↗

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Retirement community.

The daily stresses of managing a hospital or hospital system seem to be claiming more executives, with the recent exit of at least a half-dozen relatively young CEOs of prominent organizations--including Christopher Carney, left, of Bon Secours Health System. "I can think of no time when the demands on CEOs have been greater," says one association executive.

Chief Executive Officers, Hospital↗

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Many hats. Execs on board gain insight, cash and criticism.

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Career Mobility↗

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Workforce Report 2004. Minority hires still lagging.

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Accreditation↗

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Patient tower. After a nearly 20-year struggle--involving financial, political, technical and legal obstacles, to name a few--a New Jersey medical center finally opens.

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Catchment Area, Health↗