Women's Health PAC’s Post

The terms DEI and health equity are similar, but they are not interchangeable. IFDHE's newest series, The Health Equity Toolbox, provides a set of resources designed to improve the field's understanding of key health equity topics. Explore the first installment of this series, an infographic that explains how #DEI is one of many tools to advance #healthequity. Read here: https://lnkd.in/eEiQUEGA #healthequitytoolbox

During our 2024 Health Equity Trends Summit, a panel of esteemed health leaders shared an update on the progress we’ve made so far in the past year and the work ahead that remains to be done. Kate Wallis, Vice President of Clinical Innovation at Point32Health, reminded us that achieving #HealthEquity for all is NOT optional. ICYMI: Listen to the discussion here - https://lnkd.in/e-c9RKTm

Calling all visionaries in the Lipedema community! The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) introduces an unparalleled opportunity with its Sprint for Women’s Health, focusing on transformative solutions for women’s health issues, including conditions like Lipedema that uniquely or disproportionately affect women. Are you a patient with groundbreaking ideas or innovations? This is your moment! ARPA-H is inviting solutions through its new funding opportunity, aiming to catalyze research and development projects. Your insight could lead to pivotal advancements in women’s health. 📆 Don't miss out! The deadline for submission is April 15, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. ET. This is more than just an opportunity for funding—it's a chance to drive change and contribute to a future where every woman's health is recognized and supported. We know the Lipedema community is brimming with brilliant ideas, and we can't wait to see how your innovations will pave the way for a healthier tomorrow! Anyone can submit an idea - and this definitely includes people with Lipedema. Request for solutions: https://lnkd.in/euWjQ3hF

Disparities in health care access and outcomes persist, often exacerbated by social and structural drivers. Addressing these inequities requires innovative, upstream approaches that go beyond traditional health care delivery. Our Fellows are diving into these challenges in the next session of our Scalable Drivers of Health Approaches Roundtable: Innovative Payment and Investment Strategies for Social and Community Health Needs. We’re excited to be joined by: Moderator: Tim Spilker, CEO of Optum Behavioral Health Solutions Nebeyou Abebe, SVP of Social Determinants of Health at Highmark Health Rishi Manchanda MD, CEO of HealthBegins These leaders will discuss how novel payment models and strategic investments can be leveraged to address social needs impacting health outcomes, and how ROI and value creation are defined in this work. Additionally, they will share their experiences and best practices for developing scalable, sustainable models that prioritize health equity and enhance community well-being. Your insights and leadership are crucial in driving powerful industry change. Elevate your impact as a Health Evolution Fellow https://lnkd.in/gkGRPwnP 

WHAM is committed to propelling healthcare innovation forward through essential data, strategic collaborations, and transformative solutions. By providing a data-driven business case for investing in women’s health, we are driving sustainable change across the entire health ecosystem. From research breakthroughs to marketplace implementation, WHAM’s powerful initiatives are designed to close critical gaps in health research and investment. Our new WHAM Collaborative will establish the magnitude of the opportunity of investing in the health of women - 52% of the population. 🔬The WHAM Research Collaborative: A pioneering network of  leaders in women’s health research, guiding strategic decisions and knowledge-sharing to fill critical research gaps. Led by Hadine Joffe, MD MSc, Elizabeth Garner, and Nicole C. Woitowich. 💰 The WHAM Investment Collaborative: Launching Fall 2024, this global consortium is focused on catalyzing increased private investment in women’s health. Our Strategic Advisor is Jessica J. Federer. Through these industry-leading Collaboratives, WHAM is at the forefront of reshaping the healthcare ecosystem—driving innovation from the lab to the marketplace to improve health outcomes for all. #WomensHealth #InvestmentInHealth #ResearchGaps #HealthInnovation #HealthcareTransformation #SexDifferences #WHAMNow #3Not30

The Economic Times Health conclave first edition has already set the bar high enough, as it explored the future of health innovations led by some of the most distinguished voices from the industry. It is an honor for SPAG FINN Partners to partner on this journey to advance the conversations towards a transformative journey of health ecosystem. As India emerges as the focus for global health players, such platforms and local market expertise will help them navigate the journey towards achieving the goals.

