Women and Pay in the UK
Conclusion
The pay gap is the narrowest it has ever been down from 9.6% in 2014 to 9.4% in 2015 according to the Equal Pay Portal, but the Randstad report shows it still exists, or at least the perception of it does.
Companies need to focus more on empowering women and providing clear and transparent pay structures to ensure true equality. Women themselves need to have self-belief and push for development and promotion.
The businesses which make the most of the opportunities women bring will be the ones who enjoy the most success. Those who ignore women’s skills or refuse to reward them properly do so at their own peril,...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - April 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy DW UK Source Type: blogs
TBT: Take Your Own Advice! U.S. Should Pay More Attention to STD Prevention Programs Abroad
April is STD Awareness Month. Although the post below originally just ran a little more than a month ago, it is too good not to run in support of STD awareness and for TBT.
Most sexually transmitted diseases are preventable. That’s one reason it’s so upsetting that one in four sexually active girls in the United States has one. Out of the 19 million new STD cases annually in the U.S., almost half are among people ages 15 to 24. And those statistics only represent the number of reported cases; many more infections go undocumented. Despite the clear need for STD prevention strategies among young people, current efforts a...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - April 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: TBT Source Type: blogs
Put Me In Coach: Wearables in Professional Sports
The following post first ran on Venture Valkyrie on April 10.
Old School Song by John Fogerty, Creedence Clearwater Revival: Put me in coach, I’m ready to play…
New School Response by Warriors Coach Steve Kerr: Well, you’re biometric readings tell me you need a rest….
So if you’re me, and lots of other people I know, this is the best time of the year – a virtual harmonic convergence of orgiastic sports joy. I can watch back-to-back baseball and basketball and, since I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, I get to root for some pretty great home teams: Go Giants! Go Warriors! If you need me, just look for the r...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - April 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Innovation Technology Source Type: blogs
The Role of Nurse Practitioners in Health Care Reform
Conclusion
The United States is in the midst of a significant shortage4 in the provision of primary care, jeopardizing millions of Americans’ access to the most basic health care.22 Greater use of Nurse Practitioners could allay a significant portion of this shortage. While funding for grants and demonstration projects provided in the ACA makes a start toward greater use of NPs, risks to funding and disparate scope of practice regulations throughout the country provide significant barriers to their use.
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The Institute of Medicine [report]. “Assessing progress on the Institute of Medicine report ‘The future of nur...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - April 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Advocacy Health Professions Nurses Source Type: blogs
4 Encouraging Advances in Ovarian Cancer Research
It’s estimated that in 2016, more than 22,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. While the prevalence of this disease is relatively low, most diagnoses are made in the later stages, when women face a lower chance of survival.
Early detection has become a primary focus in ovarian cancer research. And the progress in research and testing means there are more long-term survivors than ever before.
Knowledge of the disease’s symptoms and the importance of care by a gynecologic oncologist can have a positive impact. As new advances are made, it’s more important than ever for women to be educated about...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - April 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer Source Type: blogs
April Man of the Month: Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III
Throughout the nation’s health care continuum, policymakers and clinicians are searching for ways to eliminate health disparities, improve cost-efficiencies, and achieve better patient outcomes. An organization making important strides in this area is the U.S. military, and a particular leader who warrants our attention is Disruptive Women in Health Care’s Man of the Month, Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
A pediatrician by training, Faison is experienced in providing high-quality, patient-centered care to large, geographically dispersed populations. As co...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - April 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Man of the Month Source Type: blogs
Health Policy Grief
Not enough people will notice, but last week marked the passing of an era.
The National Health Policy Forum, an important behind-the-scenes, never in-your-face, non-partisan educator of those who craft the nation’s health policies in Washington shuttered its doors.
Financial support from those who understood the value of educating policymakers dried up. There was no way to keep going.
Judy Miller Jones, National Health Policy Forum Founder & Director
I was not there in the earliest years in the 1970s when it began, but was a real fan in the 1980s Reagan years when the health policy community was still small enough to...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - April 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Champions Policy Source Type: blogs
The Patient-Physician Experience Gap
Today’s post first ran on Health Populi.
