Report Highlights Huge Gender Disparity in Healthcare Leadership

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Despite the preeminent role women play in healthcare, a recent study by RockHealth uncovered some stunning statistics about the paucity of women running startups (at least that are getting funded). Consider that while women compose 73% of medical and health services managers, only 4% of healthcare CEOs were women. In the 2011 Venture Funded Digital Health database that RockHealth created, they looked at organizations who received over $2M in venture funding — none had a female CEO. The report also outlines other interesting statistics such as the percentage of TEDMED speakers who were female.

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From TechCrunch:

RockHealth surveyed 100 women about why women were underrepresented amongst the executive ranks. They explore the role factors such as the ability to connect with senior leadership.

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Rock Report III: Women in Healthcare

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TechCrunch

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http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/05/report-highlights-huge-gender-disparity-in-healthcare-leadership/

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January 6, 2012

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