Our Principal Advisor and Research Director, Dr Danny Rock, recently attended the Advancing Equity Summit in Noosa where the focus was on addressing disparities and promoting health equity. Dr Michael McPhee, President of PolicyLink, delivered the keynote address, highlighting the historical roots of inequity and the challenges in creating an equitable economy, healthy communities of opportunity, and a just society by elevating what works and ensuring that all people can participate and prosper. Dr McPhee emphasised the importance of prefigurative practice, which involves individuals and organisations enacting the values and structures of the future society they want to create, right now, and building these into the organisation’s DNA. For this, he stressed the need for organisations to develop data-supported decision-making approaches and involve community members and regional stakeholders in data collection and interpretation. This approach helps build trust and sustain collaborative efforts to tackle health and social inequities at local and regional levels His keynote address foreshadowed the broad range of topics covered during the Summit. Health equity guides what we do, from strategic planning and capacity building to deliberate and targeted commissioning of primary health care services. The data we gather and analyse is critical in ensuring our approach to commissioning and primary health care support is both evidence-based and targeted. #healthequity #advancingequitysummit

For decades, women’s health has been underfunded, under-researched, and misunderstood. Women’s health receives a fraction of the funding it deserves. ➡️ In 2023, only $1.1B of the $26.5B VC capital invested in healthcare went to women’s health companies, despite a 59% increase in funding. This funding gap leads to gaps in research, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. ➡️ The budget for the Office for Research on Women's Health has only increased by 9% over 17 years. ➡️ Only 4% of health-tech funding goes to Femtech, defined as technology designed to resolve issues primarily impacting women. ➡️ Beyond oncology, only 1% of global investment is invested in research for female-specific conditions. ➡️ A $300M investment in women-centric research could generate a $13B return, cutting healthcare costs and boosting global workforce productivity and quality of life. The most powerful change comes from solid data, and this data is a call to action for investment in women's health. Join the movement and read the State of Women's Health report at https://lnkd.in/gJMx6yC6.

Have you seen something in the healthcare system that should be improved? Maybe even have an idea how it could be improved? Let us know! As Health Hub Vienna our role is to bring people together, bring ideas together, bring problems and solutions together. To engage collaboration and joint innovation. With this project we want to show what we all know, in our roles as patients, health care professionals or innovators. And we want to make it visible. Innovation in the healthcare system is infectious - if we all work together. So, drop us a line with your problem, with your idea, or your question! (Link in the first comment) We will collect all contributions, cluster them and use it to make solutions visible, in one of our publications or at one of our events. #innovation #healthcare Irene Fialka Astrid Kaltenböck Peter Ulrich-Koziel LISAvienna EIT Health Austria Bettina Bernhard Nina Eibl W-HIT - Women in Health IT

WHAM is transforming women’s health through strategic partnerships that catalyze innovation and drive sustainable change! By collaborating with leaders like KPMG US and KPMG Foundation, WHAM is accelerating investment and creating impactful solutions for women's health. The latest episode of the MedCity News FemFwd Podcast: Inside WHAM & KPMG’s Women’s Health Partnership explores how our joint efforts are reshaping the future of women's health. Tune in to hear insights from WHAM CEO and Founder Carolee Lee and KPMG U.S. Sector Leader for Healthcare Ashraf (Ash) Shehata as they discuss making the economic case for private investment in women's health. 🔍 Key Takeaways: • Return on Investment: Investing in women’s health research and innovations has immense economic benefits. The WHAM Report revealed that a $350M investment in women’s health research can generate a $14B return to the economy. • The Power of Partnership: Our collaboration with KPMG demonstrates how uniting people, innovative ideas, and resources catalyze impactful change. We’re gathering and sharing essential data to emphasize the importance of investing in women's health. • 3Not30 Goals: WHAM is committed to driving increased investment in research and innovations to advance the health of women in the next 3 years, not 30. 🔗 Watch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/ghssvqih Join us in driving transformative change! Together, we can shape a healthier future for all women. #WomensHealth #InvestmentinHealth #Partnerships #WomensHealthResearch #3Not30 #WHAMNow