Infographic highlights how women are leading the digital health startup revolution including some of the challenges, successes and innovative role models
2013 has been proclaimed the “Year of Digital Health” according to a recent article by Forbes contributor, John Nostra where he outlines 10 reasons why 2013 will be an inflection point for digital health. Leading the pack of disruption in healthcare are innovative women such as Rock Health’s CEO, Halle Tecco, Epic Systems CEO, Judith Faulkner, and prominent angel investor in digital health, Esther Dyson.
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In fact, the highest concentration of female owned enterprises is in healthcare. Women are vital to the transformation of healthcare. They play a critical role in the shaping of their families often serving as the primary caregiver providing them with great insight in understanding the key pain points in healthcare.
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In the infographic visualization shown below created by Healthcare Colleges provides a visual look at how women are nurturing the digital health startup revolution. Key highlights of the infographic include:
- Growth of women owned firms in healthcare
- Obstacles women entrepreneurs face
- Female digital health startup role models
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Here is a non-comprehensive list of women leaders in the digital health space courtesy of Rock Health.
Research, Non-Profit, & Academic
- Veenu Aulakh (California Health Care Foundation)
- Vivian Distler (Health Horizons Program)
- Deborah Estrin (Center for Embedded Network Sensing & openmHealth)
- Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann (UCSF)
- Susannah Fox (Pew Internet)
- Regina Holliday (Advocate & Artist)
- Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey (CEO of RWJF)
- Margaret Laws (California Health Care Foundation)
- Miriam Lueck Avery (Institute for the Future – Health Horizons program)
- Rachel Maguire (Institute for the Future)
- Ida Sim (UCSF & openmHealth)
- Wendy Sue Swanson (Seattle Children’s)
Media & Leadership:
- Abbe Don (Health @ IDEO)
- Sara Holoubek (Luminary Labs)
- Val Jones (Better Health)
- Christine Peterson (Personalized Life Extension Conference)
- Jane Sarasohn-Kahn (Health Populi)
- Lena Shaw (UCSF)
- Robin Strongin (Disruptive Women in Healthcare)
- Indu Subaiya (Health 2.0 Conference)
Health Gaming & Behavior Change
- Alexandra Carmichael (CureTogether & Quantified Self)
- Kendra Markle (AlterActions)
- Stephanie Habif (Habit Design)
- Debra Lieberman (Health Games Research)
- Jane McGonigal (SuperBetter)
Entrepreneurs:
- Sidney Baker (Autism 360)
- LeAnna Carey (AuraViva)
- Anjelika Deogirikar (Infusion)
- Alexandra Drane (Eliza)
- Judy Faulkner (Epic)
- Carleen Hawn (Healthspottr)
- Susan Love (Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation)
- Jen McCabe (Contagion Health)
- Sona Mehring (CaringBridge)
- Jill Prevost (BloomHealth)
- Jill Shah (Jillslist)
- Anne Wojcicki (23andme)
Rock Health Entrepreneurs:
- Carla Bayot (DesignMyMeals)
- Shawn Bolan (HealthOnDeck)
- Liz Cooledge (DocSpot)
- Eri J Gentry (Genomera)
- Heather Anne Halpert (Curious)
- Maria Ly (Skimble)
- Cara Moretti (DesignMyMeals)
- Eve Phillips (Empower Interactive)
- Yelena Rubinshteyn (Log Frog)
- Amy Sheng (CellScope)
- Christina Tran (PatientNudge)
- Rebecca Woodcock (Cake Health)
Rock Health team:
- Linda Avey (Advisor)
- Emily Chang (Mentor)
- Sona Makker (Research Associate)
- Halle Tecco (Managing Director)
- Clare Wylie (Event Coordinator)
- Leslie Ziegler (Creative Director, Patient Advocate)
Venture Capital:
- Rowan Chapman (MDV)
- Esther Dyson
- Nina Kjellson (Interwest)
- Barbara Lubash (Versant)
- Rebecca Lynn (Morganthaler)
- Naheed Misfeldt (Aberdare)
- Lisa Suennen (Psilos)
- Sue Siegel (MDV)
