Henry Ford Health System CEO Named as One of Most Powerful in Health Care

Detroit, MI, September 11, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Nancy Schlichting, president and chief executive officer of Henry Ford Health System, has been named one of the “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare magazine.

This is the fourth straight year in which Schlichting has been listed in the magazine’s annual ranking. She is ranked No. 52.

Voting was done by readers of Modern Healthcare.

Steve Case, CEO of Revolution Health Group ranked No. 1, followed by Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google with Bill Gates of Microsoft in the 3rd position. The other top ten are elected officials or government leaders.

Schlichting joined Henry Ford in 1998 as senior vice president and chief administrative officer. She was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer the following year and assumed the additional responsibility of president and chief executive officer of Henry Ford Hospital in 2001. She assumed the position of president and CEO of the health care system in June 2003.

Henry Ford Health System, one of the country's largest health care systems, integrates primary and specialty care with research and education. It includes the 1,000-member Henry Ford Medical Group, seven hospitals, the 540,000-member Health Alliance Plan, 26 primary care centers and many other health-related entities located throughout southeastern Michigan.

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Editor's Note: Schlichting is a resident of Bloomfield Township.

Contact: Dwight Angell
(313) 876-2882 dangell1@hfhs.org