As patients continue to grow health consumer muscles, their ability to vote with their feet for health care services and products grows. That’s why it’s crucial for health care providers to understand how patients perceive their quality and service levels, explained in Patient Experience: It’s Time to Rethink the Consumer Healthcare Journey, a survey report from GE Healthcare Camden Group and Prophet, a brand and marketing consultancy.
3 in 4 frequent healthcare consumers say they are frustrated with their services. One-half of less-frequent patients are frustrated.
Pat...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - April 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Patients Source Type: blogs
Not Just a Man’s Disease
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, to help spread the word we are cross posting the following post. It originally ran on HuffPost Healthy Living.
Colorectal cancer is not just a man’s disease — it’s the third most common cancer in women behind lung and breast — and not just among the elderly [1]. In fact, colorectal cancer diagnoses are becoming increasingly common in individuals younger than 50 [2].
Colorectal cancer is the growth of abnormal cancerous cells in the lower part of the colon that connects the anus to the large bowel. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nea...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer Men's Health Women's Health Source Type: blogs
The Gender Pay Gap in Nursing
With women dominating nursing, it could be assumed that a gender pay gap doesn’t exist. However, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), nothing could be farther from the truth. Although women make up the vast majority of the nursing workforce, they are paid significantly less than their male counterparts—to the tune of $5,100 less per year on average. If you’re a nurse anesthetist, it’s even worse. Annually, male nurse anesthetists make an average of $17,290 more than women in the specialty. In a recent publication, Nursing@Simmons explored the factors which...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Nurses Source Type: blogs
#SpacesOfHealth: Aging in Place Live Webinar
On Thursday, March 31, 2016 from 1-2 p.m. ET Disruptive Women in Health Care Founder Robin Strongin will be a panelist on George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health’s #SpacesOfHealth: Aging in Place Live Webinar. More information on the webinar including how to participate can be found here. (Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care)
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Aging Source Type: blogs
Rooming In: The Newest Birthing Controversy
Hot on the heels of media stories about the importance of screening for post-partum depression, a debate about whether to have newborns stay in hospital rooms with their moms vs. providing nursery care for the infants is emerging. It’s an interesting topic, but binary responses to the debate do little to recognize that “one size fits all” solutions may not be sound.
The benefits of rooming in instead of providing nursery care are well known. Both research-based and anecdotal reports suggest that rooming in correlates to a lower incidence of post-partum depression in new mothers and reduced breastfeeding problems for ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Childbirth Patients' Rights Policy Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Aging Audaciously: Prevention Wisdom Kicked up a Notch Recap
During the Aging Audaciously event, “Prevention Wisdom Kicked up a Notch,” Disruptive Women cohosted with the Congressional Families Cancer Prevention Program at the Library of Congress last Wednesday, our first speaker Dr. Lisa Nelson talked about the culture change that is necessary to transition from pill-centered treatment to lifestyle-focused prevention.
In the early 1900s, she said, infectious diseases, such as pneumonia, diarrhea, and tuberculosis, were the top three causes of death. To drive down the rates of these diseases, providers prescribed pills and vaccines and public health campaigns were commissioned t...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Aging Source Type: blogs
U.S. Health Care vs The World
The United States spends 54 percent more on health care per person than most other developed nations spend. With this level of cost, you would expect that the United States would also lead the world in terms of health care quality. However, in many areas of health service availability and accessibility, the United States falls behind countries like Germany, Australia and France. For every 1,000 Americans, there are 2.5 practicing physicians compared to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average of 3.2. This difference may seem small. But when we start considering 10,000, 100,000 or 300 millio...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Women, Children and Water
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: February 2016 reports that 64% of Americans have closely followed the news about the lead contamination of Flint, Michigan’s water supply, its likely effects on public health in that city, and the long road ahead as Flint struggles to restore a safe water supply. The same survey found nearly eight in 10 Americans are concerned about the safety of the water in low-income communities across the U.S.
But even the challenges facing one mid-sized American city pale when we see World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 1.2 billion people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water, with an a...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Advocacy Global Health Publc Health Source Type: blogs
